Subscribe

Grant Braaten

Staff writers for The Heartlander cover a wide range of issues facing American families and culture, especially related to the education of children and youth.

Culture
80-year-old woman booted from YMCA for asking male to leave women’s locker room

How did a Washington state YMCA handle an 80-year-old woman’s complaint about a man in a women's swimsuit watching nearly naked little girls in the women’s locker room?  Port Townsend… Read More

August 10, 2022
Public Education
This state’s Department of Education says it’s a ‘faulty concept’ to believe in two genders

The notion that there are only two genders is a “faulty concept,” according to the Pennsylvania Department of Education.  The department website’s “Creating Gender-Inclusive Schools and Classrooms” page… Read More

August 9, 2022
Crime, Education
Crisis: More than 180 educators, one a day, arrested for child sex crimes in first half of 2022

A “serious child sex abuse problem” in the nation’s schools confirms the problem is real – and the numbers of victims are rising.  Through May 13 of this year, 135… Read More

August 3, 2022
Education
Missouri attorney general wants more information on invasive student surveys by Merrick Garland-connected firm

After vowing back in May to investigate invasive student surveys used in at least one school district, Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt has officially sent a civil investigative demand to Panorama… Read More

August 1, 2022
Culture, Public Education
Teacher on TikTok claims entire second-grade class ‘switched’ pronouns

An elementary teacher claims her entire class of second graders "switched” pronouns after one child revealed his new pronouns to her in class. The shocking claim came in a video shared… Read More

July 28, 2022