Commentary President Joe Biden’s effort to “build back better” has degenerated into “build back poorer” for the American people and “build back broke” for the American government. With gasoline prices setting new record highs every week, the American people are becoming poorer. With the high cost of diesel fuel (up 70 percent over the last…
Build Back Poorer, and Build Back Broke
June 7, 2022
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Marcos Jr Proclaimed Next Philippine President With Huge Win
MANILA, Philippines—Ferdinand Marcos Jr. was proclaimed the next president of the Philippines by a joint session of Congress on Wednesday following a landslide election triumph 36 years after his dictator father was ousted in a pro-democracy uprising. The Senate and House of Representatives also declared that his separately elected vice presidential running mate, Sara Duterte,…
Lebanon Election Results Announced, Hezbollah Expected to Lose Majority
Lebanon’s interior minister Bassam Mawlawi announced on Monday (May 16) most of the official results for the parliamentary election, the first since the economic meltdown and a huge port explosion rocked the capital. Mawlawi announced the winning candidates in 12 out of 15 electoral districts and the remaining results are expected on Tuesday (May 17)….
California’s Vanished Dream, by the Numbers
April 23, 2022
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Even today amid a mounting exodus among those who can afford it, and with its appeal diminished to businesses and newcomers, California, legendary state of American dreams, continues to inspire optimism among progressive boosters. Laura Tyson, the longtime Democratic economist now at the University of California at Berkeley, praises the state for creating “the way…
Larry Elder Debunks Black Lives Matter Leader Who Said ‘Poverty Causes Crime’
Recently, the head of the Black Lives Matter chapter in New York said, “Crime is caused by poverty.” However, Larry Elder says the opposite is true: Some areas with high poverty don’t have much criminal activity, but areas with a lot of crime tend to have a lot of poverty. In addition, the “war on…
Under Pandemic Lockdowns, the Rich Got Richer and the Poor Got Crushed
Commentary Today, two years after COVID-19 first hit these shores from China, most studies confirm that the heavy-handed government lockdowns of businesses, restaurants, schools, churches, and parks did more harm than good to our health and well-being. States and countries with strict and prolonged lockdown and stay-at-home orders had slightly better health outcomes, but they…
More Government, Less Religion—the Progressive Doctrine
Commentary One great mystery is the persistent refusal of those on the left to abandon what is clearly not true. That is, that the means for reducing the burden of poverty is more government spending. It all really started in the 1960s under President Lyndon B. Johnson. He declared in his State of the Union…
Santa Ana to Give Pre-Paid Cards to 20,000 Households
November 18, 2021
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SANTA ANA, Calif.—Twenty-thousand of Santa Ana’s most poverty-ridden households will be receiving a $300 prepaid Visa card as part of the city’s new Revive Santa Ana Stimulus Program. The city council unanimously voted Nov. 16 to spend $6 million of their $128.3 million in American Rescue Plan Funding to buy and distribute the cards in…
Ecuadorian Migration Spike Driven by Poverty from Pandemic Aftermath
Among the thousands of migrants heading for the United States border this year, the number of Ecuadorians detained or deported by US border security reached 97,074 in September. That’s more than seven times the number of Ecuadorian migrants encountered by US border officials at the same time last year. William Murillo, an immigration attorney and co-founder…
Councilman De Leon Named New Chair Of Homelessness and Poverty Committee
November 2, 2021
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LOS ANGELES—Councilman Kevin de Leon has been named chair of the Los Angeles City Council’s Homelessness and Poverty Committee, which had been headed by Councilman Mark Ridley-Thomas before his suspension from office following his indictment on federal corruption charges. De Leon, who has served in the city council since October 2020, represents Skid Row as…
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