By Blake Neff Often stereotyped as the destination for college graduates who can’t find more remunerative employment, Starbucks will offer thousands of its employees free tuition through a collaborative endeavor with Arizona State University, the company announced Monday. The plan is available to any employee at Starbucks who works at least 20 hours per week….
A Pittsburgh police officer has been put on desk duty after a video surfaced showing him grabbing a woman by the head and punching her in the side at the city’s LGBT pride parade and celebration. The officer, Souroth Chatterji , claims he was trying to break up a fight when he grabbed the woman…
They’re calling it the “pussy pass,” basically it’s a phrase that’s being tossed around on the Internet to describe a situation where women get lenient treatment compared to their male counterparts for whatever behavior is being studied. In the video below, “Model Pranksters” sets up a situation where they video tape reactions of people on…
The idea of “white privilege” has been a hot topic for the left-wing media. The phrase “check your privilege” is commonly used by leftist activists as a way of telling a person who is making a political point that they should remember they are speaking from a privileged position, because they are white, male, heterosexual,…
The Daily Show with Jon Stewart ruthlessly mocked wearers of Google Glass who whined about being the sufferers of “hate crimes” for wearing their recording technology. Calling them “iDouches,” correspondent Jason Jones heaps scathing insults in their direction for calling themselves explorers. One of the participants in the panel of iDouches was Sarah Slocum, who…
By Blake Neff Teachers unions, long a core Democratic constituency, are in open revolt over the muted reaction of Democratic leaders to a recent court decision gutting California’s teacher tenure and seniority laws. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan has angered teachers by failing to decisively take their side following California Judge Rolf Treu’s ruling this…
15-year-old Erik Finman is very grateful to his older brother for turning him on to Bitcoin back in 2012. When his grandma gave him $1,000 gift, he turned around and purchased the digital cryptocurrency which he later sold for a whopping $100,000. Finman only started with 0.2 Bitcoins, but he managed to sell when the…
A new political action committee called Liberty In Pink is on the scene, and they’re on a mission to find female candidates for public office. Executive Director Melissa Denker says that the organization isn’t just looking for anyone though. Liberty In Pink is targeting their approach to find ladies who want to run for…
By Blake Neff Are problems ranging from the VA scandal to the Bowe Bergdhal swap starting to take their toll on President Obama? A new Gallup poll finds that personal disapproval of the president is at an all-time high, with 52 percent of U.S. adults holding a negative view of Obama. Just 47 percent had a positive…
By Jonah Bennett A study recently released by the Institute for Justice (IJ), a non-profit legal firm, challenges the common perception that food trucks are unclean and unsafe, reports Watchdog. Launched as part of IJ’s National Street Vending initiative, the study examined over 260,000 food-safety inspection reports from seven major American cities. According to the author of…