Tag: Social Issues

Rail Strike Timeline Comes Into Focus as Deadline Looms

The timeline for the potential rail line strike across America has now become clearer with four major unions deciding not to strike until next month. In September, a tentative deal between freight rail companies and unions was brokered by the White House. At the time, President Biden had called it an “important win” for the…


Christian Persecution and the Slippery Slope in America | Church & State

Christian persecution is on the rise around the globe, and the beginnings of religious persecution are starting to take place in the United States. In this episode, pastor Lucas Miles presents many horrific stories of Christian persecution, as well as highlights the many heroic believers who are rising above these circumstances every day. Also featured…


Emotions Run High as Trial Resumes Over Gender Transition of Minors

The national debate over transgender medical treatment for minors has raged with white-hot intensity in rallies, online rants, and prominent news coverage. But as a pivotal trial on the once-obscure topic enters its final phase on Nov. 28, a federal judge is tasked with taking a cool, level-headed approach to the controversial issue. District Court…


‘Give Me an Opportunity to Live:’ Chinese Writer Pleads for Permission to Shop for Medicines and Food

China continues to implement stringent zero-COVID measures, disrupting everyday life for Chinese citizens at a time when most other countries in the world are learning to live with the virus. A 62-year-old Chinese writer and activist, who depends on medicines for kidney disease, has run out of both medicines and food. Trapped at home under…


Heritage Foundation Survey in Five Red States Finds Voters Reject Respect for Marriage Act

A new poll commissioned by the Heritage Foundation found most voters in five surveyed states oppose a bill critics contend threatens religious liberty, the Respect for Marriage Act, which the Senate will consider for final passage the week after Thanksgiving. Most of the voters in the five states—Indiana, West Virginia, Utah, Wyoming, and Iowa—are Republican…


Two Women Tied up and Publicly Humiliated for Violating COVID Rules in China’s Guangzhou

News Analysis At the beginning of 2022, a photo of a chained woman found in China’s Xuzhou city, a victim of human trafficking, went viral on social media. Recently, two women were tied up and shamed by COVID-19 policy enforcers in southern China’s Guangzhou city for violating strict pandemic rules, sparking a public outcry on…


2 Women Tied up and Publicly Humiliated for Violating COVID Rules in China’s Guangzhou

News Analysis At the beginning of 2022, a photo of a chained woman found in China’s Xuzhou city, a victim of human trafficking, went viral on social media. Recently, two women were tied up and shamed by COVID-19 policy enforcers in southern China’s Guangzhou city for violating strict pandemic rules, sparking a public outcry on…


The Shadow State | Documentary

“The Shadow State,” a feature documentary by The Epoch Times, takes a deep dive inside the eenvironmental, social, and governance (ESG) industry, an emerging multitrillion-dollar power structure that unites governments with corporations in the march toward a brave new world of climate and social justice. See how it works, what its goals are, and who is…


[PREMIERING on 11/29 at 9:30 AM ET] The Shadow State | Documentary

“The Shadow State,” a feature documentary by The Epoch Times, takes a deep dive inside the eenvironmental, social, and governance (ESG) industry, an emerging multitrillion-dollar power structure that unites governments with corporations in the march toward a brave new world of climate and social justice. See how it works, what its goals are, and who is…


[Premiering at 8 PM ET] Christian Persecution and the Slippery Slope in America | Church & State

Christian persecution is on the rise around the globe, and the beginnings of religious persecution are starting to take place in the United States. In this episode, pastor Lucas Miles presents many horrific stories of Christian persecution, as well as highlights the many heroic believers who are rising above these circumstances every day. Also featured…