Tag: US Features

Former Black Panther Discovers One of Her White Ancestors Arrived on the Mayflower

A radical social justice Marxist and former member of the Black Panthers discovered that one of her ancestors arrived in the New World from England on the 1620 Mayflower expedition. On Tuesday’s PBS episode of “Finding your Roots,” Henry Louis Gates, Jr. interviewed Angela Davis, whom he said came to the show to have the mystery…


Vivek Ramaswamy Answers Critics, Outlines 2024 Vision in Iowa

The excitement among Iowa’s Republican state legislators was palpable; Vivek Ramaswamy, ESG skeptic and 2024 presidential hopeful, had come to the Iowa State Capitol to speak to them on Feb. 23. Like other probable 2024 contenders who have visited the state, the Indian-American entrepreneur and author of “Woke, Inc.” praised the state’s new universal school…


The Revolutionist Playbook in America’s Schools

“My great-grandfather ran from communism,” Alvin Lui says. “The people that dragged him out of his little bakery shop and beat him weren’t soldiers. They were college kids—the Red Guard. And that’s what they’re creating now with these kids, this revolutionist thinking: to hate America and American values, and to drive a wedge into the…


Scott Continues Iowa Tour As 2024 Buzz Grows

Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.) continued his “Faith In America” tour on Feb. 22 in a back-and-forth exchange with a crowd of Polk County Republicans at their Lincoln Day Dinner in West Des Moines, Iowa. Yet even as he builds momentum, South Carolina’s junior senator has stayed mum on 2024. Scott spoke earlier on Feb. 21…


Tim Scott Challenges Left’s Racial Rhetoric: ‘You Can Even Call Me Uncle Tim’

Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.) spoke of race, faith, and America on Feb. 22 at Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa, as rumors of his potential 2024 bid percolate through political Washington. “God has already blessed America,” he told the audience. Scott invoked his experience as a successful black American to reject some of the criticism…


Aviation Safety Teetering, Pilots Say, as Safety Summit Approaches

American aviation safety seems to be teetering on “a knife’s edge,” as one veteran airline pilot puts it. Usually an unflappable bunch, a half-dozen pilots told The Epoch Times they are increasingly troubled over the state of aviation. Although 14 years have passed since the last fatal U.S. commercial airliner accident, pilots point to a…


AI-Powered Robots’ Limited Capabilities Still Open Exciting, Scary Futures

While intelligent robots aren’t likely to take over the world anytime soon, they could change key domains of modern civilization, boosting economic efficiency and day-to-day convenience while unleashing ample potential for misuse, according to several experts. Recent years have seen the world rocked with riveting advances in artificial intelligence and robotics, from ChatGPT composing poetry…


Most Baby Formula Health Claims Not Based on Evidence, Undermines Breastfeeding: Researchers

The majority of health claims on baby formula products are backed by little to no scientific evidence, an international survey found, with researchers calling for more rigorous marketing regulations. Scientists from the Imperial College London said regulations need to provide better protections against harms linked with the aggressive marketing of baby formula. They argue that…


No Positive Readings in ‘Trucking Conditions Index’ Forecasts Until 2024

A recent report shows no positive readings in the Trucking Conditions Index until 2024. The latest Trucking Conditions Index (TCI) report by Freight Transportation Research Associates, Inc. (FTR) showed a slight improvement in December to -6.1 from November’s -7.94 reading. However, the small gain was attributed solely to the “sharp drop in diesel prices during the…


Sky High Egg Prices Boost Other Food Costs; Restaurants and Bakeries Hit Hard

As the price of eggs continues to rise, so does the cost of other foods that contain eggs as an ingredient. As previously reported by The Epoch Times, egg prices have been on the rise since the outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI), also known as the avian flu or bird flu, which hit the…