The Universal Service Fund â a federal subsidy pool collected monthly from American telephone customers â faces the biggest crisis of its existence. | Spencer Platt/Getty Images Over the past 26 years, the Universal Service Fund â a federal subsidy pool collected monthly from American telephone customers â has spent close to $9 billion a
This 26-year-old federal fund evolved to fight the ‘digital divide.’ Now a court might throw it out.
August 21, 2023 by
Document discovery differences divide House GOP and Democrats
March 3, 2023 by
Even as one Republican acknowledged distinctions Sunday between Bidenâs handling of documents and former President Donald Trumpâs, most reactions broke among party lines. âGranted theyâre different,â Rep. Don Bacon (R-Neb.) said on ABCâs âThis Week.â âWhat strikes me, though, is having President Biden be highly critical of President Trump, calling him irresponsible.â Bacon was referencing
The Growing Racial Divide Within Black Lives Matter
August 24, 2017 by
After the events in Charlottesville and Boston of recent days, expect Black Lives Matter to be both energized as a movement and for the broader left to double down on race as a means to achieving radical social upheaval. Yet even as the movement regains steam with a focus on the physical dismantling of statues […]
What’s Worse for America: Trump or Progressives? Dueling Petitions Show Evangelical Divide
October 10, 2016 by
Liberty University President Jerry Falwell, Jr. and his wife pictured with presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump in New York City. A pair of statements released, one denouncing Donald Trump’s bigotry and another calling on progressives to repent, showcase the divide within the evangelical Christian American community during the current election cycle. In late September […]
On Abortion, the Left Uses Donald Trump to Divide the Right and Ignores Actual Extremists
April 1, 2016 by
Right now, today, President Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT)16% and, the national Democratic Party all support unrestricted abortions and oppose âany and all efforts to weaken or undermineâ a womenâs ârightâ to have an abortion and believes âthere is no place for politicians or government to get in the way.â Oh, youâre nine months pregnant? Donât worry. You donât […]