Category: The Epoch Times Featured Articles

27,200 Years Lost: US States Wrestle With Wrongful Convictions

Faced with a mounting roster of more than 3,200 exonerated Americans, some states, including Ohio, are taking steps to prevent the innocent from languishing behind bars. Now, after more than two years of work, a State Supreme Court-appointed task force is recommending that Ohio lawmakers create an innocence inquiry commission, as part of  “a patchwork…


FBI’s Trump Home Raid Improperly Intrusive, Circumstances Indicate: Lawyers

There’s reason to suspect that the FBI search of the Florida residence of former President Donald Trump was improperly intrusive, according to several lawyers. The raid prompted a rebuke from Trump and Republicans more broadly and further escalated political tensions in the nation. About two dozen FBI agents entered Trump’s Palm Beach resort of Mar-a-Lago…


FBI Trump Home Raid Improperly Intrusive, Circumstances Indicate

There’s a reason to suspect the FBI searching the Florida residence of former President Donald Trump was improperly intrusive, according to several lawyers. The raid prompted a rebuke from Trump and Republicans more broadly and further escalated political tensions in the nation. About two dozen FBI agents entered Trump’s Palm Beach resort of Mar-A-Lago around…


FBI’s Trump Home Raid Improperly Intrusive, Circumstances Indicate

There’s reason to suspect that the FBI search of the Florida residence of former President Donald Trump was improperly intrusive, according to several lawyers. The raid prompted a rebuke from Trump and Republicans more broadly and further escalated political tensions in the nation. About two dozen FBI agents entered Trump’s Palm Beach resort of Mar-a-Lago…


Woke Airline Policies Threaten Safety, Workers Say

Southwest Airlines Co. is basking in accolades for its “diversity, equity, and inclusion” (DEI) efforts, award-winning customer service, and record-breaking quarterly revenues. Behind the scenes of that rosy picture, heartaches are afflicting Southwest, called “the airline with Heart” because of its heart-shaped logo and a corporate culture steeped in “The Golden Rule,” treating others the…


Washington After Roe: Day Two

WASHINGTON—The Epoch Times is continuing its ongoing coverage of protests and other reactions to Roe v. Wade in Washington, D.C., the nation’s capital. This story will be updated throughout the day. Faithful Bear Witness to a New Dawn Two days after the United States Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, no protesters could be seen…


Washington After Roe Day 2: Faithful Bear Witness to a New Dawn

WASHINGTON—Two days after the United States Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, no protesters could be seen outside Washington’s Basilica of the Shrine of the Immaculate Conception. Situated next to the campus of The Catholic University of America (CUA), the shrine is the largest Catholic church in North America. Yet, after the Department of Homeland…


Energy Industry and Economists Deride Biden Gas Tax Holiday Proposal

In interviews with The Epoch Times, energy industry insiders and economists expressed disagrement and disdain about the Biden administration’s proposed three-month gas tax holiday. They joined a chorus of critical voices on both sides of the aisle after the president asked Congress to suspend that federal tax on June 22. “It is a silly idea,…


As ESG Comes Under Scrutiny, Skeptics and Contrarians Rise Up

Environmental, social, and governance (ESG) principles have rapidly taken hold in the financial sector in recent years. Now, against the backdrop of increasing regulatory enforcement, rising anti-ESG activism, and criticism of the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) climate disclosure proposal, ESG skeptics are coming to the fore, pushing back against the SEC and developing new…


West Virginia Notifies Six Banks They May Be Breaking State’s Fossil Fuel Anti-Boycott Law

Six banks have been warned by the West Virginia State Treasury that they may be in violation of a new law preventing the state from doing business with financial institutions boycotting energy companies. The office told The Epoch Times it had sent out letters on June 10, but did not share the banks’ names on…