Republican lawmakers are pushing a wave of legislation through statehouses across the nation to make voting more difficult.
Erica Nitschke
Columnist
Posted inNation & World
As climate fight shifts to oil, Biden faces a formidable foe
Biden’s election has put big oil companies on the defensive after largely having their way in Washington under President Donald Trump.
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Posted inNation & World, News
Poll: 1 in 5 in Americans have lost someone close in pandemic
The poll also found about 1 in 3 Americans don’t intend to get their shot.
Posted inBusiness, Nation & World
One year later, from job cuts to online commerce, virus reshaped U.S. economy
A once-in-a-century pandemic has ground on for a year, throwing millions out of work and upending wide swathes of the American economy.
Posted inArts & Entertainment
Meghan and Harry interview with Oprah lays bare royal rift
The interview with Oprah Winfrey was the couple’s first since they stepped down from royal duties and the two-hour special included numerous revelations.
Posted inNation & World
Bloody Sunday memorial honors late civil rights giants
This year’s event was the first without the towering presence of U.S. Rep. John Lewis, Rev. Joseph Lowery, the Rev. C.T. Vivian and attorney Bruce Boynton, who all died in 2020.
Posted inNation & World, Religion and Values
Where Islamic State ruled, pope calls on Christians to forgive, rebuild
‘The road to a full recovery may still be long, but I ask you, please, not to grow discouraged,’ Francis told a packed Church of the Immaculate Conception.
Posted inNation & World
The Latest: Michigan makes homeless people vaccine-eligible
The latest on the coronavirus pandemic from around the U.S. and the world.
Posted inNation & World
At least 20 dead, 600 wounded in Equatorial Guinea blasts
President Teodoro Obiang Nguema says the explosion was due to the ‘negligent handling of dynamite’ at a military barracks.
Posted inNew England
Judge dismisses lawsuit over slave portraits at Harvard
The photos were commissioned by Harvard biologist Louis Agassiz, whose theories on racial difference were used to support slavery in the U.S.