news2shortsPeople who have lost homes feel an overwhelming sense of uncertainty as impact on their lives becomes clearer When Marcus Beer and Shawna Dawson Beer first returned to their charred Altadena home, they were in shock. Visiting the Los Angeles neighbourhood for the second time last weekend, they fully comprehended the destruction. “It very quickly … Read more
How can neighbors have such a fundamental disagreement about seemingly basic concepts of rightness and justice? In 2016, it was easy for the left to process Donald Trump’s election as a fluke – thanks to the electoral college, he’d essentially won on a technicality. But as he took office once again this month after winning … Read more
In an interview Sunday, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem defended President Donald Trump’s decision to impose tariffs on China, Canada and Mexico, saying, “Economically, yes, they will, they will feel pain.
Senate File 125 could limit access to any treatment that ‘causes harm’ to the heart, lungs, brain and other organs In an effort to restrict abortion access, Wyoming Republicans authored a bill that could choke access to a host of life-saving medical procedures, from chemotherapy to heart surgery. State judge Melissa Owens overturned Wyoming’s abortion … Read more
Canada’s prime minister makes televised address after Donald Trump signed an order authorising drastic tariffs of up to 25% on Canada’s exports to the US. In retaliation for Trump’s tariffs, Trudeau announced a 25% tariff phased in across C$155bn ($107bn) worth of American products Canada and Mexico hit back against Trump’s tariffs as Beijing vows … Read more
But it’s important to not limit our sense of what resistance looks like All those lists and instructions and editorials on how to resist authoritarianism and stand up for human rights, the rule of law and climate are good, and I both wholly support them and want to veer off from their recommendations here. Yes, … Read more
I saw them killed by sniper fire and drones. Why doesn’t Labour condemn it? Why do arms keep flowing in Israel’s direction? I had never imagined, when working as a professor of transplant surgery at a large teaching hospital in London, that one day I would find myself operating on an eight-year-old child who was … Read more
About 14.7 million egg-laying hens have been affected as wholesale price of eggs climbs as much as 40 cents a week Egg prices in the US have risen steeply over the last several weeks. Experts say they are likely to climb further as an avian flu outbreak decimates flocks across the country. Though the avian … Read more
Activists decry Cops TV-style content as ‘deliberate strategy to desensitize’ with ‘calculated cruelty’ on full blast Just days after being sworn in as Donald Trump’s secretary of homeland security, Kristi Noem, well coiffed and clad in tactical gear, popped up in New York City before dawn with a message for Americans – and her boss, … Read more
Billionaires and corporations leading TV networks and newspapers seem to have caved to the president’s pressure In a tumultuous first two weeks back in power in the White House, Donald Trump has targeted many familiar enemies, including one of his most passionate obsessions: the US media, whom he has frequently dubbed “enemies of the people”. … Read more
