Tag: Social Issues

New Statewide Program to Help Florida Fight Mounting Fentanyl Overdoses

PUNTA GORDA, Fla.—Florida is to get a new program targeted at suppressing the state’s rising death toll associated with fentanyl overdoses. Gov. Ron DeSantis announced the statewide initiative at an Aug. 3 news conference in Brevard County in which he said fentanyl “ruins lives” and has infiltrated “other substances” that have led to a number…


Finding Kindness and Dignity on the Rat-plagued Streets of Skid Row

LOS ANGELES, Calif.—The homeless tent city known as “Skid Row” in downtown Los Angeles is where people end up when the bottom drops out of their lives. Sometimes, it’s where they die—one final insult added to injury. For Cuban-born Fernando Sanchez, Skid Row has been his home for two decades. He didn’t plan it that…


What Life Is Really Like on Los Angeles’ Skid Row

LOS ANGELES, Calif.—The homeless tent city known as “Skid Row” in downtown Los Angeles is where people end up when the bottom drops out of their lives. Sometimes, it’s where they die—one final insult added to injury. For Cuban-born Fernando Sanchez, Skid Row has been his home for a decade and a half. He didn’t…


Contrary to Mainstream Narrative, Black Americans Want Criminals Behind Bars: Horace Cooper

Black Americans in urban areas are suffering the consequences of the progressive Democrats’ anti-police “soft on crime” policies, despite the fact that these are the communities the policies were supposedly going to help, said Horace Cooper, senior fellow with the National Center for Public Policy Research, in a recent NTD interview. Cooper told NTD that…


Biden Signs Executive Order Promoting Abortion

President Joe Biden on Wednesday signed an executive order that he says will allow for more abortion access, coming weeks after the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade. “Today’s Executive Order builds on the first Executive Order that I signed last month to safeguard access to … abortion care,” he wrote on Twitter. “I…


Biden Signs Executive Order Targeting Abortion

President Joe Biden on Wednesday signed an executive order that he says will allow for more abortion access, coming weeks after the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade. “Today’s Executive Order builds on the first Executive Order that I signed last month to safeguard access to … abortion care,” he wrote on Twitter. “I…


‘Blood Is on His Hands’ Rudy Giuliani Fires Back at George Soros After Defense of DAs

Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani responded to left-wing billionaire George Soros’ opinion article in which he said he’ll continue to back progressive district attorneys amid a spike in crime nationwide. “I have been involved in efforts to reform the criminal-justice system for the more than 30 years I have been a philanthropist ……


New Virtual Clinic Helps Diagnose Autistic Children in 5 US States

As the father of an autistic son, Tom Butler says that a new virtual clinic—dedicated to diagnosing children with autistic disorders—could prove valuable for frustrated parents. “There’s something to be said for in-person visits. But really, I think you can see a lot more behaviors when the child is in his own environment. So that’s…


‘We Don’t Want to Be Equal’: British Comedian Says Humans Thrive in Competition, Not Forced Equality

Konstantin Kisin, a Russian–British comedian and political commentator who was born in Moscow during the final years of the Soviet Union, has warned that one of the greatest threats to Western civilization is coming from within. In a recent interview for EpochTV’s “American Thought Leaders” program, Kisin discussed his new book, “An Immigrant’s Love Letter to…


400 Million Cut Their Ties With the CCP in Defiance of Communist Control

NEW YORK—Chinese entrepreneur Chen Quanhong had one message he wanted to tell to the world: “Tuidang.” It’s a Chinese phrase—and it means “quit the Party.” The words were emblazoned on a yellow flag Chen was carrying at a parade in Washington on July 21 to highlight the Chinese communist regime’s myriad human rights abuses. Chen…