Tag: US Features

Billions of Snow Crabs Disappeared in Alaska: Fishermen Struggle to Survive

HOMER, Alaska—The dawn sky appeared in shades of gray over the port city of Homer on Alaska’s Kenai Peninsula as a cold wind blew across Kachemak Bay. Snow-capped mountains stood tall and vast beyond the narrow geographical land bridge called Homer Spit—beyond the weathered tapestry of seasonal tourist shops, restaurants, boatyards, and fishing vessels moored…


‘Calm Before the Storm,’ Says Kaiser CEO, as ‘Increases Are Imminent’ for Health Insurance Premiums

Health insurance premiums, which largely remained unchanged this year compared to 2021, might rise significantly in 2023 due to inflation, according to a survey by the Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF). Annual family premiums for employer-sponsored health insurance are calculated to average $22,463 in 2022, which is just over a 1 percent increase from last year’s…


Alan Dershowitz: Partisanship Is Destroying Principles in America

“How dare they call themselves progressives,” Alan Dershowitz says. “They are regressives. They are reactionaries. They are repressors.” In a recent episode of EpochTV’s “American Thought Leaders,” host Jan Jekielek and Harvard law professor emeritus Dershowitz discuss his latest book “The Price of Principle: Why Integrity is Worth the Consequences,” which argues that “unprincipled” partisanship…


‘In God We Trust’ Movement Seeks To Unify a Fractured Nation

One day in April, Dan Regenold was sitting at his desk, handling a $1 bill, when the words on its flip side, “In God We Trust,” seemed to leap off the paper. Regenold began to wonder: How many times had he—and many other Americans—looked at U.S. currency without giving those words, our national motto, a…


CCP Stealthily Gaining Control of Global Organizations, Establishing Police Stations Overseas: Journalist

The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has been working for decades to infiltrate and dominate global organizations through clandestine means, but only recently has it become bold enough to institutionalize its operations and open a number of police stations overseas, an investigative journalist says. “None of this could be happening without the collaboration of the Western…


Activists in Maryland Decry Trans Craze Targeting Teens

In a Bel Air middle school near Baltimore, a 14-year-old boy is using the girls locker room to strip down for gym class. At the magnet school in Greenbelt, the transgender club has staged “walkouts” to protest in solidarity the mistreatment of gays and lesbians in other parts of the country. In Damascus, in semi-rural…


Adidas Cuts Partnership With Kanye West Over His Comments on Social Media

Adidas announced the termination of its partnership with Ye, formerly known as Kanye West, over the rapper’s comments on social media. Ye (his legal name), one of the most famous and successful black American entrepreneurs in history, has an estimated net worth of $2 billion. The controversial artist and fashion designer has made a series of…


EXCLUSIVE: Retired Police Sergeant, Oath Keeper Helped Rescue Capitol Police on Jan. 6 ‘At the Moment the World Needed It’

“I can help.” Amid the bedlam of 10,000 voices chanting, singing, and shouting on the east terrace of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, those three words cut through the haze like a lighthouse beam. The target of the message was U.S. Capitol Police Lt. Tarik Khalid Johnson, 46, who scanned the crowd for…


Early Voting and Mail Ballot Turnouts Point to 2020 Replay

Nationwide early voting and vote-by-mail turnout trends for the 2022 midterm election reflect a pattern similar to that of the pandemic-skewered 2020 election.  As a result, it may take several days after polls close on Nov. 8 for results to be confirmed in several key battleground states, including Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, and Michigan. In-person early voting…


Early Voting and Mail Ballot Turnout Trends Point to 2020 Replay

Nationwide early voting and vote-by-mail turnout trends for the 2022 midterm election reflect a pattern similar to that of the pandemic-skewered 2020 election. As a result, it may take several days after polls close on Nov. 8 for results to be confirmed in several key battleground states, including Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, and Michigan. In-person early voting…