Tag: equity

Are Americans Becoming Sovietized?

Commentary What ultimately ended the nihilist Soviet system? Was it not that Russians finally tired of the Kremlin’s lies and hypocrisies that permeated every facet of their falsified lives? Here are 10 symptoms of Sovietism. Ask yourself whether we are headed down this same road to perdition. 1. There was no escape from ideological indoctrination—anywhere….


Making Society ‘Equal’ Is Unfair

Commentary America’s cultural elites have a pathological obsession with equal representation (meaning equal outcomes) in many areas of our society. Countless schools, universities, and corporations now have some sort of diversity and inclusion director, which is just a fancy title for an overpaid activist who helps shape outcomes based on the idea that when equality…


Gene D’Agostino on Transformation of American Education: ‘Turning the Culture Upside Down’

Current trends in the American education system, including the removal of popular cultural icons, the reframing of U.S. history, and the pursuit of so-called “equity,” rather than equal opportunity, are all part of a broader cultural Marxist campaign to transform the nation, according to Gene D’Agostino, a long-time conservative advocate for school choice. “If I…


SCAG Drafts Equity Plan for ‘Communities of Concern’

The Southern California Association of Governments (SCAG) has drafted a plan that would incentivize private business owners to reflect more diversity in their companies to get city contracts. SCAG, the nation’s largest metropolitan planning organization, has introduced a draft of a Racial Equity Early Action Plan to be voted on next month. It would reward…


Arizona Man Sentenced for Scamming Millions From the Elderly

An Arizona man was sentenced to serve 16 years in jail for scamming millions of dollars from the elderly, officials announced in a Monday press release. Kent Maerki, 78, misrepresented two companies he founded while on the radio, including in a presentation of a “wireless spectrum he called ‘Money From Thin Air’” and in other…