The U.S. Supreme Court will be hearing arguments in two affirmative action cases at the end of October to decide whether or not race should play a role in college admissions at Harvard University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. These cases could go against past rulings that allows colleges to consider…

Kanye West’s Twitter and Instagram accounts were restricted after the music superstar unleashed a series of antisemitic posts. That controversy came on the heels of West’s appearance at Paris Fashion Week, where he wore a “White Lives Matter” t-shirt. As some in conservative media jumped to the hip-hop mogul’s defense, others wondered what sparked the…

College athletes are now able to cash in on their name, image and likeness (NIL) after the NCAA drafted new rules last year in response to a Supreme Court decision. National, regional and local brands are all paying big money for collegiate sports stars to promote their wares. Just this week, Nike signed its first…

The American public is split over President Joe Biden’s climate change initiatives. According to Pew Research, 49% say his policies are taking the country in the right direction, while 47% say otherwise. With Biden expected to spend over half a trillion dollars on climate technology and green energy over the next 10 years, the stakes…

Cartoons have been pulling on the heartstrings of audiences for decades, and now liberal non-profit Wide Angle Research is looking to harness that emotional response in their political advertisements. Wide Angle Research focuses on influencing voters who are politically conflicted, recently releasing a series of ads aimed at swaying people on left-leaning issues ahead of…

Just as health experts were warning of a new wave of COVID-19 infections in Europe, officials in Japan and Taiwan lifted restrictions on foreign travelers. The developments show how the pandemic has changed in severity across different places and times over the past 2 1/2 years. The warning of a European COVID-19 wave came from…

Ray Reed, 25, is one of many voices that make up Generation Z (born between 1997-2012). He is a part of a new movement that is making a bid to take on the establishment in Washington, D.C.  The oldest members of Gen Z became eligible to run for congressional office this year. Reed, a progressive…

New evidence brings focus to the “whipping” controversy at the U.S.-Mexico border. Emails obtained by the Heritage Foundation, a conservative think tank, reveal that Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas was told the photos showing horseback border patrol agents “whipping” Haitian migrants were misleading. After the photos went viral, officials within the agency alerted Mayorkas that…

The U.S. is doubling down its support of Ukraine for the “long haul.” The commitment came down today from Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, to support Ukraine’s defenders “indefinitely” through “all seasons.” Austin spoke at a meeting of the Ukraine Defense Contract Group in Belgium. He said the group, which includes participants from more than 50…

President Biden has announced he will issue pardons to thousands of people convicted of “simple possession” of marijuana under federal law. The House of Representatives has passed legislation that would decriminalize marijuana at the federal level and remove penalties for certain cannabis-related offenses. Another proposal, also controversial, is the idea of giving people with prior marijuana convictions…