• Venezuela's election could lead to seismic political shift or give Maduro 6 more years

    Venezuela's election could lead to seismic political shift or give Maduro 6 more years

    Jul 28, 2024 06:42 PM EST

    ... have not seen any improvement in their quality of life. Many earn under $200 a month, which means families struggle to afford essential items. Some work second and third jobs. A basket of basic staples — sufficient to feed of family of four for a month — costs an estimated $385. Judith ...

  • How these couples made their marriage work after after a gender transition

    How these couples made their marriage work after after a gender transition

    Jun 20, 2024 03:17 PM EST

    One partner may sense a shift the other does not. Emily Wilkinson, 33, who lives near Seattle, says she doesn't doubt "that I love Cameron and will continue to love Cameron.” But her vision of their love has changed since her spouse began transitioning last year. For Cameron, 39 ...

  • House leaders work together to push aid for Ukraine and allies over key hurdle

    House leaders work together to push aid for Ukraine and allies over key hurdle

    Apr 19, 2024 10:45 PM EST

    Lisa Desjardins: The high-stakes vote was procedural, whether to tee up the four foreign aid bills. As dozens of Republicans voted against their own party-led process, watch the Democratic column on the left for a rare shift. Democrats moved en masse to vote yes, saving the bills and ...

  • How Texas' plan to arrest migrants for illegal entry would work

    How Texas' plan to arrest migrants for illegal entry would work

    Mar 20, 2024 06:27 PM EST

    ... the border?Arrests for illegal crossings along the southern border fell by half in January from record highs in December. Border Patrol officials attributed the shift to seasonal declines and heightened enforcement by the U.S. and its allies. The federal government has not yet released numbers for February. Texas ...

  • How child migrants are put to work in unsafe and illegal conditions

    How child migrants are put to work in unsafe and illegal conditions

    Jan 01, 2024 11:40 PM EST

    ... well-known brands. What did those audits reveal about the use of illegal child labor? Hannah Dreier, The New York Times: So, at all of these production facilities, there were children working usually the night shift with fake I.D.s doing jobs that are totally off-limits for minors.

  • COP28 talks shift into high gear when words and definitions matter

    COP28 talks shift into high gear when words and definitions matter

    Dec 07, 2023 02:09 PM EST

    DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The mood is about to shift, the hours grow longer and the already high sense of urgency somehow amp up even more as the United Nations climate summit heads into its final week. Every sentence, every word — especially those about the future elimination of planet ...

  • The history and future consequences of the Supreme Court’s conservative shift

    The history and future consequences of the Supreme Court’s conservative shift

    Apr 08, 2023 09:30 PM EST

    ... Justice Elena Kagan, for example, she of the three remaining could more align herself with a center to broker a deal. So she would often work with Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice Stephen Breyer, who has since retired to try to bring about a compromise. But she essentially doesn ...

  • Darren Walker proposes shift in focus of giving in new book 'From Generosity to Justice'

    Darren Walker proposes shift in focus of giving in new book 'From Generosity to Justice'

    Mar 22, 2023 10:25 PM EST

    ... is contributing to our political and civil unrest, and the sense that too many Americans feel left out, rural America, where there is not enough work going on in philanthropy, parts of our country that truly have been left behind, and where the people there feel angry. And they have ...

  • As LGBTQ book challenges rise, some Louisiana librarians are scared to go to work

    As LGBTQ book challenges rise, some Louisiana librarians are scared to go to work

    Feb 27, 2023 06:31 PM EST

    ... and also that it's being backed by political figures.” Manuel sees the efforts to censor literature as part of a bigger, more dangerous social shift. “This is how it starts: You label someone the bad guy and add a scapegoat for all of your problems,” they said. The St ...

  • New project spotlights work of modern Indigenous American artists

    New project spotlights work of modern Indigenous American artists

    Jan 06, 2023 11:20 PM EST

    ... and wide, including the Hammer Museum in Los Angeles, the Tucson Museum of art, the Whitney in New York. For Hopkins, 45, it represents a shift from when she was first starting out. Candice Hopkins: There were so many good Native artists working in contemporary art, but they still weren ...