Elizabeth Warren Just Unveiled a Plan to Close the Racial Wealth Gap
Jack Kurtz/Zuma Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) released a plan Friday to close the racial wealth gap by issuing $7 billion in grants to entrepreneurs of color. The grants could be used for startup capital to support an estimated 100,000 new minority-owned businesses, potentially creating 1.1 million jobs. “Every American should have a fair shot at…
This Refugee-Run Catering Company Cures Homesickness With Hummus
Getty On a recent afternoon in a kitchen in the Long Island City neighborhood of Queens, Chef Diaa Alhanoun drizzled olive oil over creamy hummus and garnished it with pita bread. Diaa grew up in Syria. There, he barbequed meats and crispy kibbeh, or potato croquettes, that are stuffed with minced beef, onion, and spices,…
Elizabeth Warren Has a Plan for Winning the White House, and Right Now It’s Working
Sen. Elizabeth Warren at a campaign rally in VirginiaCliff Owen/AP Elizabeth Warren is having what political reporters like to call “a moment.” This policy maven seeking the White House has risen to third place in the Real Clear Politics national polling average of Democratic voters, trailing frontrunner Joe Biden and second-placer Bernie Sanders but surpassing…
Space Force Yes! Baby Nukes No! What Congress Is Sticking in the Pentagon Budget.
Evan Vucci/Associated Press Congress completed its most significant step toward funding the Pentagon for the next year—and it only took close to 21 hours. By 6:53 a.m. this morning, when House Armed Services Committee Chair Adam Smith (D-Wash.) gaveled his panel out of session, members had resurrected President Trump’s beloved Space Force, blocked the Pentagon…
The Head of Albania’s Conservative Party Faces Criminal Charges, and an Ex-Trump Aide Is Involved
Lulzim Basha pictured with President Donald Trump at a 2017 fundraiser for Wisconsin’s then-governor, Scott Walker. Prosecutors in Albania on Thursday announced plans to file criminal charges against Lulzim Basha, the head of the country’s main conservative party, regarding more than $600,000 in payments that his party reportedly made in 2017 to a Republican lobbyist…
Yeah, Trump Was Talking About Dirt From Foreign Governments
I guess I might as well fess up to being wrong and be done with it. Here is our president complaining about all those people who think he shouldn’t accept campaign dirt from foreigners: I meet and talk to “foreign governments” every day. I just met with the Queen of England (U.K.), the Prince of…