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Parents Fight Critical Race Theory as Teacher’s Union Commits Over $127k to Advance It

Parents Fight Critical Race Theory as Teacher’s Union Commits Over $127k to Advance It

by Star News Staff | Jul 6, 2021 | National, News

 
University of Memphis Lectures on Importance of Critical Race Theory

University of Memphis Lectures on Importance of Critical Race Theory

by Corinne Murdock | Jul 6, 2021 | News, Tennessee, The South

  The University of Memphis (UofM) Benjamin L. Hooks Institute recently hosted a lecture on the importance of critical race theory. The speakers maintained that critical race theory was a vital, necessary part of all levels of education because it offers the true...
Commentary: As President Biden’s Deputy Secretary of Labor, Julie Su Would Take California’s Small-Business Nightmare National

Commentary: As President Biden’s Deputy Secretary of Labor, Julie Su Would Take California’s Small-Business Nightmare National

by Star News Staff | Jul 6, 2021 | Commentary, News

by Alfredo Ortiz   Last Thursday, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer filed cloture on the nomination of Julie Su, California’s top labor official, to become President Joe Biden’s deputy secretary of labor. Su’s confirmation vote will likely...
Democratic Rep. Cori Bush Tweets Independence Day is Only ‘For White People’

Democratic Rep. Cori Bush Tweets Independence Day is Only ‘For White People’

by Cooper Moran | Jul 6, 2021 | National, News

  Progressive firebrand and Democratic lawmaker, Representative Cori Bush (D-MO-01) tweeted on Sunday that the only people who should celebrate Independence Day are “white people.” “When they say that the 4th of July is about American freedom,...
Amazon Demands Recusal of Federal Trade Commission Chair from Any Antitrust Investigations

Amazon Demands Recusal of Federal Trade Commission Chair from Any Antitrust Investigations

by Star News Staff | Jul 6, 2021 | National, News

by Eric Lendrum   Tech giant Amazon recently demanded that the chairwoman of the Federal Trade Commission be recused from any antitrust investigations into the company, according to the Daily Caller. Amazon filed the petition with the FTC on Wednesday, accusing...
Law School Introduces Required Course on Race, ‘White Supremacy,’ and ‘Racial Hierarchy’

Law School Introduces Required Course on Race, ‘White Supremacy,’ and ‘Racial Hierarchy’

by Star News Staff | Jul 6, 2021 | National, News

by Ophelie Jacobson   The Roger Williams University School of Law recently announced it will be requiring a course on race and law in the upcoming fall semester as part of its second-year curriculum. “Race & the Foundations of American Law” had been taught as...
Over 100 Countries Agree to Back Global Minimum Corporate Tax

Over 100 Countries Agree to Back Global Minimum Corporate Tax

by Star News Staff | Jul 6, 2021 | National, News

by Ailan Evans   A total of 130 nations representing more than 90 percent of global GDP have agreed to a global minimum corporate tax, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen announced Thursday. The tax, proposed by Yellen and the Biden administration during the G7...
University of Memphis Interdisciplinary Center Promoting Critical Race Theory Awarded $40,000

University of Memphis Interdisciplinary Center Promoting Critical Race Theory Awarded $40,000

by Corinne Murdock | Jul 6, 2021 | News, Tennessee, The South

  An interdisciplinary center at the University of Memphis (UofM) that lectured on the importance of critical race theory received a $40,000 donation last Thursday. The donor, Truist Financial Corporation, gave the Benjamin L. Hooks Institute for Social...
U.S. Group Connected to Wuhan Lab Is Stonewalling Congressional Investigation of Pandemic Origins, Committee Ranking Member Says

U.S. Group Connected to Wuhan Lab Is Stonewalling Congressional Investigation of Pandemic Origins, Committee Ranking Member Says

by Star News Staff | Jul 6, 2021 | National, News

by Eleanor Bartow   Months after its initial requests, a congressional committee investigating COVID-19’s origins is still awaiting answers from a U.S.-funded group that worked with a Wuhan lab considered a possible origin of COVID-19. Republicans on the House...
61 Percent of U.S. Counties now Second Amendment Sanctuaries: Analysis

61 Percent of U.S. Counties now Second Amendment Sanctuaries: Analysis

by The Center Square | Jul 6, 2021 | National, News

by Bethany Blankley   The majority of all U.S. counties have been designated as Second Amendment sanctuaries, according to an analysis by SanctuaryCounties.com. As of June 20, there are 1,930 counties “protected by Second Amendment Sanctuary legislation at either...
Think Tank Pitches Local Reparations for Nashville’s Black Community

Think Tank Pitches Local Reparations for Nashville’s Black Community

by Chris Butler | Jul 6, 2021 | News, Tennessee, The South

  Members of the Brookings Institution said in an article late last week that local policymakers in Nashville should restore North Nashville’s black middle class — by pursuing a reparations policy. According to its website, the Brookings Institution is a...
Lack of Drivers Is a ‘Reckoning’ for Uber, Executive Says

Lack of Drivers Is a ‘Reckoning’ for Uber, Executive Says

by Star News Staff | Jul 6, 2021 | National, News

by Kendall Tietz   Ride-share companies like Uber and Lyft have been using incentives to make the gig economy more attractive in an attempt to recruit drivers as a shortage of drivers pushes prices up, The Wall Street Journal reported. Incentives for drivers to...
Border Patrol’s Fentanyl Seizures Increase by 4,000 Percent Amid Crisis, Officials Say

Border Patrol’s Fentanyl Seizures Increase by 4,000 Percent Amid Crisis, Officials Say

by Star News Staff | Jul 6, 2021 | National, News

by Kaylee Greenlee   Border officials seized 4,000% more fentanyl in 2021 than in 2018 as the border crisis continues, NBC News reported Tuesday. Cartels have taken advantage of increased federal resources allocated for migrant encounters to smuggle fentanyl into...
America’s First Black Billionaire Calls for $14 Trillion in Reparations — and Wants His Own Check, Too

America’s First Black Billionaire Calls for $14 Trillion in Reparations — and Wants His Own Check, Too

by Star News Staff | Jul 6, 2021 | National, News

by Kendall Tietz   America’s first black billionaire proposed $14 trillion in reparations from the U.S. government, which he says is enough to close to black-white wealth gap, VICE reported. Robert L. Johnson, the founder of Black Entertainment Television, owns...
Commentary: Researchers Urge Americans to Focus on Loneliness Epidemic

Commentary: Researchers Urge Americans to Focus on Loneliness Epidemic

by RealClearWire | Jul 6, 2021 | National, News

by Henry Kokkeler   As the pandemic recedes and Americans re-enter public life, the surgeon general and other public health experts are urging the country to focus on another national crisis, one that has lingered for decades and worsened in recent years:...
Gubernatorial Hopeful Kari Lake Rallies to a Raucous Standing-Room-Only Crowd in Scottsdale

Gubernatorial Hopeful Kari Lake Rallies to a Raucous Standing-Room-Only Crowd in Scottsdale

by Rachel Alexander | Jul 6, 2021 | Arizona, Battleground States, The West

  SCOTTSDALE, Arizona – A gubernatorial rally in Scottsdale for Kari Lake Monday night featured a long list of celebrities leading up to the former newscaster, who all spoke along her theme of “stand for freedom.” Lake’s plain-talking...
Commentary: The U.S. Needs Measured Confrontation with China

Commentary: The U.S. Needs Measured Confrontation with China

by Star News Staff | Jul 6, 2021 | Commentary, News

by Bradley A. Thayer and Lianchao Han   With the election of Joe Biden, there is increasing pressure for the United States to accommodate the global ambitions of the People’s Republic of China (PRC). Such a policy will weaken the strategic position of the United...
As Lawsuits Proceed, Virginia’s Skill Games Ban Remains in Effect

As Lawsuits Proceed, Virginia’s Skill Games Ban Remains in Effect

by Eric Burk | Jul 6, 2021 | Battleground States, The South, Virginia

  Skill games in Virginia remain closed as two lawsuits fighting to allow the slot-like electronic games despite a recent law banning them. On Friday, Norfolk Circuit Court Judge Junius Fulton III denied a request for an emergency injunction in one of the...
Southwest Virginia’s Police Officers Quitting at Alarming Rate

Southwest Virginia’s Police Officers Quitting at Alarming Rate

by Peter D'Abrosca | Jul 6, 2021 | Battleground States, SNEF-Journalism, The South, Virginia

  In rural southwest Virginia, the number of police officers quitting their jobs is turning heads. “In total, Roanoke County saw 28 of its police officers leave during 2020, about one-fifth of its department,” The Roanoke Times reported. “That...
Minneapolis Contracts Year-Old Mental Health Group to Replace Police

Minneapolis Contracts Year-Old Mental Health Group to Replace Police

by Hayley Feland | Jul 6, 2021 | Battleground States, Minnesota, The Upper-Midwest

  The city of Minneapolis has agreed to a contract with a mental health group that has only existed for one year, according to screenshots obtained from city websites. This group, Canopy Mental Health & Consulting, will be assisting with the city’s plan...
Biden Nominates Former Florida State Senator for U.S. Labor Department Appointment

Biden Nominates Former Florida State Senator for U.S. Labor Department Appointment

by Casey Owens | Jul 6, 2021 | Battleground States, Florida, The South

  A former Florida Senator and Democrat, José Javier Rodriguez, was nominated by President Joe Biden for Assistant Secretary for Employment and Training Administration (ETA) for the U.S. Department of Labor. Rodriquez served as a member of the Florida House of...
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