# Culture

The movies, media and moral questions shaping American life.

## Stories

- [Kansas Democratic Senate Nominee Adam Hamilton's Megachurch Urged Staff to Drop 'Boys and Girls' for Gender-Neutral Terms, Breitbart Reports](https://rightnewsrightnow.com/articles/adam-hamilton-church-resurrection-gender-neutral-kids-ministry-list-kansas-senate-marshall-breitbart/) (2026-10-26): A children's ministry message given to Breitbart lists alternatives such as 'kiddos' and 'folks.' The outlet then reviews Hamilton's sermons and finances. We did not see the message, and the piece has no church response.
- [Bubba Wallace Drives a Covid-Vaccine-Sponsored Car at Talladega and Says He Hopes It Upsets 'Keyboard Warriors'](https://rightnewsrightnow.com/articles/bubba-wallace-covid-vaccine-nuvaxovid-kroger-health-sponsor-talladega-keyboard-warriors-breitbart/) (2026-10-26): The NASCAR driver told The Athletic the Kroger Health sponsorship is about flu shots and health. Breitbart's piece is pointed commentary that revisits his 2019 garage-rope episode.
- [NFL Anthem Singer Changes One Word of 'La Marseillaise' at the Paris Game, and OutKick Says France Is Angry](https://rightnewsrightnow.com/articles/nfl-paris-nina-tonji-changes-la-marseillaise-sang-impur-sang-uni-backlash-outkick/) (2026-10-25): Nina Tonji swapped 'impur' for 'uni' before Steelers-Saints at the Stade de France. OutKick's Armando Salguero says it set off online anger amid the unrest and argues the league should require singers to perform songs as written.
- ['Nobody Wants This' Creator Says She Disagrees With Star Adam Brody's Accusation That Israel Is Committing 'Genocide'](https://rightnewsrightnow.com/articles/nobody-wants-this-creator-erin-foster-disagrees-adam-brody-israel-genocide-jewish-fans-fox-news/) (2026-10-25): Erin Foster says it is okay to differ with her lead actor and tells Jewish fans, 'I see you and I hear you.' A Jewish PR executive praises her and says Hollywood leaves little room to defend Israel.
- [DOJ Reviewing Ejection of 'Save Women's Sports' Fans From a Portland Thorns Match After Video Showed Them Hit With Flagpoles](https://rightnewsrightnow.com/articles/doj-reviewing-portland-thorns-ejection-save-womens-sports-fans-xx-xy-athletics-flagpole-providence-park/) (2026-10-25): A department official says the case appears to raise viewpoint discrimination and First Amendment questions. No charges have been announced.
- [Fox Says 'SNL' Weekend Update Anchor Michael Che Joked About Charlie Kirk's Killing and Used a Slur for Conservatives in His Netflix Special](https://rightnewsrightnow.com/articles/michael-che-netflix-special-shot-in-minnesota-charlie-kirk-joke-r-word-republicans-fox-media/) (2026-10-25): The special is called 'Michael Che: Shot in Minnesota.' Fox's report says he repeatedly used the R-word about Trump supporters. We have only Fox's opening paragraph and did not watch the special.
- [America First Legal Asks DOJ and Education Department to Investigate a Rhode Island District Over Its Student Gender-Transition Policy](https://rightnewsrightnow.com/articles/america-first-legal-complaint-westerly-rhode-island-schools-gender-transition-parents-ferpa-title-ix/) (2026-10-25): The group says Westerly's 2017 policy lets staff change a student's name, pronouns and records without telling parents, and lets students use facilities by gender identity. The district has not replied to Fox.
- [Michigan's Monroe School Board Votes 4-2 to Limit Girls' Sports and Locker Rooms to Biological Females](https://rightnewsrightnow.com/articles/monroe-michigan-school-board-4-2-girls-sports-locker-rooms-biological-females-lechner/) (2026-10-25): The vote comes two weeks after a volleyball player and her father sued the district. The father calls the new policy 'watered down' but an 'incremental victory.'
- [The Atlantic Calls Sen. Ed Markey's Intern Posting 'Political Malpractice' and Says DEI Language Can Fuel White Identity Politics](https://rightnewsrightnow.com/articles/ed-markey-intern-post-bipoc-lgbtq-atlantic-political-malpractice-dei-language/) (2026-10-24): Conor Friedersdorf wrote that the posting, which encouraged BIPOC and LGBTQ+ applicants, hands Republicans an easy fight. A Democratic strategist told Fox it looked like virtue signaling.
- [Larry the Cable Guy Says DirecTV Passed on Him as 'Too Controversial' While Hiring Edgier Names: 'There's a Lot of Hypocrisy in Corporate'](https://rightnewsrightnow.com/articles/larry-the-cable-guy-directv-corporate-hypocrisy-snoop-dogg/) (2026-10-24): On the MeatEater Podcast the comedian said a satellite-TV ad with him was an obvious idea that companies shied away from over his Southern accent. He stressed he has nothing against Snoop Dogg.
- [Ohio Outfielder Nehemiah Toles Turned Down Division I Baseball Offers and MLB Interest to Preach the Gospel](https://rightnewsrightnow.com/articles/nehemiah-toles-turns-down-division-one-baseball-offers-mlb-scouts-preach-gospel-ministry/) (2026-10-24): Fox's 'Deprogrammed' series profiles a former top Ohio high school outfielder who says baseball was his passion, not his purpose. Everything here is his own account.
- ['Tan Mom' Says ICE Agents Questioned Her Citizenship and Nearly Handcuffed Her Over Her Dark Tan](https://rightnewsrightnow.com/articles/tan-mom-patricia-krentcil-says-ice-agents-questioned-citizenship-nearly-handcuffed-dark-tan/) (2026-10-24): The New Jersey tabloid figure told a podcast that agents stopped her outside a restaurant. It is her own account, and a Fox host's segment cast doubt on it.
- [OutKick: ESPN's 'Not Standing Still' Headline Plays Down LeBron James Practicing His Golf Swing During the National Anthem](https://rightnewsrightnow.com/articles/outkick-espn-headline-lebron-james-golf-swing-national-anthem-trump/) (2026-10-24): Trump called James' conduct before his 76ers debut a 'TOTAL DISGRACE.' OutKick's Bobby Burack argues ESPN's wording sanitized what happened. This is a commentary piece.
- [Irish Politicians Disavow 'Demeaning' Rape Crisis Centre Ad Telling Grandparents to Ask Before Hugging Grandchildren](https://rightnewsrightnow.com/articles/irish-politicians-disavow-dublin-rape-crisis-centre-grandparents-hug-consent-ad/) (2026-10-23): Ireland's justice minister, whose department funded the campaign, said the video does not represent the government's views. The centre pulled it while it reflects on the campaign.
- [J.K. Rowling Refuses to Back Down in a New Essay, Calling Trans Activism 'Elitist to Its Core'](https://rightnewsrightnow.com/articles/jk-rowling-new-essay-trans-activism-elitist-to-its-core/) (2026-10-23): Six years after her 2020 essay, the author says her views 'haven't changed' and that the people least affected by gender policy are the most privileged. Fox quotes two legal advocates who back her.
- [Enes Kanter Freedom Says NBA Locker Rooms Shunned Him Over a Fox News Appearance and Calls LeBron James 'the Dictator of the NBA'](https://rightnewsrightnow.com/articles/enes-kanter-freedom-lebron-james-celtics-fox-news-shunned-wnba-finals-seating/) (2026-10-23): In new remarks after a WNBA Finals seating dispute, the former NBA center alleges Celtics teammates froze him out, says a former teammate questioned LeBron James' activism, and claims some players privately back Trump.
- [Outkick Column: Washington Parents Rally at Camas District Meet as Initiative 638 Vote Nears](https://rightnewsrightnow.com/articles/outkick-calkins-camas-washington-i-638-rally-parents-girls-cross-country-district-meet/) (2026-10-23): Columnist Matt Calkins reports 100 to 200 adults gathered outside Wednesday's meet where a male runner competed in the girls' race. Initiative 638 on the Nov. 3 ballot would require K-12 athletes to compete by sex at birth.
- [Podcaster Jennifer Welch Draws Criticism for Telling Listeners to Keep 'Pistols Firing' at JD Vance](https://rightnewsrightnow.com/articles/podcaster-jennifer-welch-keep-pistols-firing-jd-vance-2028-pipko-criticism/) (2026-10-23): In a clip that spread on social media, Welch called Vance unfit for office and urged people to defeat him. Critics say the gun language is dangerous. Her remarks also referred to beating him at the polls.
- [OutKick: Netflix Faces Turmoil as Greta Gerwig's 'Narnia' Trailer Draws Heavy Backlash and Studio Executives Exit](https://rightnewsrightnow.com/articles/outkick-netflix-greta-gerwig-narnia-magicians-nephew-trailer-backlash-executives-fired/) (2026-10-23): OutKick's Ian Miller argues the $250 million-plus adaptation looks like a flop in the making, citing a poorly received trailer, a delayed release and a week of film-executive departures at Netflix.
- [Man Arrested for Decapitating Marine Figure on Iwo Jima Statue Near Quantico With a Sledgehammer](https://rightnewsrightnow.com/articles/man-arrested-sledgehammer-iwo-jima-statue-quantico-marine-figure-decapitated/) (2026-10-22): Prince William County police say a 27-year-old from Stafford was still swinging when officers arrived Wednesday night. Damage to the 9-foot limestone monument is estimated in the hundreds of thousands of dollars.
- [A Turning Point Faith Leader Asks Trump to Step In as Australian Lawmakers Question a Church Leader About Pets and Haircuts](https://rightnewsrightnow.com/articles/tpusa-lucas-miles-australia-plymouth-brethren-parliamentary-inquiry-religious-liberty/) (2026-10-22): Lucas Miles says he has urged the White House Faith Office to act on an Australian parliamentary inquiry into the Plymouth Brethren Christian Church. The church's leader denies directing any political campaigning.
- [Washington Foster Parents Win a Settlement After the State Required Them to Use Children's Preferred Pronouns](https://rightnewsrightnow.com/articles/washington-foster-parents-degross-settlement-pronoun-requirements-religious-exemption/) (2026-10-22): Shane and Jennifer DeGross, a Christian couple who fostered for more than a decade, say the state tied their license to gender identity rules they could not accept. Washington agreed to revise its licensing rules, and the state says the deal also protects LGBTQ youth.
- [Chris Pratt Says Faith Is 'the Most Important Thing' He Will Pass On to His Four Kids as 'The Terminal List' Returns](https://rightnewsrightnow.com/articles/chris-pratt-faith-most-important-thing-pass-on-kids-terminal-list-season-2/) (2026-10-22): In an interview with Fox News Digital, the actor says faith is how he starts and ends each day and that he wants to 'get right everything my dad got right.' He also says 17 veterans worked on the show.
- [Stephen A. Smith Tells 'The View' He Won't Apologize for His White House Dinner With Trump, Maher and Kid Rock](https://rightnewsrightnow.com/articles/stephen-a-smith-the-view-white-house-dinner-trump-no-apology/) (2026-10-22): The ESPN host was pressed by Sunny Hostin and Ana Navarro over the Oct. 15 meeting. He says he pushed Trump on the Iran war, predicts Republicans keep the Senate and lose the House, and says he will keep talking to the president.
- [Hillary Clinton Calls Matthew McConaughey's Video Backing Independents 'Unfortunate' Two Weeks Before the Midterms](https://rightnewsrightnow.com/articles/hillary-clinton-mcconaughey-independent-candidates-video-unfortunate/) (2026-10-22): On a podcast with Kara Swisher, Clinton said the actor's message could help Trump get 'two more unchecked years.' McConaughey had said an independent vote is not a wasted vote.
- [Supreme Court Agrees to Hear a Challenge to the 1868 Federal Ban on Making Whiskey at Home](https://rightnewsrightnow.com/articles/supreme-court-home-distilling-ban-1868-law-ream-buckeye-institute/) (2026-10-21): Home distilling can carry up to five years in prison. The 5th Circuit struck the ban down and the 6th Circuit upheld it. The justices agreed Monday to settle it, likely by June.
- [Talarico Blames 'Republican Extremism' for His 'God Is Non-Binary' and 'Six Sexes' Remarks](https://rightnewsrightnow.com/articles/talarico-blames-republican-extremism-god-non-binary-six-sexes-remarks/) (2026-10-21): On The New York Times' 'The Daily,' the Texas Senate nominee said he never ran to talk about trans issues and regrets not being 'more straightforward.' A women's-rights analyst calls it a 'bait and switch.'
- [Larry David Skewers the Democratic Socialists in a Satirical Essay, and the Left Is Not Laughing](https://rightnewsrightnow.com/articles/larry-david-satirical-dsa-essay-pitcairn-island-backlash/) (2026-10-21): The 'Curb Your Enthusiasm' creator imagines joining the DSA and adding 12 absurd planks to its platform. Some democratic socialists called it lowbrow. A California activist says the outrage proves his point.
- [Buckley Survey: 45% of College Students Say Violence Can Be Justified to Stop 'Hate Speech'](https://rightnewsrightnow.com/articles/buckley-survey-45-percent-students-violence-hate-speech/) (2026-10-21): The Buckley Institute poll found 54% of liberal students and 30% of conservative students agree. A Christian university president says the problem is moral formation, not free speech.
- [Mike Rogers Asks CNN's Dana Bash Why the Press Is 'So Eager' to Protect Abdul El-Sayed](https://rightnewsrightnow.com/articles/mike-rogers-presses-dana-bash-el-sayed-cnn/) (2026-10-19): The Michigan Republican Senate candidate sparred with Bash on 'State of the Union' over Trump's 'jihadist' label and a viral clip of El-Sayed on the Muslim Brotherhood. El-Sayed's campaign calls the attacks racist and untrue.
- [CBS Correspondent Deletes Post Mocking El-Sayed's Muslim Brotherhood Answer After Backlash From the Left](https://rightnewsrightnow.com/articles/cbs-jan-crawford-deletes-el-sayed-post/) (2026-10-19): Jan Crawford said her tweet violated CBS News standards and apologized. Democratic strategists called for her firing; a media watchdog said they 'need to grow up.'
- [Macklemore's 'Free Palestine' Tour Will Benefit a Group Accused of Cheering Oct. 7, Jewish Groups Say](https://rightnewsrightnow.com/articles/macklemore-free-palestine-tour-palestinian-youth-movement/) (2026-10-19): The rapper, dropped from Ed Sheeran's tour last month, listed the Palestinian Youth Movement among twelve beneficiaries. The Jewish Leadership Council wants Live Nation to explain its vetting.
- [Christian Groups and Pastors Say California's New Workplace 'Hate Speech' Training Law Targets Their Beliefs](https://rightnewsrightnow.com/articles/california-ab-1803-workplace-hate-speech-training-churches/) (2026-10-18): AB 1803 adds anti-hate-speech instruction to harassment training starting in 2028. Critics say it has no conscience exemption; a supporting group declined to comment.
- [Arizona Street Preacher Sues Tucson After Police Threatened Arrest for Talking About Jesus at a Public Christmas Festival](https://rightnewsrightnow.com/articles/tucson-street-preacher-sues-christmas-festival-ban/) (2026-10-18): David Hoffman, represented by First Liberty Institute, says a city policy barring 'religious, political, or issue-based leafleting' violates his First Amendment rights.
- [Michigan Teen Sues Over Locker Room She Says She Unknowingly Shared With a Transgender Opponent](https://rightnewsrightnow.com/articles/michigan-volleyball-locker-room-title-ix-lawsuit/) (2026-10-18): Sixteen-year-old Briley Lechner and her father filed a federal Title IX suit against Monroe Public Schools and the state athletic association; the district says it has not been served.
- [Washington School District Must Apologize and Pay $275,000 Over Bibles Hidden in Sealed Envelopes](https://rightnewsrightnow.com/articles/everett-school-district-bible-envelopes-settlement/) (2026-10-18): The Everett School District settled a religious liberty suit brought by LifeWise Academy over rules that made students conceal Bibles and families submit weekly permission slips.
- [Roger Moore's Son Says Hollywood Has Too Much TikTok and Too Many Comic-Book Remakes](https://rightnewsrightnow.com/articles/geoffrey-moore-hollywood-storytelling/) (2026-10-16): Actor Geoffrey Moore tells Fox News Digital that studios are leaning on recycled franchises when audiences want stronger stories and sharper dialogue.
- [Congress Scrambles to Stop Hollywood's Job Exodus, With Trump's Blessing](https://rightnewsrightnow.com/articles/congress-hollywood-production-exodus/) (2026-10-16): A bipartisan bill would create a federal tax credit to bring film and TV production back to the U.S., with extra support for rural communities.