Tag: Social Issues

Nevada Has Worst Housing Crisis in the Nation: Study

Nevada has the least affordable housing in the country, according to an analysis by several organizations based on data from the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). HUD describes affordable housing as housing on which the occupant pays no more than 30 percent of gross income for housing costs, including utilities. When…


China Local Government Debts Grow Faster Than GDP

The latest data from China shows considerable local government debts have grown faster than GDP. Given the opacity of the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) official data, it is likely that local government debt is much worse than reported. China’s frequent COVID-19 outbreaks in 2022 have led to production stagnation and economic recession. Pillar industries such as…


Kirk Cameron Challenges Christians, Conservatives to Fight ‘Woke’ Ideology One Book at a Time

Christians and conservatives must recapture the public square ceded to the “woke” culture, says actor and author Kirk Cameron. In an interview with The Epoch Times, Cameron challenged parents who are tired of being silenced by social-justice elites, to host a pro-family, Christian story hour at their local public libraries. Cameron hopes his push to…


The Culture War in American Legal Education Is Expanding

A broad-ranging and growing progressive movement in American legal education and higher education is upending and reforming policies and practices in pursuit of increasing diversity in student bodies, as The Epoch Times reported recently. In the legal education sector, the movement is one in which some of the most prestigious law schools, and the American…


Advance Tax Refund Provider Raises Loan Limit Due to High Inflation

The Santa Barbara Tax Products Group, an advance tax refund provider, is raising its loan limit to take into account higher-than-average inflation. As tax season approaches, the rise in the cost-of-living expenses has placed a heavy burden on millions of American families nationwide. Although annual inflation fell to 6.5 percent last month, from its historical…


Labor MP Defects, Warns Former Party Will Send State ‘Woke and Broke’

Labor Party defector Tania Mihailuk will join One Nation in the upcoming state election, warning that her former party—which analysts believe stands a good chance of winning power—will send New South Wales “woke and broke.” The MP has long warned the Labor Party of straying too far down the left side of politics—adopting policies like…


DeSantis Seeks To Make Permanent Protections From Covid Mandates

Florida’s Gov. Ron DeSantis on Jan.17 said he’d seek to make permanent the state’s pioneering protections against COVID mask and vaccine mandates, and back physicians’ free speech. Speaking in Panama City Beach, DeSantis said he’d introduce legislation to carry that out in Florida’s upcoming legislative session. Earlier state-mandated measures were temporary and will expire on…


US Murders Concentrated in Handful of Counties, Urban Areas: Report

A small number of counties account for a vast majority of murders committed in the United States, whereas a major portion of counties have very few murders, according to a recent report, which also noted that urban areas had “much higher” murder rates despite lower gun ownership. Murders were found to be “very concentrated” in…


San Francisco Committee Proposes $5 Million Payouts, Debt Forgiveness as Reparations for African Americans

Total debt forgiveness and $5 million payouts are among the reparations the San Francisco African American Reparations Advisory Committee is proposing that the city grant to longtime Black residents who have been a victim of the city’s “systematic repression and exclusion” of the Black community. The committee, tasked with developing a reparations plan for the…


San Francisco Committee Proposes Payouts of $5 Million Each, Debt Forgiveness as Reparations for African Americans

Total debt forgiveness and $5 million payouts are among the reparations the San Francisco African American Reparations Advisory Committee is proposing that the city grant to longtime Black residents who have been a victim of the city’s “systematic repression and exclusion” of the Black community. The committee, tasked with developing a reparations plan for the…