Last week a camp of mostly Haitian migrants swelled at the border crossing at Del Rio, Texas, and by the end of the week an estimated 14,000 waited for their chance at a hearing to plead their case for entry into the U.S. While perhaps hundreds have now begun the...
After months, the right-wing Republican effort to recall Democratic Governor Gavin Newsom in California is finally over. Newsom hung onto his position by about 3 million votes, winning with about 64% voting No and 37% voting Yes on the recall. The margin of victory...
In China, the giant real estate company Evergrande is on the verge of bankruptcy, drowning in debt. Its total liabilities have ballooned to an extraordinary 1.97 trillion yuan or U.S. $305 billion. This is 2% of China’s gross domestic product (GDP). The company’s...
On September 14, the number of recorded deaths from COVID-19 in the United States reached 663,913. This is 1 in 500 of the April 2020 U.S. Census population, 331.4 million. This staggering death toll is the work of both the Trump and Biden administrations, and the...
With school starting again, students, parents, teachers, other school personnel, and many community members are incredibly anxious about the spread of COVID, especially among young people who are not yet eligible for the vaccines. And we are right to be anxious. One...
