Tag: United States
Security Council minus US says Gaza famine is ‘man-made’ as deaths...
Fourteen member nations back IPC famine finding, call for ceasefire and aid access while US rejects the analysis.
New data shows No Kings was one of the largest days...
The historic number of No Kings Day protesters and their expansive geographic spread are signs of a growing and durable pro-democracy movement.
A new youth-led lawsuit is challenging Trump’s fossil fuel orders
In Lightiser v. Trump, 22 young people are using the protections of the Constitution to demand a livable future.
Where is the AI safety movement?
There’s the prospect of super intelligent AI outpacing human control altogether. So where are the humans in all this?
Resistance to Trump is everywhere—inside the first 50 days of mass...
From boycotts to mass noncompliance to street demonstrations, the response to the Trump administration’s policies has consisted of an impressive range of nonviolent tactics.
White House announces 53rd state!
"Mr. President, are there any plans for a 53rd state now that stars for Canada and Gaza have been officially added to the flag?"
The world’s four legacy empires going down
In a future full of signs that the four empires that have long dominated our world are all crumbling.
US leaders are split on China policy
China adjusts to the twists and turns in the United States’ split policy approach.
How workers in the South are defying history
The company resisted them. History defied them. Geography worked against them.
The U.S. still spends more on its military than over 144...
World military spending reached a new record high of $2.4 trillion in 2022, with the United States spending the most by far.
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EPA finalizes repeal of power plant carbon standards as environmental groups sue
The sector accounts for nearly one-quarter of U.S. greenhouse gas emissions, and the agency separately proposed ending its authority to regulate them.
Democratic attorneys general say Education Department is hiding 1,300 documents on its layoffs
A privilege log lists nearly 1,300 records the agency says are too sensitive to hand over.
7,000 Chicago hotel workers vote to authorize strike
A union survey found a third of members cannot cover rent or mortgage payments, and the last hotel strike in the city, in 2018, lasted about a month.
Vance-led task force moves to strip 760,000 people of ACA coverage
Advocates say the crackdown follows 8 million coverage losses already tied to Trump-era health cuts.
Federal judge blocks deportation of man shot by ICE during Austin delivery run
DHS and the man's attorney give conflicting accounts of the medical care he has received since.