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Media Malpractice
In their investigation for a documentary film about Kermit Gosnell, a pair of investigative journalists uncovered so much previously unpublished material they couldn’t include that they wrote a book. One chapter examines the role the overtly pro-abortion media played in what took place—and how Christians, pro-life advocates and social media forced them to do their jobs.
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Can A Baby Have Three Biological Parents?
It may seem far-fetched, but it’s already happened. Welcome to the next chapter of genetic bioengineering.
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A Last Chance At Life
Right-to-try laws are providing a glimmer of hope for the terminally ill, and appear well on their way to becoming national policy.
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Weed Killers
Bucking a national trend, Arizona voters said ‘No’ to legalized pot, thanks to some tireless anti-drug campaigners—and some energized Christians.
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The Power of Your Platform
There’s been a lot of anger in the airwaves lately. And it seems to center largely around two words: Fake news.
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Altered States
The elections opened new opportunities for cultural conservatives in several states—and at least one already has seen results.
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Suffer the Children
The sex trafficking of minors is an issue Citizen takes extremely seriously. In 2014, Focus on the Family helped pass a law in Colorado that levied stiffer penalties on those convicted of this crime.
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Bar Wars
The Left is now going after the conscience rights of the legal profession—and using lawyers to do it.
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Turning the Page
For years, Backpage.com has hosted ads for all kinds of items for sale—including children being sold for sex. And so far, the site has avoided criminal charges or civil damages for that activity. But that could be changing soon.
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Shut Down
An international Web site accused of helping pimps more easily sell underage children for sex just shuttered its adult-services section. But the fight is far from over.
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Going to Pot
Voters in four states—California, Maine, Massachusetts and Nevada—voted to legalize marijuana for recreational use last November, despite growing evidence from Colorado showing the policy’s deleterious effects.
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Powerful People
A few days before this issue went to press, I had a conversation with a person who runs an anti-trafficking organization that will be featured in Citizen a few months from now.
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Citizenship, Faith and Patriotism
A clash over the national anthem has sparked a broad discussion about patriotism.
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Born Winners
The cast of the reality show Born This Way are showing the world what adults with Down Syndrome can do—and in the process, sending a pro-life message in every episode.
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Immigration, the United Nations and the New Globalism
How much of our foreign policy is now being influenced by the U.N.?
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Miracle on 22nd Street
How faith-based organizations bought a former abortion facility and are turning it into a memorial to the preborn.
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Halted In Transition
The federal government’s drive to make schools adopt its transgender policies has run into a roadblock, thanks to a federal judge in Texas.
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The Duty of Great Citizenship
If you want to know the elements of good citizenship, look no further than a recent commencement address given by U.S.
Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas.
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Racing to Reconcile
With our country divided along color lines more strongly than in several decades, some leaders of both church and state are now working to bridge the great divide.
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Faith Under Fire
International human rights attorney Virginia Prodan knows what it means to live a life of faith under governmental persecution. And she survived an assassination attempt to tell the tale.
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Private Matters, Public Outrage
The federal government is trying to force transgender restrooms and locker rooms on the nation—and has sparked a widespread backlash.
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Our Finest Hour
The Church has solutions to the nation’s issues that can’t be provided by government.
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How to Talk to Your Kids About Race
The issues of race, racism and race relations have become regular topics in news stories, the subject of conversation around the workplace water cooler and even on playground swing sets.
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