Category: Culture wars
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Classroom Consequences of the “Equity” Calendar
Due to expanded religious/cultural holidays, Fairfax County Public Schools classrooms are open for full five-day weeks only half the time. Minorities and the poor pay the price. by Stephanie Lundquist-AroraOriginally published in iWFeatures In January 2022, Fairfax County Public Schools (FCPS) adopted a calendar containing fewer five-day school weeks and more early release days with…
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UVA’s New Quarterly Compliance Report
by the Jefferson Council The second quarterly compliance report from the October 22, 2025 agreement between the Department of Justice and UVA is the first certification done by President Scott Beardsley, signed on March 31, 2026. It’s worth noting what’s new and what’s not in this installment.
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Dem Bill Would Discriminate Against White Men in Government Contracts
Will Governor Spanberger sign it? by Drew DiMeglio Democrat Abigail Spanberger won Virginia’s gubernatorial election last November by a large margin by campaigning as a moderate dealmaker. Five months later, she faces an impasse: A bill on her desk allowing state agencies to discriminate against businesses owned by white men when dishing out certain government…
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Confederate Monuments’ Uncertain Future
Some have been banished or destroyed, and others are threatened, while one is slated for reinstallation. by Catesby Leigh For a vocal minority, the memory of 2020’s “Summer of Love,” with its orgy of “Black Lives Matter” sloganeering, occupied zones, and statuary vandalism, shines brightly. It’s not hard to see why. The expulsion of Confederate…
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A Troubling Gap in School Transparency
by Stephanie Lundquist-AroraRepublished with permission from IWFeatures Last week, Fairfax County police confirmed that a public school student reported she was physically attacked at Centreville High School on March 4. Inside sources have told IW Features that the incident occurred during instructional hours and that the alleged assailant is a black male student. One source described…
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Lawsuit Accuses Virginia Schools, VHSL of Religious Discrimination
Founding Freedoms Law Center files lawsuit against Roanoke County Schools and Virginia High School League on behalf of a homeschooled student. by Victoria Manning More than 30 states permit homeschooled students to participate in public school sports funded by taxpayers—but not Virginia. The Virginia High School League (VHSL) controls eligibility rules for the state’s public high school…
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No Kings: Geriatrics Rise Up. Very Slowly.
by Kerry Dougherty We get it, geezers. You didn’t vote for Donald Trump. You hate him. We saw you shaking your canes at the president during your silly “No Kings” protests on Saturday. Who wants to tell them that we don’t HAVE a king? We have a president. Then again, you can’t expect people who…
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DREAM On
by Dick Hall-Sizemore Virginia law provides that a student attending a public institution of higher education shall be eligible for in-state tuition, regardless of citizenship or immigration status if the following conditions are met: Federal law provides: “Notwithstanding any other provision of law, an alien who is not lawfully present in the United States shall…
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The Freedom to Believe — and Live What You Believe
by Jeff Bayard Most Americans have never read the First Amendment religious liberty protections that apply to them — especially here in Virginia. They know the amendment exists. They just don’t know what it says. And even fewer know that Virginia adds a second layer of protection on top of it. Here is the federal…
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A Twisted Sense of Priorities
Fairfax leaders favor illegal-immigrant rights over girls’ safety in schools. by Stephanie Lundquist-AroraRepublished with permission from IWFeatures On March 7, Israel Flores Ortiz, an 18-year-old illegal immigrant from El Salvador enrolled as a junior at Fairfax High School, was arrested for allegedly fondling the genitals of multiple female students in the hallways during school hours. More than two weeks…
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Ex-Cadet Behind Attacks on VMI Has Activist History
Jeremiah Woods has been a left-wing activist since high school with questionable credibility. by Victoria Manning The Virginia Military Institute (VMI) has been under fire from Virginia Democrats who introduced legislation that could significantly change the school’s oversight structure. These bills follow allegations of racism by a former black cadet and left-wing activist Jeremiah Woods, who transferred…
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A Tale of Two Rallies
One was the best of rallies, one was the worst of rallies by John A. Lucas This weekend I attended two rallies in Richmond, Virginia. Both claimed to support freedom for the Iranian people. But, to borrow further from Charles Dickens’ contrasting images of Two Cities, one stood for darkness with a platform of hatred, anarchy and…
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Terror at ODU: We Don’t Have to Live Like This.
by Kerry Dougherty One ODU professor is dead and two ROTC students were injured Thursday, shot by an Islamic jihadist while attending class. The shooter? Mohamed Jalloh, a naturalized American citizen from Sierra Leone who traveled to Africa on three separate occasions in 2015 to join ISIS. Instead of being executed for treason, as he…
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A Dangerous Bill
by Dick Hall-Sizemore The General Assembly has passed, and has sent to the governor for her review, legislation that would require that any “program of instruction on or relating to the January 6, 2021, insurrection at the United States Capitol” shall: “1. Not describe, portray, or present as credible a description or portrayal of the…