Pictured: Carlos Cachari Ticona signing in to lobby for relaxing child labor laws CREDIT: REUTERS Bolivia recently passed a law which reduces the minimum age of employment from 14 years old to 10. The law offers some protections to children who decide to work, such as parents being required to supervise those between 10 and twelve….
By Connor D. Wolf President Obama used his pen and phone to raise the minimum wage for new federal contractors, but a federal workers’ union isn’t satisfied. They ask: Why must the minimum wage hike be limited to new contractors? “It was shameful that so many in the President’s own workforce are forced to work…
By Michael Bastasch Published: July 25, 2014 Climate models relied upon by scientists and governments may be greatly overstating the warming that has occurred since the late 1950s, argues a paper analyzing the discrepancies between modeled and observed temperatures. The paper, which was published in the journal Environmetrics, found that observed temperatures differed greatly from modeled temperatures…
By Jonah Bennett Despite dropping approval ratings, a poll released Friday by CNN/ORC indicates little political will for the impeachment of President Barack Obama. The issue was brought to the forefront most recently by former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, also the 2008 Republican vice presidential nominee. According to the results of the poll, while 45 percent of…
Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) is speaking at the National Urban League Conference in Cincinnati, Ohio today on the subject of civil rights. The Mayor of Baltimore (and secretary of the Democratic National Committee), Stephanie Rawlings-Blake published an op-ed today to counter his speech with the title: “Blacks shouldn’t be fooled by Rand Paul.” She criticizes…
By Jonah Bennett According to President Barack Obama, companies that use cross-border mergers to avoid U.S. taxes are in effect revoking their citizenship, CNN reports. On Thursday, Obama is set to pressure Congress to close corporate tax loopholes, which allow for mergers to take place in familiar tax havens like the Cayman Islands. The process, called…
Another example of a good guy with a gun stopping a bad guy with a gun. NEW LONDON, CT – Two brothers successfully fought off an armed intruder who broke into their home with a gun and a knife on Wednesday. Richard and Kevin Dennis were asleep when the 15-year-old broke in and attacked Richard…
By Connor D. Wolf Forward Seattle announced Wednesday that they failed to collect enough signatures to subject the city’s $15 minimum wage to a November vote. The group, which represents local businesses in Seattle, stated in a press release that they “didn’t qualify its referendum, falling 1,237 signatures short of the 16,510 required to compel…
A supermarket store in the United Kingdom has gone off the national electricity grid by recycling its own rotting food. The Sainsbury’s store in Cannock is running entirely on electricity that is generated from refuse. It’s the first time a grocer from a major retailer is not relying on the national grid for power. Outsideonline…
“Patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel.” By Connor D. Wolf The AFL-CIO demanded Tuesday that a tax loophole that benefits U.S. corporations competing in foreign markets get closed. The practice known as corporate inversion allows U.S.-based companies to avoid some taxes by moving their headquarters to a foreign country where taxes are less…