When I tell people I’m a feminist, they look at me like I’m a witch that set my hair on fire. I understand the reaction. The name conjures images for some of a conspiracy to elevate women and demote men, but true feminists encompass men and women alike. You, the reader, may even be a…
16-year-old Nicholas Rubin has restored this reporter’s faith in young people. While his peers were busy copying their homework off Wikipedia or blasting One Direction, Rubin decided to take an active stance in politics. The teen quickly understood the power money donations wield over politicians, calling it a “social and industrial disease of today.” As a…
NEW YORK, NY–Nationwide, companies have been shattering the minimum wage argument by providing their employees with higher wages and benefits. In South Dakota, Walmart employees are making $17.40 per hour, while Starbucks recently offered free tuition for some of their employees. Now Ikea has decided to join the trend, announcing last Thursday that it is…
The Obama administration has proven itself to be both untrustworthy and incompetent when it comes to taking accountability for failed legislation. So when Obama said last April that 8 million had enrolled in Obamacare, he was met with intense skepticism. Both members of Congress and the press have tried to uncover the true costs and…
Hillary Clinton has inspired outright laughter in the media following her statements to ABC news that she and President Clinton “came out of the White House not only broke, but in debt.” She subsequently addressed her wealth to the Guardian by saying she wasn’t “truly well off.” New data reveals that the Clintons made $12.3…
Gary Oldman is known as many things. Commissioner Gordon, Sirius Black, and even a white Rastafarian drug dealer in Tarantino’s True Romance. Now, those who have grown tired of the double standards in Hollywood have found an ally in the acclaimed actor and self-proclaimed libertarian. In the new July-August issue of Playboy, Oldman doesn’t hold…
WASHINGTON, D.C.–Another case of police corruption has rocked our nation’s capital. Linwood Barnhill Jr., 48, had been an officer for 24 years, working in Southeast’s 7th District station. He admitted in federal court last week that he forced teenage girls, some as young as 15, to work as prostitutes out of his apartment. Marc Washington,…
The Libertarian Republic has been closely following the case of Jacob Lavoro, 19, since it first became public knowledge last May. Lavoro had a clean record before he was arrested for making brownies with hash oil and then selling them. The state used the sugar, cocoa, butter and other ingredients to determine the weight of…
RICHARDSON COUNTY, NE – Earlier this month, Richardson County Sheriff’s deputy Joshua Nincehelser claimed that he saw a stopped car on a rural road and pulled over to help what he assumed was a distressed driver. As the deputy approached the car, the driver allegedly pulled out a gun and fired at the deputy,…
KUNA, ID – Cops not only didn’t arrest a naked, drunk intruder who defecated all over a Kuna, Idaho family’s home after being called to the scene by members of the family, but they also dropped the intruder off at his house. Jake and Tricia Gillaspy woke up early in the morning to find…