Politics
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Outgunned: Drug War Destabilizes Urban Families
Gun violence is an issue that disproportionately impacts some of this country’s most destitute communities—communities that are home to many broken families living in poor economic conditions, facing hopelessness and instability on a daily basis. A major contributor to this reality is the failed war on drugs, which has had an impact in two main…
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Obama’s Leadership Ratings Take a Dip
President Barack Obama’s poll numbers in various measures of leadership have taken a dip, showing the disgruntled state of the American people resulting form the troubles with Obamacare. Only 4 out of 10 Americans think the president can manage the government effectively, a new CNN/ORC International survey shows. This is a 7-percentage-point decrease from June.…
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Obama Working to Soothe Anxious Democrats
President Barack Obama has been busy in the past couple of weeks, flying across the country to attend fundraisers and reassure donors, even though he isn’t up for re-election. The president is hoping to relieve some of the stress caused by the political backlash from the problem-ridden rollout of Obamacare, which has many congressional Democrats…
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Allen West: Obama Policy Caused 'Knockout Game'
According to former Florida Rep. Allen West, left-wing policies such as those that allow immigrants to work in the country and compete for jobs are behind the “knockout game,” Breitbart reports. The knockout game is a troubling new trend among youth, the premise of which is to prey on unsuspecting strangers and try to knock…
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Men Recall the Pain and Turmoil of Abortion
When I hear people debate pro-life versus pro-choice, I often wonder who in the argument has experienced an abortion. As with most debatable topics, it is easy to get into if you’ve never actually had to face it. A couple years ago I decided to share my experience with abortion on my own blog. The…
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President Obama: Iran Deal a ‘1st Step’
After weeks of delivering somber news about the Affordable Care Act at home, President Barack Obama was able to welcome good news from abroad late Saturday about Iran’s historic agreement to temporarily freeze its nuclear program. He said the interim nuclear agreement with Iran is an “important first step” that cuts off the Islamic republic’s…
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Job Openings and Overall Hiring in the US Reach 5-Year Highs
Job openings and overall hiring reached five-year highs in September, indicating the job market’s current stability and improvement, the Associated Press reports. The Labor Department reported an increase of 69,000 in job postings, making it a seasonally adjusted 3.9 million. A number that hasn’t been seen since March 2008, months after the recession, the AP…
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Russell Simmons: Fake Democrats, Sit Down
Mogul Russell Simmons is not putting up with anyone, especially Democrats, sidling away from Obamacare just because they fear repercussions if linked to the struggling HealthCare.gov website. Oh, no. In a scathing piece published Thursday on Global Grind, Simmons called out Democrats who “couldn’t handle the hate” from Republicans when the backlash came. “So, their…
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House Speaker Boehner Finally Enrolls in Obamacare
Updated, Friday, Nov. 22, 2:20 p.m. ET: It seems that House Speaker John Boehner’s Obamacare woes are over. Forty-five minutes after the speaker blogged his frustrations with HealthCare.gov, he got a confirmation email that he was enrolled, the Associated Press reports. Earlier, the Ohio Republican said he’d spent four hours trying to navigate the website.…
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Senate Changes Voting Rules, Mel Watt Confirmation Set to Go Through
Earlier Thursday, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) managed to push through a controversial change to Senate rules, now requiring only a bare majority, as opposed to 60 votes, in order to confirm nominees. This all but guarantees that president Obama’s picks for various positions will fly through, with the Democrats holding the majority with…