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Inflation is forcing Americans to be less generous these days
MPR News· 7 days agoRobert Lang, a longtime cabinetmaker in Cincinnati, used to feel good about giving money to less-fortunate people. "I'm no great humanitarian," says Lang. Rising prices, which have forced Lang ...
Can Biden come back from a bad debate the way Reagan did in 1984?
MPR News· 7 days agoAfter President Biden’s surprisingly weak debate performance this week, some defenders have pointed to other incumbents who stumbled in their first debate but recovered to win reelection. Presidents ...
A San Francisco store is shipping LGBTQ+ books to places where they are banned
MPR News· 6 days agoIn an increasingly divisive political sphere, Becka Robbins focuses on what she knows best — books. Operating out of a tiny room in Fabulosa Books in San Francisco's Castro District, one of ...
A new federal rule could offer protection from extreme heat to millions of workers
MPR News· 3 days agoThe U.S. Department of Labor has proposed a new rule that would require employers to develop injury and illness prevention plans in order to better protect workers from heat-related injuries ...
Republicans are turning Biden’s voter registration order into a partisan flash point
MPR News· 6 days agoIn these final months before this fall’s election, Republican officials are ramping up attacks on a three-year-old executive order President Biden issued to try to get more eligible voters signed ...
DeSantis touts results from anti-illegal immigrant moves, as ‘sanctuary’ cities struggle with...
AOL· 5 days agoFlorida Gov. Ron DeSantis is touting results in his efforts to make sure Florida is not an attractive destination for illegal immigrants, as new data show that the state’s Medicaid spending ...
Ozy Media CEO takes stand in Brooklyn fraud trial
Courthouse News Service· 4 days agoOzy Media founder Carlos Watson took the witness stand Monday, denying prosecutors’ accusations he repeatedly misrepresented the now-shuttered digital...
Charlotte the 'Pregnant Virgin' Stingray Dies After Diagnosis of Reproductive Disease
Smithsonian Magazine· 3 days agoCharlotte the stingray, whose mysterious pregnancy grabbed headlines earlier this year and earned...