Category: America Now

At the beginning of June, the Federal Reserve announced that the net worth of US households had risen to over $100 trillion for the first time ever, as investments skyrocketed in value since the first quarter of 2017. Newsweek reported that the higher value of assets like homes, bank accounts, and stocks largely contributed to […]

One of the organizers behind the heckling of Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen has been identified as Allison Hrabar, an employee of the Department of Justice. Hrabar, a paralegal specialist at DOJ, is also a member of the Democratic Socialists of America, the group that organized the protest against Nielsen. Hrabar hopes that other people […]

On the heels of fashion designer Kate Spade’s shocking death by suicide in early June, NPR reported on a CDC study revealing that suicide rates “have increased in nearly every state over the past two decades, and half of the states have seen suicide rates go up more than 30 percent.” Scientists at the CDC […]

In a week full of victories at the Supreme Court for conservatives, one of the rulings saved the Trump administration’s most recent travel ban. The Supreme Court ruled 5-4 in Trump v. Hawaii that the President does, in fact, have the authority to order bans on immigration from certain foreign countries deemed national security threats. […]

The 2008 housing bubble and ensuing financial crisis and Great Recession of 2009 were unprecedented global events that completely changed the world, yet despite this most people do not understand what caused the housing bubble and financial crisis. If another economic catastrophe takes place (and one will) the government, media, and special interest groups will […]

In response to reports that Harley Davidson may move some of its production overseas in order to avoid the cost hit of tariffs, President Trump has threatened that the company “will be taxed like never before!” Harley had claimed that it is moving some of its production out of the United States in order to […]

The American auto industry appears to be halfway on board with President Trump’s ideas for how to save their companies after years of uncertainty during the Obama administration. Not only are fuel efficiency standards unpopular among voters, but automotive executives are also tired of the compliance costs of the burdensome regulations. The Obama administration had […]

In response to reports of individuals harassing senior Trump administration officials at restaurants and refusing to serve them at others, Congressman Maxine Waters (D-CA) urged people to continue the harassment. According to Waters: “Let’s make sure we show up wherever we have to show up. And if you see anybody from that Cabinet in a […]

While the political polarization that has occurred after President Trump’s victory in 2016 may have had negative effects in that it is making it more and more difficult for opponents on both sides of certain issues to find common ground, it has had one major benefit. Those who oppose the Constitution and the basic rights […]

The AK-47-type rifle has been the longtime rival of the AR-15/M16 family of rifles. Developed by Mikhail Kalashnikov in the late 1940s, the AK and its derivatives were the mainstay rifle of Warsaw Pact forces throughout the Cold War. Modern developments of the AK remain in service with the Russian military and numerous militaries throughout […]