Illegal immigrants are making it tougher for Americans–U.S.-born and immigrants–to achieve the American Dream, if it even exists at all, according to a study from a U.C. Davis professor. Professor Gregory Clark writes that though the “United States seems to
The Uber ride-sharing app suffered its first U.S. state-wide ban last week when a Washoe County, Nevada court made a preliminary ruling that the company operates “in all ways” like a taxi business. Uber suspended all operations in Nevada and
Penny Mordaunt may be feeling a litte hen-pecked today. While collecting an award for a speech she gave which included the words to “testicles” and “penis”, she made reference to another speech she had delivered in the Commons, ostensibly on
Mahmoud Abbas, the so-called “moderate” President of the Palestinian Authority, said on Saturday that his people will never recognize Israel as a Jewish state. Abbas, who spoke at an Arab League meeting in Cairo, said that Israel’s Jewish identity will
On Sunday Pope Francis and Patriarch Bartholomew signed a joint declaration affirming their common commitment to full Christian unity as well as their support for suffering Christians in the Middle East. “We cannot resign ourselves to a Middle East without
An unidentified 32-year-old Phoenix resident who returned from Sierra Leone this week has been hospitalized and will be screened for Ebola after complaining of feeling ill and experiencing dry heaves, along with diarrhea. Maricopa Integrated Health System’s chief medical officer, Dr. Robert Fromm said
According to a report out of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), the first closed chest heart surgery performed by a robot was successfully conducted at the Al Qassimi Hospital cardiac centre in Sharjah. It was the first surgery of its
When Oregon’s Democrat-controlled legislature convenes in February 2015, they are expected to consider passing a bill requiring universal background checks on firearm sales. This would eliminate the private gun sales and put in a place a universal background check system
A November 28 Associated Press (AP) report indicates “transient workers” taking part in Wyoming’s oil boom are contributing to a surge in crime–including violent crime–throughout the region. According to the AP, “Emergency calls are up 9 percent from last year.”
A group of black Ferguson residents armed with AR-15s and other weapons stood guard around a Conoco station, owned by a white man, and saved it from being burned after looters began wreaking havoc on November 24. Because of the
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Union has imposed sanctions on the organizers of rebel elections in eastern Ukraine this month, the bloc said on Saturday, hitting the separatists and their organizations with asset freezes and travel bans. As reporting by
The Palestinian Authority’s official TV channel has heroized two Palestinian terrorists who are responsible for the brutal murder of five people in a Jerusalem synagogue. The broadcast was uncovered and translated by Palestinian Media Watch. The news anchor said that
The mayor of Kenema, Sierra Leone has condemned Ebola Burial Team workers for using the corpses of Ebola victims to protest their lack of payment. The protesters, who have not yet received their salaries for two months, publicly displayed the
(Reuters) – Scores of teachers and civil servants were stranded at a remote Kenyan airstrip on Thursday, demanding evacuation and protection five days after Islamist gunmen killed 28 non-Muslim bus passengers in the surrounding border region near Somalia. Somalia’s al
On November 27, the Danish Security and Intelligence Service (PET) indicated 28 Danes have collected unemployment benefits while fighting with ISIS in Syria. According to AFP, PET said 15 of the welfare recipients have “been ordered to pay the money
This article originally appeared at National Interest: A U.S.-China war would be a battle between networks, according to one prominent security analyst. Speaking to a packed room of mostly undergraduate students at George Mason University earlier this week, Elbridge Colby, the
Israel announced Thursday that it had discovered and prevented multiple plans by Islamist group Hamas to launch a series of terrorist attacks against Israelis in several locations, including Jerusalem’s largest soccer stadium, the city’s light rail, the West Bank, and
Following what has become a trend under President Obama, Black Friday 2014 gun sales boomed to such a degree that the FBI performed nearly three NCIS background checks every second. The pace was so great that the FBI believes the
U.S. shopping is expected to be up big during the Black Friday weekend, since the deflated cost of gasoline–under $3 a gallon–is saving consumers $250 million per day. But falling prices that are good for American consumers is seen as downright
A crowdfunding campaign advertising itself as the Ferguson Legal Defense Fund has been running a campaign since October that boasts a goal of raising $250,000 for protesters in Ferguson, Missouri, seeking “money for jail, bail & life.” Protesters have been
The capital of China’s restive region of Xinjiang will recruit 3,000 former soldiers to help guard its residents, the Chinese government has said. The soldiers will be carefully vetted to determine their political views. They will join the military and
(Reuters) – Russia said on Wednesday it would support President Bashar al-Assad to combat “terrorism” in the Middle East, indicating there was no new room for compromise on one of the key contentious issues in the Syrian conflict. Russian President Vladimir Putin
(Reuters) – Latvian President Andris Berzins said on Wednesday an agreement deepening cooperation between Russia and Georgia’s Abkhazia region threatened regional stability and security. But, during a visit to the Georgian capital Tbilisi, he also said it was vital for Russia’s neighbors
Austrian police have launched a mass raid on mosques and prayer rooms in a crackdown on suspected jihadists who trying to radicalise young people. Nearly 500 officers raided religious centres in Vienna, Graz and Linz early today, detaining 13 people.
Rioters protesting the non-indictment of Officer Darren Wilson in the death of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri ravaged Oakland, California for the third successive night Wednesday as outgoing mayor Jean Quan struggled to contain the second major outbreak of riots
(Reuters) – When Russians crossed the border to fight with rebels in eastern Ukraine earlier this year, Moscow said the soldiers had not been deployed but had gone on their own vacation time. When Estonia was the victim of a cyber attack
The world is in flames, Christians beheaded all over the Middle East, much of that region in anarchic chaos, increased nuclear saber-rattling from Russia, many parts of the world crippled economically, hundreds of thousands dying from malaria, and a billion
This article was originally posted by the New York Times. LONDON — Pakistan’s polio crisis has reached new depths this year, health officials say, intensified by a deadly mix of ruthless militant violence, large-scale refugee displacement and political chaos that has cemented
(AFP) — US celebrities called for a boycott to take place Friday — one of the busiest US shopping days — to protest a grand jury’s decision not to prosecute a police officer who fatally shot a black teen. A number
More parents are removing their children from traditional school environments and are choosing to homeschool them instead due to increased concern over the use of the Common Core standards. The Heartlander reported earlier this month that in the state of North
The Scottish Government is to be granted more powers following a report published today by Lord Smith of Kelvin. Under the plans a third of taxes will be controlled by Scotland and just a fifth of welfare spending, leading to
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain said it would award a contract to run trains between London and Scotland to a Stagecoach and Virgin partnership, returning the East Coast line to private control after five years in state hands. Britain’s Department for
30-year-0ld Muhammad Gullistan shot his 16-year-old niece to death after finding her home alone, listening to loud music. Due to loopholes in Pakistani law, it is possible Gullistan may never see justice. Reuters reports that an argument began at the niece,
RAQQA, Syria, Nov. 26 (UPI) — Syrian airstrikes in the city of Raqqa killed at least 95 members of the Islamic State Tuesday the U.K.-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported. At least 120 were injured in the attack targeting
As Pope Francis’ was still preparing to travel to Strasbourg to give his first speech to the EU Parliament on Monday, a Femen protester mounted the altar in Strasbourg’s gothic cathedral, flashing her naked torso and waving the EU flag.
Israel is the only country with Jewish symbols on its national flag, but it is one of many flags populated with religious imagery, according to a new study by the Pew Research Center. The Israeli flag includes the Star of
A Polish missionary abducted by Muslim rebels from the Central African Republic on October 12 has been freed by the Cameroon army after two months in captivity. A “special military operation” has freed 16 hostages, including Polish Catholic priest Mateusz
Britain’s Office for Standards in Education (Ofsted) has downgraded more schools, many of them in rural predominantly white areas, saying students were “not prepared well for life in modern-day Britain”. One of those which had its rating reduced by the
In the towns where the Kurdish Peshmerga military, the Iraqi military, and ad-hoc Shiite militias have succeeded in eliminating the Sunni terrorist group the Islamic State, that power vacuum has led to contests between Kurds and Arabs over who is
Officials from Yemen and the United States announced Tuesday that a successful U.S.-led special forces operation freed eight hostages from the grasp of Al Qaeda terrorists, who were holding the captives for unknown reasons in eastern Yemen. The mission was
