[ad_1] Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump listens as Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton answers a question from the audience during their presidential town hall debate at Washington University in St. Louis, Mo., October 9, 2016. (Rick Wilking/Reuters) It’s been odd watching the national political conversation march forward as if the 2016 election had never happened. While
Month: July 2020
[ad_1] Republican Senator Mike Braun, author of the “Reforming Qualified Immunity Act” speaks during a committee hearing in Washington, D.C., May 20, 2020. (Al Drago/Reuters) Republican members of Congress remain divided on the question of reforming qualified immunity for police officers, even as a GOP senator has proposed a bill that would curb the protections
[ad_1] 1. The Washington Post: ‘Cries for help’: Drug overdoses are soaring during the coronavirus pandemic Nationwide, federal and local officials are reporting alarming spikes in drug overdoses — a hidden epidemic within the coronavirus pandemic. Emerging evidence suggests that the continued isolation, economic devastation and disruptions to the drug trade in recent months are
[ad_1] SpaceX founder and CEO Elon Musk celebrates after the launch of his spacecraft at Cape Canaveral, Fla., on May 30, 2020. (Steve Nesius / Reuters) The world needs more Musk, not less. You know that friend you have who just says whatever comes to mind, does things on a whim, and lives more care-freely
[ad_1] The President of the Czech Republic, Milos Zeman, told an audience this week that “Black Lives Matter” is racist. Zeman added, “The slogan Black Lives Matter is racist because all lives count.”Of course, he has a point. #Czech President Milos Zeman while visiting the US Ambassador’s residence in #Prague, said the slogan #BlackLivesMattters is
[ad_1] CHICAGO, ILLINOIS – 14 DE JUNIO: Un manifestante sostiene un cartel durante una marcha en apoyo a Black Lives Matter y Black Trans Lives en Boystown el 14 de junio de 2020 en Chicago, Illinois. Las protestas estallaron en todo el país después de que George Floyd muriera bajo custodia policial en Minneapolis, Minnesota,
[ad_1] On the floor of the U.S. Senate Thursday, Republican Sen. Mike Lee of Utah delivered an impassioned speech condemning mob violence in the United States. Lee offered a resolution, which his Democrat colleague, Sen. Bob Menendez of New Jersey, attempted to amend by inserting language attacking President Donald Trump. Menendez then repeatedly tried to
[ad_1] People who lost their jobs fill out paperwork to file for unemployment following an outbreak of the coronavirus, at an Arkansas Workforce Center in Fayetteville, Ark., April 6, 2020. (Nick Oxford/Reuters) The headlines look just fine. No, more than fine. CNBC: Nonfarm payrolls soared by 4.8 million in June and the unemployment rate fell
[ad_1] Riot police fire tear gas into the crowds to disperse anti-national security law protesters during a march on the anniversary of Hong Kong’s handover to China from Britain in Hong Kong, China, July 1, 2020. (Tyrone Siu/Reuters) The United Kingdom has provided a path to citizenship for Hong Kongers who hold British National Overseas
[ad_1] President Woodrow Wilson throws out the first pitch on opening day, 1916. (Library of Congress) Ross Douthat criticizes Princeton’s decision to change the name of the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs. The school, he writes, “wasn’t named for Wilson to honor him for being a segregationist. It was named for him
[ad_1] Lin-Manuel Miranda, creator of ‘Hamilton,’ arrives at the 71st PrimeTime Emmy Awards in Los Angeles, California, September 22, 2019. (Mario Anzuoni/Reuters) Tomorrow, Disney+ subscribers will tune in to watch the movie version of the Broadway musical Hamilton — a June 2016 performance of the celebrated cast of almost entirely minority actors playing, as far
[ad_1] Lake Orion, Michigan – A white couple leaving a Chipotle restaurant this week were falsely accused of racism by black a woman and her 15-year-old daughter. The black woman accused a pregnant white woman of bumping into her daughter near the entrance of the restaurant and demanded an apology. The white woman accused the
[ad_1] Former Republican presidential hopeful Herman Cain delivers the Tea Party Express response to U.S. President Barack Obama’s State of the Union Address in Washington, D.C., January 24, 2012. (Jonathan Ernst/Reuters) Herman Cain, a former 2012 Republican presidential candidate, was hospitalized Wednesday and is being treated for the coronavirus. Cain, 74, was informed on Monday that
[ad_1] Standing behind vandals who attempted to pull down the bronze statue of Andrew Jackson near the White House last week is a loosely configured, increasingly well-funded network of Black Lives Matter activists bent on constraining and defunding law enforcement. An area called Black Lives Matter Plaza became the staging ground for more than 100
[ad_1] A goldsmith shows wedding rings in a jeweller’s shop in Vienna, Austria, December 14, 2017. (Leonhard Foeger/Reuters) A left-leaning Massachusetts city has adopted a domestic partnership ordinance granting polyamorous groups the same rights as married couples. The Somerville City Council voted unanimously last Thursday to approve the measure, which affords domestic partnerships between two
[ad_1] (Pixabay) I read an article in the current New England Journal of Medicine that broke my heart. Chase T. M. Anderson, MD, a gay African-American psychiatry resident, bemoans being stifled and denigrated by racism, homophobia, macro aggressions and micro aggressions. But as I read the piece, the picture presented was of an obviously talented young
[ad_1] Adam Schiff A couple weeks ago The New York Times published a story claiming that Russia secretly offered bounties to Taliban forces to kill US troops, citing “officials briefed on the matter.” President Trump early Sunday morning dismissed the New York Times report on the GRU-Taliban allegations. “Nobody briefed or told me, VP Pence,
[ad_1] There’s no other way to say it: ABC’s Good Morning America censoring today’s jobs report is a disgrace to journalism. The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) released a jaw-dropping report Thursday, which revealed that “Total nonfarm payroll employment rose by 4.8 million in June,” with the unemployment rate falling to 11.1 percent. To put
[ad_1] Expert predictions were shattered again, as the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that the economy added 4.8 million jobs and the unemployment rate fell by 2.2 percentage points to 11.1%. The new jobs report suggests that Americans are eager to return to work, after many were temporarily unemployed due to an effort to contain
[ad_1] This Independence Day, more than any in living memory, it is vitally important that we reflect upon that greatest of all anti-slavery documents, the Declaration of Independence. That document in turn launched the greatest abolitionist movement in human history: the United States of America. The United States was not founded as a regime of
[ad_1] President Donald Trump is touting the “spectacular” addition of 4.8 million new jobs in June and a drop in the unemployment rate to 11% as the economy continued to recover from the shock of the COVID-19 pandemic. “This is not just luck, what is happening,” Trump told reporters Thursday morning in the White House
[ad_1] Instagram, a Facebook company, censored and then reinstated a nonprofit Christian account after it posted an anti-porn video. Moral Revolution, a nonprofit Christian group that “speaks about healthy Biblical sexuality,” was shut down on Instagram for fighting porn. This happened shortly after it posted a video from Exodus Cry, a nonprofit focused on ending
[ad_1] The sharp decline in civic knowledge among America’s youth is a growing concern. The violent turmoil of recent weeks, including the destruction of statues and memorials, has made it an urgent issue. Justice can only be achieved if America remains a nation governed by the rule of law, committed to the founding belief that
[ad_1] In the course of an oh-so-predictably tiresome New York Times house editorial on the Supreme Court’s abortion ruling in June Medical Services v. Russo, I was very surprised to run across this cheap whack at Louisiana solicitor general Elizabeth Murrill: Another factor that’s nearly certainly at play here is that the lawyer who argued
[ad_1] Actor and former pro football player Terry Crews, a follower of Christ, wouldn’t play ball with the Black Lives Matter Twitter crowd and brought heaps of wrath upon himself Tuesday. The “blacklash” prompted his fan and former Mid-America Conference football rival, Outkick The Coverage’s Jason Whitlock, to declare Twitter is the “IRS” for Christians,
[ad_1] Annually on July 1st millions of people in Hong Kong come out in a peaceful protest in remembrance of the Hong Kong handover to the communist China government in 1997. The transfer of sovereignty over Hong Kong occurred when the United Kingdom ended administration for the colony of Hong Kong and passed control of
[ad_1] Twitter has censored yet another meme posted by President Donald Trump. The company removed an image tweeted by Trump for allegedly violating its copyright policy. Twitter has cracked down on Trump’s sincere demands for order, his calls to action, and now even his jokes once again. A meme photo was posted by Trump on
[ad_1] Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden speaks during an event in Philadelphia, Pa., June 2, 2020. (Joshua Roberts/Reuters) Joe Biden would like us to believe that Roe v. Wade is in peril. Nothing so energizes the abortion-advocacy wing of the Democratic Party (also known these days simply as the Democratic Party) like a press release or
[ad_1] Topics in this post: coronavirus Fourth of July America’s birthday will look very different this year – with more than 60% of us staying home and avoiding gatherings with others. That’s the finding of new Harris Poll data released today as the country heads into the holiday weekend. While citizens remain divided on issues
[ad_1] Topics in this post: Fourth of July Google Google revealed the top five searches and questions people are asking about July 4 when they visit the company’s platform ahead of Independence Day. “Independence Day is upon us, and that means searches for fireworks, sparklers and tons of delicious recipes are on the rise,” Google
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