Sean Salai

Sean Salai is the general assignment/culture reporter for The Washington Times. A former National desk intern and Metro clerk at The Washington Times, he also has served as a City Hall reporter at the Boca Raton News and as a special contributor at America Media. He can be reached at ssalai@washingtontimes.com.

Articles by Sean Salai

Arizona parents file complaint against 7th grade history teacher

An Arizona couple has filed a complaint against their public school's social studies teacher, saying she violated their parental rights under state law by forcing their daughter to participate in a gruesome class assignment on how 19th-century capitalism oppressed children.

October 18, 2021

House resolution seeks to create app rating board

Reps. Mike Johnson and Debbie Dingell have introduced a bipartisan resolution in the House that calls on big tech companies to create a rating board for digital applications to help shield children from inappropriate content.

October 18, 2021

Andrew Sullivan blasts ‘neo-Marxist’ critical race theory, gender ideology

Gay political provocateur Andrew Sullivan this weekend told a group of right-leaning college newspaper editors to resist critical race theory and gender ideology as elements of a neo-Marxist "cancel culture."

October 18, 2021

Biden’s pick for Vatican ambassador is at odds with Catholic teachings, watchdog group says

Former Democratic Sen. Joe Donnelly, whom President Biden has picked to be U.S. ambassador to the Vatican, is at odds with Catholic teachings on issues ranging from abortion to religious freedom, the Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights said Friday.

October 15, 2021

30% of U.S. religious congregations unlikely to survive the next 20 years, study predicts

A new wide-ranging multifaith study predicts that 30% of U.S. religious congregations will become defunct because of dramatic decreases in attendance over the coming two decades.

October 15, 2021

Who wants to be Dr. Fauci for Halloween?

Children looking for a Halloween mask to go trick-or-treating this year have a new option: the king of masks himself, Dr. Anthony Fauci.

October 15, 2021

California public high school boys defecate on teacher’s LGBTQ flag

In the latest skirmish over LGBTQ pride flags in public schools, two boys at Paso Robles High School in California posted a TikTok video of themselves defecating on a science teacher's classroom banner and then trying to flush it down the toilet.

October 14, 2021

U.S. military archbishop says conscientious objectors can refuse vaccine

The top chaplain of the Archdiocese for the Military Services has declared that Catholic troops may refuse to be vaccinated on the grounds of conscientious objection, reversing his previous position.

October 14, 2021

Catholic group urges COVID-weary parents to flee public schools

A prominent Catholic watchdog group is urging COVID-19-weary parents to flee public schools that indoctrinate their children in anti-religious ideologies and refuse to allow in-person learning.

October 13, 2021

E.W. Jackson, Virginia pastor, starts fund to pay for funerals of kids killed in shootings

Virginia pastor E.W. Jackson has launched a GoFundMe page to pay for the funerals of children killed in urban shootings -- and to offer bounties for the capture of their killers.

October 13, 2021

‘Tuttle Twins’ kids’ show offers an alternative to ‘woke’ Hollywood programming

The creators of the "Tuttle Twins," a new animated series from the studio that produced the Jesus-themed "The Chosen," are betting they're not the only parents looking for children's programming that advocates personal responsibility and celebrates freedom and free markets instead of the increasingly far-left values of Hollywood.

October 12, 2021