The Hawaii Reporter calls the defeat of Gov. Neil Abercrombie in the Democrat primary a “historic upset” and attribute the loss to his having lost touch with base voters. Abercrombie enjoyed support from both nions and Barack Obama, who himself has ties
At the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) convention last month, Michael Mulgrew, President of the United Federation of Teachers in New York City, delivered a fiery defense of the Common Core standards, slamming the notion that teachers should back down
It shouldn’t be controversial, should it, to honour the men and women who suffered and died, in inconceivable numbers, in the First World War? But, with each year that passes there seem to be more and more idiots out there in
San Diego is among a number of California cities embattled over hiking the minimum wage as Mayor Kevin Faulconer promised to veto a City Council vote Monday that approved an increase. The vote inflates the minimum wage for San Diego
Washington, D.C. — Photos obtained by Breitbart News showcase the struggle far-left activists are facing in persuading the public to support their anti-Israel rallies. A rally hosted by Code Pink on Wednesday in front of the Israeli embassy appeared to be
“This decision today proves neither my guilt nor my innocence,” Mumia Abu-Jamal told a Philadelphia courtroom 32 years ago this month. “It proves merely that the system is finished. Babylon is falling!! Long live MOVE!! Long live John Africa!” More
Earlier this week, the Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association filed a legal action seeking to remove an “advisory measure” pleased on the ballot by California’s ultra-liberal legislative Democrats, working in tandem with an equally left-of-center Governor Jerry Brown, in a in
“No evidence of a conspiracy”. Do you remember that reassuring phrase? You should because it was being enthusiastically bandied about in the left-leaning media (led, of course, by the BBC) less than a week ago – as the pull-out headline
Good for Elizabeth Warren. She’s letting us know where she stands. No oily evasiveness for her, or at least less than usual from politicians. Here are her eleven tenets of today’s progressivism, outlined in a July 18 speech before Netroots
Michael Gove’s colourful stint as Education Secretary is over. He has fallen foul of David Cameron’s cull of white middle-aged men, and has been moved onwards, but not necessarily upwards, to become Chief Whip. Cameron is hoping that voters will
Last weekend Michael Gove was down in Portsmouth. Just two days earlier he had seen more than a fifth of his schools closed by strikes, but the then Education Secretary found the time to lead a road trip of young
Three women have been promoted to cabinet in David Cameron’s biggest reshuffle of his premiership. It followed a night of sackings nicknamed by Westminster insiders as the cull of the “pale, male and stale”. The changes were seen as purely
While the Obama administration was dumping illegal immigrant children in states like Nebraska, California, and Illinois last week, big-business interests in several states revamped their push for amnesty legislation and more guest-worker visas. In Texas, which has been the epicenter
According to the Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti, seeing the error of his ways, reversed himself on Saturday, suddenly deciding that the teachers’ unions needed his support after he had hailed last month’s decision in Vergara vs.
Sometimes you need a trip to America to remind yourself what it is we’re fighting for. That’s what I’ve been doing in Las Vegas this last week. (One of them. You needn’t know about all the other stuff). First I’ve
Though the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) received millions of dollars in funding from the private Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to support the development of the Common Core standards, the union will begin its annual convention in Los Angeles
LOS ANGELES — Republican gubernatorial candidate Neel Kashkari held a press conference at the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) conference in Los Angeles, demanding school reform and attacking incumbent Democrat Gov. Jerry Brown for doing nothing to stop the violation
David Cameron has pledged to take action to stop unions going on strike after huge numbers of public sector workers failed to turn up to work today. The Prime Minister said that in future strikes should only take place when
A senior Conservative has talked of his “despair” that the party is negative about Trade Unions, according to the Huffington Post. Guy Opperman, the MP for Hexham in Northumberland, told a conference of left-leaning Conservatives that “unions are not terrible”
The unpopular, job-killing Obamacare provision that forces businesses with 50 or more employees to pick up the tab for workers’ health insurance or face a hefty tax has now lost support from even liberals, Politico Magazine reported Sunday. Liberals ranging
WASHINGTON (AP) — Unions representing government workers are expanding while organized labor has been shedding private sector members over the past half-century. A majority of union members today now have ties to a government entity, at the federal, state or
Despite the billions of dollars showered on our schools, American public education is poor to mediocre and likely to remain so. Only 7% of our grade 8 students reach the advanced level in mathematics (on TIMSS tests), suggesting why little
German lawmakers on July 3rd approved the introduction of the country’s first national minimum wage of $11.75 per hour. For the last decade, Germany’s greater “labor flexibility” allowed its economy to flourish, while most of the other European Union members’
City labor unions in Los Angeles joined forces and are pushing for L.A. to increase its minimum wage to at least $15 an hour. This move follows San Diego and San Francisco, which are engaged in similar efforts. According to the Los Angeles
CNN contributor Ruben Navarrette admitted that he was wrong to have dismissed fears that illegal immigrants from Central America could bring over dangerous and deadly diseases. “Here’s something you don’t hear a journalist say very often: I blew it. I
The Atlantic reports that the number of houses of worship in the United States is declining, and there is one salient reason why: the poor economy of the country since late 2008. The article tries to assert that attendance has
It’s Labour’s economic focus week, so as you might expect Ed Miliband decided to run for the National Health Service (NHS), and why not? He’s in urgent need of treatment after all. Last week he was the “sick man” of
A leaked table plan of David Cameron’s Summer Dinner last year shows who sat where, and that the attendees had a combined wealth of £11bn. Business leaders, oligarchs and ministers joined the Prime Minister at a lavish event held at
JERSEY CITY, New Jersey — Governor Chris Christie’s kind words for Paterson Mayor José “Joey” Torres were almost drowned out by a crowd of an estimated 60 teachers, who booed the Governor and demanded fairer salaries and state contracts. The Star-Ledger
After the Ventura County Board of Supervisors on June 10 voted 4 to 1 to put a popular initiative to eliminate public employee defined-benefit pensions on the ballot, a coalition of public employee unions filed suit to prevent the initiative
In addition to handing down landmark decisions on religious freedom and public sector unions, the Supreme Court announced cases that it will not be hearing. Only a small percentage of appeals to the Supreme Court are ever taken up, and this
During his “Talking Points Memo” opening monologue on Monday, “The O’Reilly Factor” anchor Bill O’Reilly reacted to the 5-4 decision on the Hobby Lobby case earlier in the day which stripped ObamaCare of a mandate for some types of birth
Two of the plaintiffs involved in Hollingsworth v. Perry, the landmark case and lawsuit that led to the overturn of California’s ban on same-sex marriage, renewed their vows over Gay Pride Weekend at the Beverly Hills Hilton Hotel on Saturday, exactly one
On Monday, conservatives across the country celebrated Justice Samuel Alito’s decisions in Harris v. Quinn and the so-called Hobby Lobby case. Harris v. Quinn established that states could not force home health care providers into unions; the Hobby Lobby case
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court dealt a blow to public sector unions Monday, ruling that thousands of home health care workers in Illinois cannot be required to pay fees that help cover the union’s costs of collective bargaining. In
Now that there are major warning signs that the dismal economic “recovery” under President Obama is faltering, Business Insider, which has seized on obscure data points to cheerlead for an economic “breakout,” appears to be looking for scapegoats. A new
Connecticut Gov. Dannel Malloy (D-WFP) said he is moving forward with the Common Core standards in his state, despite the fact that more states are attempting to extricate themselves from the controversial education initiative that is the brainchild of political,
The burgeoning power of the Latino community in California was illustrated this week by the death of a minimum wage hike proposal in the state Assembly. Despite the fact that the pro-business Latino Caucus is comprised totally of Democrats, one
Nothing speaks more to the sheer power of the free marketplace than innovation – and changes in the way we do business. There may be no better example today of swift moving, fundamental change than the rise of transportation network
A new document released this week in Rome puts a wet blanket on the hopes of many Church progressives. The working document in preparation for the global Synod of Bishops reasserts core Church teachings on controversial issues the left had
