CLEAR LAKE, Iowa— Democratic presidential candidates spoke at a historic rock and roll landmark here Friday night, with each using the Iowa Wing Ding dinner to lay out their policies. #WingDing dinner 2015 pic.twitter.com/6XvHPLQvWO — Leah Jessen (@_LeahKay_) August 15, 2015 Guest speakers were former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Sen. Bernie Sanders, former Maryland […]
Ohio residents will have the chance to vote on marijuana legalization this November after a petition secured enough signatures to get a spot on the upcoming election ballot. Pro-weed advocacy group ResponsibleOhio delivered 320,267 signatures to Ohio Secretary of State Jon Husted Wednesday, surpassing the minimum needed by more than 14,000 signatures. The group spent more […]
The US Embassy in Havana opened in 1953 and designed by U.S. firm Harrison & Abramovitz. But the U.S. Embassy didn’t close, exactly, and it didn’t lie vacant. On Jan. 7, 1961, U.S. chargé d’affaires Daniel Braddock handed the keys over to the Swiss embassy in Havana, and the Swiss held on to the building […]
Lawyers for a county clerk in Kentucky who refuses to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples appealed a federal judge’s order that she do so, asking that the clerk not have to comply meanwhile. Rowan County Clerk Kim Davis so far has not obeyed the order of U.S. District Judge David Bunning that she resume issuing […]
Gov. Scott Walker, R-Wis., has approved legislation that will use public funds to finance a new stadium for the Milwaukee Bucks basketball team. Wisconsin governor has committed $250 million in taxpayer money to fund new arena for @bucks. http://t.co/7UCGpyVXBF — NBA on ESPN (@ESPNNBA) August 12, 2015 The bill pledges $250 million dollars from Wisconsin […]
This week, on the one-year anniversary of Michael Brown’s death, a familiar image came out of Ferguson, Mo., as protesters faced off against police in the city just as they did 12 months ago. For one business owner, a night of rioting and looting disrupted a year of rebuilding not just her business, but a […]
By Michael Snyder Did you see what just happened? The devaluation of the yuan by China triggered the largest one day drop for that currency in the modern era. This caused other global currencies to crash relative to the U.S. dollar, the price of oil hit a six year low, and stock markets all over […]
Veterans are leaving one combat zone for another. Leave No Veteran Behind is a Chicago-based organization that relieves the burden of student debt on veterans in exchange for their dedication to community service. (Photo: Leave No Veteran Behind/Facebook) Veterans enrolled in the program are given retroactive scholarships if they meet the criteria of having an […]
This graphic originally appeared at Visual Capitalist Two weeks ago, Visualcapitalist published a post showing the world economy in one visualization. In the corresponding comments section, a user asked us if we could put together a similar visualization but instead honing in on world debt. Today’s visualization breaks down $59.7 trillion of world debt by country, as well as […]
ATLANTA, Ga. – Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker discussed his platform of “reform, growth and safety” during a speech to conservative activists Saturday. Walker, speaking at the RedState Gathering along with several other Republican presidential candidates, said that the Iranian nuclear agreement presents a great risk to the national security of the United States. “Iran is […]
