Should colleges pick students by the color of their skin? The Supreme Court just agreed to hear a case on exactly this question. Itās clear what the answer should be: Absolutely not. The case comes courtesy of Students for Fair Admissions, which is suing Harvard University and the University of North Carolina. They say the overwhelmingly liberal schools have a bias against […] READ MORE
Itās the great escape: Students are fleeing bad public schools. The school shutdowns and politicized teaching that defined the pandemic have led a record number of families to choose better options. Case in point:Ā homeschooling. From spring 2020 to fall 2021, homeschooling more than doubled from 5.4% of families to 11.1%. Five times as many black families […] READ MORE
States are rolling in the dough after getting billions of dollars in federal pandemic relief. Weāve long argued against such wasteful spendingāand now liberal states are proving us right. Case in point: California.Ā Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsomās bright idea is toĀ offer universal healthcareĀ to illegal immigrants. This costly plan will even cover abortions, paid for by taxpayers. Meanwhile, […] READ MORE
Donāt do it. This is what every American should be saying to liberals in Congress who are pushing to spend even more taxpayer money on another sham coronavirus stimulus bill. Thatās right; this push for additional spending is separate from Democratsā efforts to shove Joe Bidenās $1.75 trillion āBuild Back Betterā bill through Congress. Theyāre once again using COVID as an excuse to pass another spending […] READ MORE
Last year, we warned that Democrats were bringing back earmarks, aka wasteful āpork projectsā lawmakers slip into spending bills. As of this week, the pigs have officially gone to the D.C. market. Members of Congress are working on a funding bill to keep the federal government afloat. But instead of focusing on smart, necessary spending, House representatives have […] READ MORE
Brace yourself. Prices went up againāskyrocketing 7% in December compared to the year before. Thatās even higher than November and the seventh straight month inflationās been above 5%. Whatās worse, new data shows the price hikes are costing families $5,000 a year. Instead of reversing their tax-and-spend agenda thatās compounding inflation and pummeling American families, Democrats are peddling lame, nonsensical excuses. Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) is […] READ MORE
The tyrants in Tehran are going after Ambassador Haley. They just sanctioned her in response to the 2019 killing of Iranian general (and terrorist mastermind) Qassem Soleimani, which she supported. Nikkiās response: Itās a badge of honor. This move is the latest proof of Iranās bad faith. Instead of ending its support of terrorism and abandoning its pursuit of […] READ MORE
In November, President Joe Biden blamed American oil companies for skyrocketing gas prices. In December, Democrats denounced grocery stores for āforc[ing] high food prices onto American families.ā Now, Bidenās blaming meat-packers for the recent jump in beef prices. How is Biden proposing to āsolveā the problem this time? By serving up the typical Democrat cocktail: more government regulations, more federal spending. Heās imposing strict mandates on meat companies and […] READ MORE
The Democratsā child ātax creditsāāaka no-strings-attached welfare handoutsājust expired. This is good news. Actually, itās great news. This massive welfare expansionāthe second largest in American historyāneeds to end. For half a year, Democrats have been dishing out monthly checks to almost every American family with kidsāeven to wealthier parents and others who arenāt trying to find work. This hasnāt helped fend off poverty. […] READ MORE
New year, same Democrats pushing the same shenanigans. If you thought Democrats would give up on forcing their multi-trillion dollar socialist grab bag on America after Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) swore to oppose it last month, you thought wrong. Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) is still planning to bring it up for a vote ASAP. And President Joe Biden reiterated, āI still […] READ MORE
