John Lekas started The Lychee Project to bring an end to the Lychee and Dog Meat Festival. He also serves as president, CEO and senior portfolio manager at Leader Capital, which he founded in 1997.
President-elect Trump’s nomination of Russell Vought, a lead figure in Project 2025, signals the potential for deep cuts to critical safety net programs, despite campaign promises to protect them.
Food service workers prepare meals for millions but often can’t afford to eat themselves, facing low wages, food insecurity, and corporate resistance to change.
Whether heralded or reviled, Biden’s supposed restraint during the Ukraine war has steadily faded, with more and more dangerous escalation in its place.