Tag: US Features

Salvation Army Facing Toy, Donation Shortage

Some officials with The Salvation Army have reported “dire” toy and donation shortages in regional areas. Colonel Cindy Foley with the Northwest Salvation Army Division told Fox 13 in Seattle that the “situation is dire” because of “fewer people donating at our virtual and physical kettles.” “There are many reasons why both financial and toy…


Texas Grid May Not Be Ready for Another Winter Storm, Some Experts Fear

While Texas has passed legislation to strengthen the state’s electricity grid after a devastating winter storm last February, some in the energy sector worry that the state might not be ready if a similar storm strikes this winter. Jason Modglin, president of the Texas Alliance of Energy Producers, said positive steps have been taken by…


UNC’s Department of Pediatrics Removes CRT-Related Documents After Physician’s Criticism

After criticism from a physician, the University of North Carolina (UNC) School of Medicine’s Pediatric Department has removed a statement supporting a critical-race-theory (CRT) activist, as well as a document promoting the concept of gender fluidity in children. The Pediatric Diversity and Inclusion Committee (PDIC) said in the removed statement that it “stands in solidarity…


Pandemic Lockdowns Fueled Massive Rise in Gaming and Addiction, Experts Say

During the pandemic, nationwide stay-at-home orders handed gaming companies a golden opportunity. Without the freedom to leave the house, gaming was the only active recreation, social activity, and creative outlet that many people had. From 2020 to 2021, revenue for gaming companies skyrocketed. Games corporation Blizzard saw revenues on the first-person shooter game Call of…


Dr. Ben Carson: The American Dream ‘Is Alive and Well’

Anybody in American can be successful, provided they work hard, according to Dr. Ben Carson. “Recognize that the American Dream is alive and well,” Carson, who founded the American Cornerstone Institute after serving in the Cabinet during the Trump administration, said on EpochTV’s “American Thought Leaders” program. Carson, who grew up poor in Detroit, said he…


Illinois Parents Fight to Ban Sexually Explicit Book From Schools

DOWNERS GROVE, Ill.—Terry Newsome, a father of two high school freshmen in a Democratic-leaning Chicago suburb, was never into local school board meetings. That was until five months ago. Newsome was busy working as an associate vice president at a Paris-based global information services provider. He was also fighting two cancers, one being stage-four prostate…


Cancel Culture, Socialism, and America’s Clear and Present Danger

“A deadly virus is quietly spreading through our nation,” says David Jeremiah, “and it’s far more lethal than COVID-19.” On a recent episode of American Thought Leaders, Jan Jekielek discussed our current political moment with David Jeremiah, host of “Turning Point for God,” senior pastor of the Shadow Mountain Community Church, and author of “Where…


Legislators Want Governor to Remove Milwaukee DA Over Parade Massacre

A group of Republican Wisconsin lawmakers is turning up the heat on Milwaukee County District Attorney John Chisholm, whose lenient bail policies—they say—put a career criminal back on the street, allowing him to allegedly plow his vehicle into the Waukesha Christmas Parade, on Nov. 21, killing six people and injuring 61. Sixteen lawmakers who represent…


Elon Musk Named Time’s ‘Person of the Year’ for 2021

Elon Musk has been named as Time magazine’s “Person of the Year” for 2021, as the world’s richest man transforms life on-planet by shifting the way people move around, and off-planet by planning a city on Mars. “The richest man in the world does not own a house and has recently been selling off his…


Rural Americans Speak of Hope and Optimism Going Into 2022

Standing in a fallow cornfield next to a barren dogwood tree, an old abandoned farmhouse in southeastern Colorado appears to buckle under the weight of countless years gone by. The tin roof is falling away in strips and unruly sections, revealing the rot and corrosion eating away at the wooden base. The windows have all…