by Leesa K. Donner | Apr 25, 2024 | Articles, Good Reads, Opinion, Politics
Legislation with many moving parts was signed into law yesterday, April 24, and one of those parts is the Chinese-owned TikTok, which will be banned from the United States unless the entity is sold to an American company. The new law forces ByteDance, owner of the...
by Leesa K. Donner | Apr 5, 2024 | Articles, Good Reads, Opinion, Politics
On Thursday, April 4, the Food and Drug Administration took a crucial step forward in the war on menthol cigarettes by announcing a new ban on sales in the US. It is a battle that has been waged against flavored smokes since 2009, when the FDA stopped the sales of all...
by Andrew Moran | Mar 14, 2024 | Articles, Business News, Good Reads, Opinion
The United States is one step closer to banning TikTok after a bill that restricts the social media application easily passed the House with a 352-65 vote on March 13. The controversial legislation, named the Protecting Americans From Foreign Adversary Controlled...
by Kelli Ballard | Mar 20, 2022 | Articles, Culture Rot, Opinion
San Francisco is known for its progressive ways so it’s no surprise that the City by the Bay has taken steps that have even liberals shaking their heads in confusion. Under its ever-increasing Chapter 12X of the Administrative Code, city officials have now boycotted...
by Sarah Cowgill | Oct 6, 2021 | Articles, Good Reads, Opinion, Politics
It is clear that COVID-19 has affected how America does business as unusual: to mask or not to mask, to jab or not, inside or outside. And political lines have been drawn in nearly permanent marker. For example, California Democrats – the elected state variety – have...