Tag: Human welfare
Biden faces long odds in push for more state ‘red flag’ laws
IOWA CITY, Iowa — President Joe Biden faces an uphill battle as he tries to revive a push for more state laws that would...
Loneliness is rampant. A simple call, or hug, may be a cure
CHICAGO — The stranger’s call came when Dianne Green needed it most.
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Wisconsin teachers resign in wake of slavery question
SUN PRAIRIE, Wis. — Three Wisconsin middle school teachers have resigned after they put together a lesson for sixth-graders asking them how they would...
Two books based on ‘1619 Project’ coming out in November
<p>NEW YORK — Two books based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning “1619 Project” will be released this fall, with contributions from Jesmyn Ward, Jason Reynolds,...
Poll: 15% of Americans worse off a year into pandemic
<p>While most Americans have weathered the pandemic financially, about 38 million say they are worse off now than before the outbreak began in the...
EXPLAINER: The law and science behind the CDC’s eviction ban
<p>When the U.S. government enacted a ban on evictions, it did so through an unlikely agency: the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.</p>
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Syrian leader sacks Central Bank chief amid currency crash
<p>BEIRUT — President Bashar Assad sacked the governor of war-ravaged Syria’s Central Bank on Tuesday amid a crash in the currency in recent months.</p>
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UN chief: 52 armies and groups suspected of sexual violence
UNITED NATIONS — The COVID-19 pandemic led to a spike in gender-based violence last year and combatants continued to use sexual violence “as a...
Two books based on ‘1619 Project’ coming out in November
NEW YORK — Two books based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning “1619 Project” will be released this fall, with contributions from Jesmyn Ward, Jason Reynolds,...
Poll: 15% of Americans worse off a year into pandemic
While most Americans have weathered the pandemic financially, about 38 million say they are worse off now than before the outbreak began in the...