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Federal Court Orders California to Pay $4.5 Million in Attorneys’ Fees in Landmark Parental Rights Win

April 1, 2026 6:00 amApril 1, 2026 11:44 am

A federal court yesterday ordered the State of California to pay $4.52 million in attorneys’ fees to Thomas More Society attorneys in Mirabelli v. Bonta, the landmark parental rights case challenging California’s policy of concealing children’s gender transitions from their...

School Board Leaders and Parents Urge CIF to Protect Girls’ Sports

March 13, 2026 5:00 amMarch 13, 2026 5:01 am

Advocates for protecting girls’ sports gathered Thursday outside the Sacramento headquarters of the California Interscholastic Federation (CIF) before attending the organization’s Executive Committee meeting, where they delivered public comments urging CIF to return to protected sex-based categories for California’s high school...

U.S. Supreme Court Smacks Down California’s Law Prohibiting Schools from Notifying Parents of Child Transgenderism

March 2, 2026 5:01 pmMarch 2, 2026 8:51 pm

In a huge smackdown to California Governor Gavin Newsom, Attorney General Rob Bonta, Superintendent Tony Thurmond, and elected Democrats, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a ruling today blocking California’s law prohibiting schools from notifying parents if their child is transgender....

BREAKING: Brandeis Center Files First-Ever Antisemitism Lawsuit Against a U.S. State – California

February 27, 2026 4:00 amFebruary 27, 2026 5:32 pm

California public schools are awash with anti-Semitic slurs, harassment and assaults but state authorities refuse to intervene, according to a lawsuit against California filed today on behalf of Jewish parents by the Brandeis Center and StandWithUs. The lawsuit, lodged in...

LAUSD’s Budget Crisis Deepens: Attendance Plummets 40% While Spending Soars on Lavish Projects and Bureaucracy

February 17, 2026 3:03 pmFebruary 17, 2026 3:39 pm

As the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) grapples with a looming budget shortfall and plans for potential, but insignificant, layoffs, critics are rightfully pointing to a glaring mismatch: student attendance has dropped dramatically over the past decade, yet district...

Governor Newsom’s Power Grab

January 26, 2026 1:36 pmJanuary 26, 2026 1:36 pm

In his latest budget, Governor Gavin Newsom proposed that the California Department of Education (CDE) be moved from the purview of the Superintendent of Public Instruction to the Governor’s office. The governor quotes the CEO of Families in Schools: “For...

Federal Judge Delivers Crushing Defeat to California’s Radical Gender Secrecy Agenda, Permanently Restores Parental Rights

December 23, 2025 12:19 pmDecember 23, 2025 4:35 pm

In a devastating blow to California’s failed, far-left education establishment, U.S. District Judge Roger T. Benitez has ruled that the state’s insidious “Parental Exclusion Policies” found in AB 1955—designed to force schools to hide children’s gender transitions from their own...