An oil tank truck fills the pumps at a Shell petrol station in Sao Paulo, Brazil, May 31, 2019. (Nacho Doce/Reuters) Shell announced Tuesday it would immediately stop purchasing Russian crude oil and would shutter its service stations in the country in response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, on the same day the price…Continue Reading
The idea that our tax code is unfairly weighted in favor of high-income people is widely accepted, but it’s just not true. NRPLUS MEMBER ARTICLE P resident Biden delivered his State of the Union address on March 1. Among the laundry list of new and ongoing spending programs that he touted, the president renewed his…Continue Reading
Pressure from the Biden administration, regulators, activists, and younger employees is pushing private industry to emulate universities in adopting DEI. NRPLUS MEMBER ARTICLE P rivate businesses are under intense pressure from the government and activists to allocate employment and promotion opportunities to members of so-called marginalized communities. It’s not surprising that they are caving. The…Continue Reading
Sen. Angus King said Tuesday that Russian President Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine amounts to a “colossal intelligence failure” that overestimated the capability of his army and underestimated the resistance of the Ukrainian people. Mr. King, Maine independent and a member of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, said Russia has “already lost this war”…Continue Reading
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Biden has decided to ban Russian oil imports, toughening the toll on Russia’s economy in retaliation for its invasion of Ukraine, according to a person familiar with the matter. The move follows pleas by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to U.S. and Western officials to cut off the imports, which had been…Continue Reading
Sen. Angus King said Tuesday that people are willing to feel an even greater pinch at the pump as long as they know the financial hit will help the people of Ukraine. “Nobody likes the high gas prices,” Mr. King, Maine independent, said on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe.” “But people are really committed to defending the…Continue Reading
WASHINGTON (AP) — As the prospect of a red wave grows, a series of Republican missteps including recruiting stumbles, weak fundraising and intense infighting is threatening the GOP’s path to the Senate majority. Arizona’s Republican Gov. Doug Ducey dealt his party its latest setback late last week by announcing he would not challenge Democratic Sen.…Continue Reading
Commitment to liberal freedoms did not mean Americans had a moral duty to fight for oppressed peoples in Europe. Samuel F. B. Morse (1791-1872), inventor of the magnetic telegraph. Steel engraving by John Sartan. (Everett Collection/Shutterstock) In 1835, Samuel F.B. Morse published a sensational work warning his fellow Americans that the sovereigns of Europe necessarily…Continue Reading
On International Women’s Day, remember the fate of its inaugural female.Moscow, Soviet Union. Soviet Union (Photo by TASS via Getty Images)Because International Women’s Day as a national holiday was first adopted by the USSR, it is worth looking at what female leadership looked like in that country. Aside from the very brief tenure of Elena…Continue Reading
The coming surge in food prices will devastate the global poor. As a twenty-something living in Washington, you have to find ways to cut costs. A lot of people here go without cable. Others sell their cars and rely on public transport. I like television and the open road, so I gave up food instead.I…Continue Reading
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