A calm beneath the fear of debt default
As leaders in Washington debate lifting borrowing limits and spending cuts, the outcome may be a renewal of political consensus.
As leaders in Washington debate lifting borrowing limits and spending cuts, the outcome may be a renewal of political consensus.
Facilities that donate breast milk could save tens of thousands of babies and young children in Africa every year.
U.S. Rep. George Santos has been arrested on federal criminal charges. The indictment says the New York Republican induced supporters to donate to a company under the false pretense the money would be used to support his campaign.
Title 42, a Trump-era policy restricting asylum during the pandemic, is ending this week. The Biden administration is preparing for an expected increase in immigration, while critics are concerned that a quick processing procedure won’t be fair.
More women are choosing not to wear the mandatory hijab publicly in Iran. Such open defiance of the law follows months of protests over Mahsa Amini, a woman who died in the custody of the country’s morality police for wearing her hijab too loosely.
Republican representatives are helping advance a bill in the Texas House that proposes raising the purchase age for AR-style rifles. Rep. Sam Harless says “every kid has a right to go to school and feel safe.”
Reviving a forest is a community affair. But collective efforts often begin with one person. In Peru’s Pómac Forest, that’s Carlos Alberto Llauce Baldera.
The determination and generosity of Vietnamese poet and translator Duong Tuong still resonate with this American photographer, bridging their different worlds.