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Casey Harper More than half of black millennials say they have either experienced police harassment or violence, or they know someone who has, according to a study released Wednesday. The survey, first reported by the Associated Press, asked “Have you or anyone you know experienced harassment or violence at the hands of the police?” and 54.4 of black…
Bitcoin is booming again After several months of price stability in the $200-$300 range, the exchange rate for Bitcoin into USD has skyrocketed over the past few days, making for a nearly 100% price gain over the last month. This after the news of a record $1 billion being invested in Bitcoin firms, as large financial players and Silicon Valley…
Connor D. Wolf A coalition of business and labor groups launched a campaign Wednesday in opposition to New York raising its minimum wage to $15 an hour. The main goal of Minimum Wage Reality Check Campaign is to educate state residents. The coalition hopes to inform New York about the negative consequences of a $15…
Josh Fatzick America’s population has gotten exponentially fatter over the past two decades, and a new study shows how far the country has gone. Mississippi took the prize as the fattest state, while Hawaii has the least amount of obese and overweight people, according to a study released Wednesday by the personal finance website WalletHub….
Geoffrey Ingersoll Despite polls showing a majority of support for marijuana legalization, Issue 3, a ballot initiative to make recreational and medical marijuana legal in Ohio, failed Tuesday night. Marijuana advocacy groups were disappointed, but also drew attention to the fact that Issue 3 had several provisions that divided the cannabis community. The ‘no’ vote grabbed 65…
A grisly video has surfaced of a failed ISIS suicide bomber who was found torn in half but still alive after his explosives detonated too early. Footage of the incident, posted online, showed him muttering a few words and moving his head – despite missing the lower half of his body. It’s believed he was…
New details involving disgraced Subway spokesman Jared Fogle and his obsession with child molestation have surfaced from the woman who took it upon herself to expose him. Rochelle Herman-Walrond, a former Florida journalist, befriended Fogle after she heard him confess his sexual perversions. Herman-Walround would end up wearing a wire for federal investigators for over four…
Andrew Follett Environmentalists like to claim skeptics are making money off hampering global warming regulations, but those same activists are making a lot of money promoting global warming alarmism. A recent video from The Guardian claims that there is little money or power to be gained from environmental activism. The money behind activism pales in comparison to…
Michael Bastasch The showing of a film celebrating the gay activist movement has been delayed and possibly canceled following severe protests from, ironically, gay rights activists who say the film somehow endangers their lives. “Stonewall,” directed by openly-gay director Roland Emmerich, portrays the events of the 1969 Stonewall riot in New York City, where NYPD clashed with…
Blake Neff Just a couple months ago, Bernie Sanders lambasted Uber as an “unregulated” company with “serious problems,” but financial disclosures by the Democratic presidential candidate reveal that whenever his campaign requires a taxi, they literally always turn to Uber. According to research done by National Journal, 100 percent of Sanders’ spending on taxi and…