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Former Eastern Bloc Countries to Walmart: Stop Selling Soviet-themed Goods

— Published with Permission of TheNewAmerican.com — While millennials show how cool they are by donning T-shirts depicting Che Guevara and other communist leaders, three eastern European countries that endured decades of communist rule are pleading with Walmart to stop selling shirts with symbols of the Soviet Union because peddling the clothes “demonstrates lack of […]

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DHS: States’ Refusal to Implement REAL ID Could Ground Residents

Starting next year, residents of four states plus American Samoa may be unable to use their driver’s licenses as identification for boarding an airplane or entering certain federal buildings if the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) gets it way. Under the current schedule, beginning January 1 DHS plans to require U.S. residents wishing to fly […]

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House Votes to Revive No Child Left Behind

— Reprinted with Permission of The New American magazine — The Republican-led House of Representatives voted Wednesday to revive the unpopular, long-dead No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act — but just barely. The vote was 218-213, with 27 Republicans and all Democrats voting against the bill.

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