from The National Pulse: Denver’s economic challenges continue to mount as the Democrat-controlled ‘sanctuary city’ struggles with increasing numbers of illegal immigrants. Within a little over a year‚ the city council has seen costs for feeding its illegal population surge. In December 2023‚ the city allocated $100‚000 for a contract to provide food for its illegal aliens. By January of 2024‚ the food […]

by Leo Hohmann‚ Leo Hohmann: Remember‚ it really is all about depopulation The World Economic Forum warned us several years ago that its ultimate goal was to destroy the middle class. How else would you explain their slogan: “You will own nothing and learn to like it“? This mantra is playing out in real time […]

On the drizzly first Tuesday in March‚ voters crammed into a historic white clapboard meeting house on a hill in Stockbridge‚ Vermont. It was Town Meeting Day‚ when Vermonters across the state gather to debate and vote on local government. And the election for the next member of Stockbridge’s three-person select board‚ the main governing body of this town of just over 700 people‚ had drawn record turnout. As voters waited to cast handwritten ballots in a long queue that snaked around wooden benches‚ University of Vermont sophomore Sarah Andrews approached locals‚ notebook in hand. Andrews and two classmates were not just there for course work: They were there as part of UVM’s Community News Service‚ reporting for the White River Valley Herald‚ the weekly newspaper that covers 16 towns in this rural region. Small newspapers like the Herald have long been the main way of recording and distributing information about community happenings. But local news outlets are disappearing. The 2023 State of Local News report found that about half of all counties across the country have only one local news outlet‚ and more than 200 counties have none. UVM student reporters covered an unusually busy Town Meeting Day in the small town of Stockbridge. Credit: Elizabeth Hewitt As local news deserts grow‚ universities are stepping in. With initiatives ranging from student-staffed statehouse bureaus to newspapers run by journalism schools‚ these academic-media partnerships are bolstering local news. “It’s a short-term win and it’s a long-term win‚” says Penny Muse Abernathy‚ a visiting professor at Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism‚ and co-author of the local news report.  University-media partnerships provide reliable local news coverage in communities where it is needed. In the process‚ students get hands-on experience with community decision-making in a way that shapes their careers and worldviews going forward.

Talk about an unforced error. On Wednesday‚ two of Hunter Biden’s former business associates testified before Congress‚ the big name being Tony Bobulinski. If the name sounds familiar‚ he’s the guy who was one of the partners in an abortive attempt to secure a deal with a Chinese Communist Party-linked...

In January‚ Axios published an article titled "Mainstream media bloodbath: News outlets slash jobs as business suffers." The article discussed the ongoing wave of layoffs and staff reductions across various major media companies and news outlets in the United States‚ highlighting the struggles of the media industry and the tensions between...

Stand up and cheer‚ Republicans‚ for another one of your milquetoast tyrants might soon head to the U.S. Senate. But at least this particular milquetoast tyrant would flip a Democratic seat and help the GOP regain its Senate majority. A new Washington Post / University of Maryland poll released Wednesday...

The Black Lives Matter organization has been using racial division for personal gain for over 10 years now‚ and it's still at it. Tax filings of the "nonprofit" from 2020 to 2022 revealed that only around a third of the $90 million in donations received following the 2020 death of...

Only in the dystopian reality of the American public school system could you be penalized for sporting the country's flag on your own vehicle. But Cameron Blasek‚ a student at East Central High School in St. Leon‚ Indiana‚ faced just such an issue when‚ after deciding over the summer to...

The presidential primary races have been decided‚ which means the general election polling season has begun in earnest. Thus far‚ those polls have painted a bleak picture for President Joe Biden. Since last week‚ the Marist Institute for Public Opinion and Emerson College Polling/The Hill have released a slew of...

When a basketball team's best player happens to have leadership qualities‚ victories often follow. From time to time‚ however‚ an on-court disappointment leads to that player's most memorable moment. At a post-game press conference following his team's 71-68 opening-round NCAA Tournament loss to the Wagner Seahawks on Tuesday -- a...