SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A proposal to establish a task force to study and prepare recommendations for how to give reparations to African Americans passed the California Assembly on Thursday. The bill advanced with a 56-5 vote as protests nationwide over police brutality re-energized the movement for racial justice and activists pressed for sweeping reforms. […]
Chile’s overall economic freedom score of 76.8 made the South American nation’s economy the 15th-freest in the world in The Heritage Foundation’s 2020 Index of Economic Freedom. Although economic freedom in Chile declined under the last socialist government from 2013 through 2017, by 2018 the center-right administration of President Sebastian Pinera had put the economy […]
In 1992 Star Parker ran a small publishing business in Los Angeles. Her business was destroyed by riots after four police officers were exonerated of charges after Rodney King’s beating. Parker, the president of the Center for Urban Renewal and Education and a columnist for The Daily Signal, joins the podcast today to talk about why […]
Right about now, it’s all about the ‘A’ word. This week, Jews and Arabs protested against annexation in a joint demonstration in Tel Aviv. The Israeli government’s planned implementation of this aspect of US President Donald Trump’s Middle East plan has set off a torrent of criticism from governments around the globe, and media outlets […]
There’s no such thing as op-ed bias because everyone’s entitled to their opinions, right? Not so fast. Newspapers publish opinion pieces because they provide a forum for public discussion. Should the city council defund the police department? Were COVID restrictions lifted too early? What’s the best response to the latest foreign policy issue shaping up […]
Keira Bell can never get her childhood back. And her body, a scarred and mangled reminder, tells her every day. “I am living in a world where I don’t fit in as male or as female. I am stuck between two sexes.” Now 23, she’s dedicated her life to stop teenagers from making the same […]
The woke activists have all but told J.K. Rowling to shut up and go back to being barefoot in the kitchen. The “Harry Potter” series author, long known for her liberal views, has been under attack for several days. Her crime? Tweeting that women is the right term, not “people who menstruate.” And then, to […]
Republican Missouri Sen. Josh Hawley called for an investigation into free speech double standards, saying that state officials have favored protests while targeting religious freedom. He asked Attorney General William Barr and the Department of Justice to launch a “full civil rights investigation” into violations of “free exercise and free speech rights of religious Americans” […]
In the wake of the protests and riots that erupted following the killing of George Floyd by a Minneapolis police officer, a revealing transformation has been occurring in the country’s media landscape. This is now the message coming from the media: The narrative about how society should look at this incident shall remain in accordance […]
Unconfirmed news reports say the Trump administration is considering the withdrawal of 9,500 troops from Germany. If true, that would not be a prudent decision, and ultimately would harm U.S. security interests. The Trump administration has done much since 2017 to improve security in Europe. Under President Donald Trump, the U.S. has increased funding for […]
