Blake Neff The University of Washington (UW) was forced to hastily retract an infographic advising women on how to try out for the cheerleader squad after students denounced it for promoting a “Western” idea of beauty. The infographic, posted Monday to Facebook, features a Washington Huskies cheerleader along with a list of “do’s” and “dont’s” [sic]…
By Blake Neff More than half of American high school graduates will be unprepared for college when they get their diplomas, according to newly-released federal standardized test data. Reading ability among high school seniors has been stagnant while math scores have declined, according to new data derived from the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP)….
By Connor D. Wolf Raising the minimum wage actually does little to address poverty since most poor people are unemployed, a report published Thursday concluded. Democrats have push for laws to increase the minimum wage as a way to help people rise above the poverty line, while opposition warns such increases come with unintended economic…
By Blake Neff Hundreds of workers on Sen. Bernie Sanders’ presidential campaign will be looking for work tomorrow, after Sanders announced Wednesday that his campaign is laying off hundreds. The announcement comes one day after Sanders lost four out of five primaries in northeastern states, further shrinking his already long-shot odds of overtaking Hillary Clinton in…
Guy Bentley Liberal economist and Hillary Clinton supporter Paul Krugman has taken sides in the battle over soda taxes between Clinton and Sen. Bernie Sanders. After Clinton voiced her support for the mayor of Philadelphia’s plan to slap a three cents tax on per ounce of soda, Sanders hit back, saying such a tax…
JP Carroll The Venezuelan Supreme Court, stacked with judges appointed by the current Socialist government, denied the Conservative Party’s move to shorten the president’s term Monday. Conservative politicians who run Venezuela’s National Assembly have proposed an amendment to the Venezuelan Constitution to shorten the president’s term to four years from the current six. Venezuela has been…
Steve Birr Activists who violated federal law with a public marijuana smoking demonstration in front of the White House will meet with the Obama Administration Monday to discuss the future of legalization. Adam Eidinger and Nikolas Schiller spearheaded Initiative 71, which legalized up to two ounces of marijuana for personal home consumption in the District…
Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) released a statement on the Obama Administration’s decision to declassify at least part of the redacted 28 pages of the Congressional 9/11 Inquiry. “Nearly a year ago, I called on the Obama administration to release the redacted 28 pages of the 9/11 congressional inquiry. I firmly believe the family members of…
Hollywood Dramatization of Edward Snowden’s Life & NSA Whistleblowing Coming in September by Avens O’Brien Today, Open Road Films released the first official trailer to their new political-thriller, Snowden. Directed by Oliver Stone and starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt as Edward Snowden and Zachary Quinto as Glenn Greenwald, this film is based on the novels The Snowden…
The recent appearance of Milo Yiannopoulus, Christina Hoff Sommers, and Steven Crowder at the University of Massachusetts led to a spectacle of Social Justice outrage and nincompoopery. by Joey Clark Milo Yiannopoulus, Christina Hoff Sommers, and Steven Crowder recently descended on the University of Massachusetts armed to the teeth with vicious rhetoric and even, dare…