news2shortsAccording to a new survey, over half of millennials work more than one job. It’s what they have to do in today’s economy Americans are barely staying ahead of inflation. So how are they dealing with this issue? By working more. That’s one of the biggest takeaways from a new study by Academized, an outsourcing … Read more
Alberto Lovo Rojas fled violence in his home country. Now, he fears Trump-backed deportation It finally happened while he was waiting to get his hair cut. Alberto Lovo Rojas, an asylum seeker from Nicaragua, had been feeling uneasy for weeks, worried that immigration officials would arrest him any moment. But he had pushed the worry … Read more
A wildlife crossing across the 101 freeway will connect two parts of the Santa Monica mountains for animals Above the whirring of 300,000 cars each day on Los Angeles’s 101 freeway, an ambitious project is taking shape. The Wallis Annenberg wildlife crossing is the largest wildlife bridge in the world at 210ft long and 174ft … Read more
In the lower 48 state with the highest share of veterans, some denounce and others praise Doge-led mass layoffs Birgitt Paul has worked as a nurse at the Veterans Affairs (VA) in Cheyenne, Wyoming, for over a decade – five years on the floor, five and a half coordinating at-home care for veterans in the … Read more
Data suggests as many as 1,400 people were arrested during or right after Ice check-ins in first four weeks of Trump’s administration Jorge, a 22-year-old asylum seeker from Venezuela, reported in February to the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) field office in Portland, Oregon, for what he figured would be a routine check-in. Instead, … Read more
Snow White has sparked outrage across the board, but why is no one worried about its messaging on beauty? Last week I took my daughter to see the new Snow White film and on the train she told me how all the girls had been called into a special assembly. It was to tell them … Read more
After the murder of George Floyd, many companies turned to toothless diversity initiatives that they abandoned in the wake of Trump 2.0. A conservative agenda dating back to the 50s explains why At Ford Motor Company, the moral stock-taking began with a letter. “This is an extraordinary moment in our history,” Bill Ford, the company’s … Read more
Garment workers in countries such as Cambodia among those who fear they will lose pay cheques if companies move production elsewhere “This is very messed up. If Trump wants Cambodia to import more American goods: look, we are just a very small country!” Khun Tharo works to promote human rights in the Cambodian garment sector, … Read more
We are not victims, there is no genocide. This rhetoric shows that the US administration doesn’t understand my thriving country I am a blue-blood Afrikaner, at least in terms of ancestry: both my grandfathers were young Boer soldiers in the Anglo-Boer war and I am directly related to the president of the old Transvaal Republic, … Read more
Billionaire Elon Musk says he hopes the U.S. and Europe can develop their economic relationship toward eliminating the need for tariffs. Musk made the statement during a video interview with Italian Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini on Saturday.The billionaire says he has advised President Donald Trump to bolster the relationship with European countries. “At the … Read more
