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After controversial court rulings, a Voting Rights Act lawsuit takes an unusual turn
MPR News· 5 hours agoIn a closely watched legal fight over how the federal Voting Rights Act can be enforced, civil rights groups have made an unusual move. Last Friday, attorneys led by the American Civil Liberties ...
Democracy, What Democracy? | by Ian Buruma - Project Syndicate
Project Syndicate· 9 hours agoNearly everyone agrees that US President Joe Biden’s awful performance in his debate with Donald...
Column: A trip to the U.S. Capitol reminds me what I celebrate this Fourth of July
Los Angeles Times· 15 hours agoSince Jan. 6, 2021, when a mob of thousands stormed it to try to stop the electoral vote count that...
Glen Powell: Everything you need to know about 2024's leading man
Evening Standard via Yahoo Canada News· 11 hours agoGlen Powell was fighting for years to get into Hollywood. Now we can’t escape him. Here’s everything...
Xi Jinping warns SCO to 'resist external interference' in latest veiled swipe at US
South China Morning Post via Yahoo Finance Canada· 16 hours agoChinese President Xi Jinping has urged the members of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation to...
Firefly Aerospace launches NASA-sponsored cubesats
SpaceNews· 10 hours agoFirefly Aerospace placed eight cubesats into orbit on a mission funded by NASA on the first flight of the company’s Alpha rocket since an upper stage...
Britain’s Now-or-Never Moment | by Kaushik Basu - Project Syndicate
Project Syndicate· 12 hours agoI recently spent ten days in the United Kingdom, driving through the English countryside and...
It's the truth: Americans have a duty not to fall for lies
Chicago Sun-Times· 14 hours agoOn this July Fourth, the nation is awash in unapologetic lies. As Americans, we can all show true...
A newly discovered letter by Thomas Jefferson shows ‘a regular guy with financial burdens’
AOL· 13 hours agoThe revelation comes in a previously unpublished letter that Jefferson, who was president from 1801 to 1809, wrote to a friend who acted as his financial agent in October 1802. The document, ...
The Economics of Philanthropy | by Michael Spence - Project Syndicate
Project Syndicate· 17 hours agoThe biggest election year in history is unfolding at a time when rising wealth and income inequality...