By Eamonn Burke As the reckoning over police brutality and racial injustice in the United States continues, so does the demand for a change in how we view and represent our racist history. One target of such criticism has been statues of American “heroes” who were known to have owned slaves or were part of […]
Independent Women’s Voice (IWV) applauds the introduction of the “PRICE Transparency Act” today by Senator Mike Braun. The “PRICE Transparency Act” would require hospitals and insurers to reveal prices for care to patients beforehand, allowing consumers to make informed, price-conscious decisions for themselves and their loved ones. While price transparency was important before the coronavirus, […]
By Eamonn Burke The social media platform Facebook is making policy changes after Unilever has removed ads from the site, as well as Twitter. They join a group of corporations such as Honda, Verizon, Ford, Clorox, and Denny’s, who have come together to boycott the site, as called for by the NAACP and the Anti-Defamation […]
On the evening of Monday, June 1, President Trump said that he could use the Insurrection Act to enact military force during protests. Former Deputy Assistant Secretary for Homeland Defense Strategy and retired Brigadier General Michael C.H. McDaniel, associate dean at WMU-Cooley Law School, says “It is plausible that the President could use the military […]
By Wide Margin, Public Thinks Medical Experts Should Decide Start of NFL Season, Not Trump By 60 percent to 36 percent, the nation thinks President Trump’s call to league commissioners last weekend (reported by ESPN) expressing a belief that the NFL season should open on time was inappropriate. Only 18 percent think the President or […]
Reminder: Briefing Call at 11 am ET TODAY: Leading National Rights Organizations Assess Two Years of Trump’s Harm to Courts TO CALL IN: Phone number: 888-224-1121 Confirmation code: 6759700 Please join the conference 5-10 minutes prior to the start time. Today at 11 am ET, Alliance for Justice and People For the American Way […]
In ruling yesterday that an Emoluments Clause lawsuit can proceed against President Trump, a federal judge today relied heavily on scholarship by Professor John Mikhail of Georgetown Law. In a short video, Prof. Mikhail recently explained what his research found about the original public meaning of “emolument.” (Watch it on Facebook, Twitter or YouTube). This […]
Dr. Charles Steele, Jr., President and CEO of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC), is calling on “all people of good will”, who are outraged by President Donald Trump’s controversial immigration policies, to join the SCLC at its 60th Annual Convention July 12 -15, 2018 in Washington, which will focus on the current conditions of […]
SiriusXM host Doron Levin weighing in on President Trump’s comments – during his State of the Union address – on Detroit and the auto industry. AUDIO: http://soundcloud.com/siriusxm-news-issues/doron-talks-sotu “…State of the Union message from President Donald Trump and he did take the time to make a shout out to Detroit and to the auto industry. I […]
TAX REFORM BECOMES LAW DELIVERING ON PROMISES FOR WORKERS TO KEEP MORE OF THEIR HARD-EARNED MONEY Businesses Already Putting Real Money in Workers’ Pockets WASHINGTON, D.C. — Celebrating the signing of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act into law by President Trump, Independent Women’s Forum Senior Policy Analyst Patrice Onwuka offered the statement below: “Today’s signing of the tax legislation […]
