by Star News Staff | Jul 6, 2021 | National, News
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...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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:...
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...
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...
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...
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...
by Hayley Tschetter | 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...
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...
