Tag: social justice warriors

When Blue-Collar Worker Are Abandoned in Favor of ‘Social Justice’ Warriors

Commentary CHESWICK, Pennsylvania—Up until two years ago, it would only take 12 hours for coal mined deep in a labyrinth operation 60 miles from here to go from that underground mine, through a high-tech cleaning procedure, and be loaded on a barge or rail car and brought to the Cheswick Generating Station, a coal-fired power…


Capitol Report (Sept. 5): Judge Grants Trump Special Master; US Ambassador to Russia Stepping Down

In a win for former President Donald Trump in the DOJ’s ongoing investigation into the documents seized from his home, a Florida district judge has granted Trump’s request for a special master, blocking the DOJ from using sensitive documents for investigative purposes. President Joe Biden again targeted “MAGA-Republicans” Monday. What did he say, and how…


Former Treasury Secretary Says Fed ‘Lost Its Way’ Focusing on Social Justice Instead of Inflation

Larry Summers, who served as treasury secretary under President Bill Clinton, has said the Federal Reserve failed to anticipate current inflation levels and that price increases can only be arrested by “dislocation” of the economy. “Frankly, I think in 2021, our central bank lost its way,” Summers said in a July 15 interview with Bloomberg’s “Wall…


Deprogramming From the Woke Cult: Former Social Justice Warrior Overcomes Fear to Speak Up

For Keri Smith, deprogramming from what she calls the cult of wokism didn’t happen overnight. But the behavior of her former friends within the social-justice world during the 2016 presidential election, with their support of violence, censorship, and gaslighting, certainly sped up the process, setting off a parade of red flags. Social-justice warriors (SJW) were…


It Pays to Be an Activist 

Commentary Do you recall the shrieking undergrad at Yale, the one yelling at professor Nicholas Christakis on the quad? As the professor spoke calmly to dozens of students surrounding him, at one point she commanded him to shut up, tossed a few f-words at him, and wondered how he ever got his faculty post in…


Americans Prefer Companies to Stick With Business, Stay Away From Politics: Survey

American consumers prefer corporations to stick with business issues, and steer away from controversial topics like politics and social justice, according to a business survey (pdf) by advisory firm Brunswick Group. “Only a minority of voters (36%) agree unequivocally that companies should speak out on social issues, compared to 63% of corporate executives,” revealing a…


Progressivism in a Youth’s Eyes

Commentary Do elite liberals or progressives have anything good to say about America? Do they find anything in the nation deserving of celebration? Not much, judging from what we typically hear in the left-leaning media and in the schools and universities. The prevailing concerns in recent years are all negative. Climate change, racism past and…


The Insurrection in Chicago

Commentary Almost exactly a year ago, race riots paralyzed more than a dozen of America’s great cities, from New York to Seattle. The smoke hasn’t gone away. As we should have learned from the last episode of urban rioting during the late 1960s, the devastating adverse effects from rage and lawlessness are long-lasting and borne…