While other nations have banned or restricted synthetic dyes like Red 40, the U.S. continues to allow this petroleum-derived additive into our cereals, snacks, drinks, and even children’s vitamins—despite decades of research linking it to behavioral problems, hyperactivity, and emotional dysregulation in kids. As parents search for answers to their child’s anxiety, tantrums, or attention struggles, they often overlook the most obvious culprit hiding in plain sight: their food. It’s time we demand the same health protections other countries offer their citizens. Our children deserve better.

America’s public schools are under attack, and the enemy is Marxist ideology masquerading as progressive education. In states like Illinois, this infiltration is no longer a theory—it’s a documented crisis stealing opportunities from our children, fracturing families, and dismantling academic standards. Parents, educators, and lawmakers must rise up to reclaim education from this ideological takeover.

Data from Brazil, Australia, and hospital systems across the U.S. show that after COVID-19 hit, the rate of aggressive, fast-growing triple-negative breast cancers nearly doubled in some populations. These cancers don’t respond to hormone therapy and are disproportionately diagnosed in younger women and women of color.

Chicago doesn’t have a school problem—it has a power problem. While shuttered buildings sit vacant and families plead for better options, the Chicago Teachers Union blocks charter expansion not to protect students, but to protect their influence. Meanwhile, charter schools like Noble, LEARN, and Perspectives are transforming lives right here in our city. It's time we stop punishing innovation and start funding what works. Our children can't afford another year of political standoffs—they need real solutions, and they need them now.