“Sesame Street” is using its “food insecure” Muppet Lily to illustrate homelessness among children. Lily was introduced in 2011 as being a character who is “food insecure” because her family didn’t have consistent access to food. Lily’s plight with homelessness won’t be included in televised episodes, but it will be featured in new online videos, […]
Fred Imbert MSN Stocks ended sharply lower Tuesday in the biggest decline since the October rout as traders worried about a bond market phenomenon signaling a possible economic slowdown. Lingering worries around U.S.-China trade also added to jitters down Wall Street. The Dow lost 799 points, or 3.1 percent, posting its worst day since Oct. […]
Jeffrey Dorfman As the American left embraces a platform that continues to look more and more like a socialist’s dream, it is common for those on the right to counter with the example of Venezuela as the nightmare of socialism in reality. A common response from the left is that socialism (or democratic socialism) works […]
A recent report may shed some light on the next round of the U.S.-China trade war. According to Bloomberg, President Donald Trump will place new taxes on $257 billion of imports from China if he doesn’t walk away satisfied from his meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping at the end of November. However, that contradicts […]
Immigration has long been one of the hottest topics in America with no agreed upon policy solutions. We are often presented with one of two polarized choices. The first favors an open borders policy, where the free flow of migrants across our borders is welcomed and amnesty is granted to those who previously crossed the […]
(CNSNews.com) – The Health and Human Services Department wants pharmaceutical companies to include list prices in television ads hawking their prescription drugs. Right now, drug companies are required to disclose a drug’s major side effects, but not the effect that buying the drug could have on your wallet. “Patients deserve more transparency,” HHS said in […]
By: Joel B. Pollak The Stanford University researcher who studied Sen Elizabeth Warren’s (D-MA) DNA sample did not actually use samples of Native American DNA. The Boston Globe broke the story Monday of Warren’s DNA test, which she and the newspaper claimed as proof of her Native American ancestry, after results suggested she may have had a Native […]
Authored by Thorstein Polleit via The Mises Institute, US interest rates keep creeping upwards, largely because the US Federal Reserve (Fed) is expected to ramp up borrowings costs further in the coming quarters. The Federal Funds Rate is now in a bandwidth of 1.75 to 2.0 per cent, and the yield on 10-year Treasuries has […]
Since announcing their new advertising campaign will be led by Colin Kaepernick, the social media backlash has dominated the virtue-signaling efforts we presume they hoped for. With images of Nike apparel and footwear being burned and real sacrifice being discussed, it appears investors are growing disillusioned as NFL fans as Nike shares are down over 3% in the pre-market. […]
By Dave Merrick Two years ago, October 2nd, a news site called Canada Free Press scooped this most recent development in Hillary’s e-mail shenanigans. My article entitled, “Finally I Can See What ‘Emailgate’ is REALLY All About!” spelled out the hidden agenda behind Secretary of State Clinton carrying home her classified digital work/e-mails to what I […]
