In the year to June, the Consumer Price Index increased by 9.1%, “the largest 12-month increase since the period ending November 1981.” Back then, the rate was declining from its…
On August 25, 2022, the California Air Resources Board (CARB) voted to ban the sale of new gasoline and diesel-powered engines for passenger vehicles by 2035. Two weeks later, on…
Rolling blackouts were implemented in some areas of the Golden State last night, as California set a new record for electricity demand. The state’s power grid operator, the California ISO, announced a…
US life expectancy went down again in 2021 after falling in 2020. According to preliminary data from the CDC, life expectancy was down to 7.61 —the lowest it has been since…
Again and again, the majority of voters in Alaska choose Republican candidates, but ranked-choice voting (RCV) won’t let one win. To recap: long-time Republican Congressman Don Young died earlier this…
Two days ago, President Joe Biden announced that he is canceling some portion of student debt for individuals who earn less than $125,000. American Experiment has written extensively in the…
The U.S. Senate race in Alaska has kicked up fresh controversy about the ranked-choice voting (RCV) method. North Dakota does not have ranked-choice voting, but the City of Fargo uses…
Earlier this month, CNBC reported: Hiring in July was far better than expected, defying multiple other signs that the economic recovery is losing steam, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported…
The back-to-school transition is the perfect opportunity to advocate for your children while fostering a healthy and constructive parent-teacher relationship. Given the positive feedback on these 10 questions for parents to ask…
The Gross Domestic Product of the United States shrank in real terms for the first two quarters of this year. Very often, that would be called a recession, but not,…
For decades, teachers’ unions have flexed their political muscle, seeking to convince both their members and the general public that their involvement in and prioritization of political issues is for…
Ten months after Chinese-linked Fufeng Group announced plans for a corn milling plant in Grand Forks, the controversial project remains the target of stubborn opposition locally and increasing scrutiny nationally,…
Mine permitting on federal lands has slowed under President Biden, according to a report from E&E News. The report highlights some of the inconsistencies between President Biden’s supposed desire to boost domestic mining,…
Alaskans will have to wait weeks to find out who their new Congressperson is, thanks to the vagaries of the the new ranked-choice voting (RCV) system adopted this year. On…
The National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) has decided it is time to “decenter book reading and essay writing as the pinnacles of English language arts education,” as reported by Benjamin Hanson De…
According to CNBC, The Department of Education announced Tuesday that it will cancel nearly $4 billion worth of federal student loans for 208,000 borrowers defrauded by a popular for-profit institution. All remaining students…