Author: Penny Starr

People who fled New York City during the coronavirus pandemic to live with relatives or to second homes are returning, driving up rental prices and ending the hopes of young... Read More... “New York City Is Rising Again and So Are Rent Prices, Driving Some Tenants Out”

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has laid bare reliance on Vladimir Putin’s oil and gas exports but the damage does not stop there. In the invaded country itself, the “breadbasket of... Read More... “War in Ukraine: Oil and Gas Shortages in Spotlight but Food Supply Also Threatened”

National Public Radio (NPR), which infamously tweeted in October 2020 that they didn’t want to waste listeners’ time on a non-story, has not apologized, but one of its reporters is... Read More... “NPR Reporter Calls Out Leftist Media Outlet for Ignoring Hunter Biden’s Laptop Scandal: ‘Always Been … a Story’”

The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) is warning federal, state, and local law enforcement of an impending nationwide spike in fentanyl-related “mass overdose events” and reported the amount of the drug... Read More... “DEA Issues Warning on U.S. Fentanyl Influx of 2021: ‘Enough to Kill Every American’”

Democrats on the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations put oil company executives in the hot seat at a hearing on Wednesday, accusing the corporations of making... Read More... “Oil Executives Push Back Against Democrats’ Charge of Profiting off Russian War: ‘No Tolerance for Price Gouging’”

A Republican state senator in New Jersey is exposing the radical sex education planned for the state’s public schools in the fall, including promoting pornography as an acceptable pastime. “Although... Read More... “Republican State Senator Exposes Radical Sex Ed Curriculum: ‘I Truly Think New Jersey Has Lost Its Damn Mind’”

The United States Supreme Court is yet to weigh in on the Mississippi abortion law that could undo Roe v. Wade abortion on demand. But some abortionists are already trying... Read More... “Doctors Using Telemedicine to Prescribe Abortion Pills Across U.S., Lawmakers Working to Stop Them”

Ukrainians are joining immigrants at the United States border with Mexico hoping to gain entry, and in the Mexican city of Tijuana, just south of San Diego, California, a shelter... Read More... “Mexican City of Tijuana Opens Shelter for Ukrainians Hoping to Cross into U.S.”

Hamburgers and fries are not the only things moving quickly at fast-food restaurants in California.  Data shows high rates of 911 calls from the outlets include reports of violent attacks... Read More... “Report: California Fast Food Restaurants at Center of Criminal Threats”