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Sophie Lewis of CBS News points out how New York became the sixth state to ban child marriage, after raising the legal age of consent to be married to 18. Governor Andrew Cuomo signed the legislation which will take effect 30 days after becoming law. A previous law Cuomo signed in 2017 allowed...
Tammy Webber and Emily Swanson write that among American adults who have not yet received a vaccine, 35% say they probably will not, and 45% say they definitely will not, according to a poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research. On the other hand, 3% say they...
The Council on Foreign Relations explains how since Fidel Castro’s ascent to power in 1959, U.S.-Cuba ties have endured a nuclear crisis, a long Cuban embargo, and political hostilities. The diplomatic relationship remained frozen well beyond the end of the Cold War but moved toward normalization during the administration of...
Robert Faturechi, Justin Elliot, and Ellis Simani of ProPublica delved into tax information for dozens of billionaire owners across the four largest American pro sports leagues. This is a trigger warning for those with hostilities towards billionaires or concerns with income inequalities. Billionaires Paying Less Than Millionaires…and Thousandaires? Los Angeles...
Michael Holden and Mitch Phillips of Reuters write how Black players in the England soccer team have been subjected to a storm of online racist abuse after their defeat in the final of Euro 2020, drawing wide condemnation from the squad’s captain, manager, royalty, religious leaders and politicians. Marcus Rashford,...
Jemima McEvoy at Forbes and Paul DeBenedetto at NPR write that citing anonymous sources with knowledge of the situation, both The New York Times and NBC News reported Monday that a group of state lawmakers has made plans to walk out in the middle of a special legislative session ahead of expected votes on...
Devin Rutan is a Ph.D. candidate in Sociology and Social Policy at Princeton University. Renee Louis is a research specialist with the Eviction Lab at Princeton University. These researchers demonstrate that eviction is a process with abundant opportunities for violations of the Fair Housing Act making overall housing markets more...
As we wind down Independence Day, many “patriots”, and I use that term loosely, are missing the point. Christine Emba in the Washington Post explains how those whom criticize are exercising the fullest expression of American citizenship. The United States is an idea not based on blood and soil, but...
The Trump Organization and its longtime finance chief, Allen Weisselberg, have been indicted on charges from a years-long investigation by the Manhattan district attorney’s office that has involved prosecutors obtaining former President Trump’s tax returns. Prosecutors allege a 15-year scheme (from 2005 through this year) in which the Trump Organization...
The Supreme Court’s conservative majority on Thursday continued castration a landmark voting rights law in a decision likely to help Republican states fight challenges to voting restrictions they’ve put in place following last year’s elections. In a case from Arizona, the justices upheld two state voting restrictions that limited who...
Sophie Lewis of CBS News points out how New York became the sixth state to ban child marriage, after raising the legal age of consent to be married to 18. Governor Andrew Cuomo signed the legislation which will take effect 30 days after becoming law. A previous law Cuomo signed in 2017 allowed...
Tammy Webber and Emily Swanson write that among American adults who have not yet received a vaccine, 35% say they probably will not, and 45% say they definitely will not, according to a poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research. On the other hand, 3% say they...
The Council on Foreign Relations explains how since Fidel Castro’s ascent to power in 1959, U.S.-Cuba ties have endured a nuclear crisis, a long Cuban embargo, and political hostilities. The diplomatic relationship remained frozen well beyond the end of the Cold War but moved toward normalization during the administration of...
Robert Faturechi, Justin Elliot, and Ellis Simani of ProPublica delved into tax information for dozens of billionaire owners across the four largest American pro sports leagues. This is a trigger warning for those with hostilities towards billionaires or concerns with income inequalities. Billionaires Paying Less Than Millionaires…and Thousandaires? Los Angeles...
Michael Holden and Mitch Phillips of Reuters write how Black players in the England soccer team have been subjected to a storm of online racist abuse after their defeat in the final of Euro 2020, drawing wide condemnation from the squad’s captain, manager, royalty, religious leaders and politicians. Marcus Rashford,...
Jemima McEvoy at Forbes and Paul DeBenedetto at NPR write that citing anonymous sources with knowledge of the situation, both The New York Times and NBC News reported Monday that a group of state lawmakers has made plans to walk out in the middle of a special legislative session ahead of expected votes on...
Devin Rutan is a Ph.D. candidate in Sociology and Social Policy at Princeton University. Renee Louis is a research specialist with the Eviction Lab at Princeton University. These researchers demonstrate that eviction is a process with abundant opportunities for violations of the Fair Housing Act making overall housing markets more...
As we wind down Independence Day, many “patriots”, and I use that term loosely, are missing the point. Christine Emba in the Washington Post explains how those whom criticize are exercising the fullest expression of American citizenship. The United States is an idea not based on blood and soil, but...
The Trump Organization and its longtime finance chief, Allen Weisselberg, have been indicted on charges from a years-long investigation by the Manhattan district attorney’s office that has involved prosecutors obtaining former President Trump’s tax returns. Prosecutors allege a 15-year scheme (from 2005 through this year) in which the Trump Organization...
The Supreme Court’s conservative majority on Thursday continued castration a landmark voting rights law in a decision likely to help Republican states fight challenges to voting restrictions they’ve put in place following last year’s elections. In a case from Arizona, the justices upheld two state voting restrictions that limited who...