Published on September 27th, 2016 | by John Brucato
Embed from Getty Images The Federal Reserve on Wednesday delivered another miraculous performance by hinting that they would raise interest rates and then doing the opposite. Chair Janet Yellen and the bank presidents met for their …... Read More →
Published on September 16th, 2016 | by Caprice Carter, John Brucato, Thom Dwyer
Embed from Getty Images The Supreme Court temporarily blocked President Barack Obama’s climate change rules that aim to limit greenhouse gas emissions from power plants. It’s a major blow to Obama, who is trying to add to …... Read More →
Published on September 15th, 2016 | by John Brucato
Embed from Getty Images The promise and failure of the Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare, is a plague that all Americans are forced to endure. With rising costs, less coverage and plenty of red …... Read More →
Published on September 6th, 2016 | by John Brucato, Jorden Smith, Marialuisa Rincon, Odus Evbagharu
Embed from Getty Images There are over 11.3 million undocumented immigrants in the U.S., and that number seems to be growing. The Cougar’s opinion editor wrote about his thoughts regarding Donald Trump’s immigration speech. For this week’s …... Read More →
Published on September 5th, 2016 | by John Brucato
Embed from Getty Images The Federal Reserve needs to raise interest rates to allow the long-awaited sustainable economic growth to occur. Since 2008, the Fed has held interest rates near zero. This violates the fundamental concept …... Read More →
Published on September 1st, 2016 | by John Brucato, Jorden Smith, Marialuisa Rincon, Thom Dwyer
After a comprehensive investigation into the efficiency of private prisons, the U.S. Department of Justice has decided to not renew the contracts of private prisons. The prisons continue to operate overcapacity and bleed money. For this week’s …... Read More →
Published on August 29th, 2016 | by John Brucato
Embed from Getty Images Amid the political turmoil that has the country divided into liberal left and conservative right, moderate seems to be the sole logical solution. Gary Johnson, the Libertarian Party candidate for the 2016 presidential election …... Read More →