- How to Help Puerto Rico Today
Almost a year after the devastating Hurricane Maria, reporters are still trying to discover the actual body count. While official counts totaled less than one hundred, it is now believed that over 4,500 Puerto Ricans died during and in the aftermath of the natural disaster.
The island also remains in disarray, due to poor response from ...
- Policy Watch – Immigration Bills Flounder
It’s almost the end of June and here we are with another edition of Policy Watch! Congress lately has been once more busy with immigration, so we’re going to take a quick look at those to help keep you informed. Before that, in an update from our last edition of Policy Watch, The Project Safe Neighborhoods ...
- Fracking is a Waste of Money and Nature
As we acknowledge World Environment Day and World Oceans Day this week – days to recognize the human impact on our environment and discuss the best ways to help protect it – and in Pennsylvania, many are using the week to recognize the impact of fracking.
A recent article in The Wall Street Journal, “Oil Is Above $70, but ...
- We Need a Job Guarantee
Senator Bernie Sanders wants a bold new federal jobs program, and he’s right.
- Amazon Must be Destroyed
Recently Brian Olsavsky, Chief Financial Officer at Amazon, stated that effective May 11, new Amazon Prime subscribers would pay $119 for an annual membership as opposed to $99 for current members.
This follows the release of Amazon’s first quarter earnings report which, according to financial reporter Shannon Liao, were “eye-popping,” with $51 billion in sales (North ...
Leviathan and Its Enemies is a book about power: who has it, how they got it, how they keep it, and whether it can be taken from them.
Today we are giving our take on the Biden administration’s announcement that it will be raising tariffs on a host of Chinese-made products. Given they are calling for a 100% tariff on electric vehicles, we ...
On August 24th, the Department of Justice announced it was suing Elon Musk’s "Space Exploration Technologies Corporation (SpaceX) for discriminating against asylees and refugees in its hiring practices." The news took ...
Given the numerous attempts to pack immigration provisions into current spending bills, there’s probably no better time to talk about the real meaning of the Statue of Liberty. The Statue of Liberty has long been a ...