• How the NYC nurses strike points to a nationwide problem with staffing

    How the NYC nurses strike points to a nationwide problem with staffing

    Jan 13, 2023 06:18 PM EDT

    ... a third COVID surge struck, after being among the first to volunteer for the COVID unit when the pandemic hit. He’s noticed a cultural shift in the profession. Fewer nurses want to work 12-hour shifts, multiple days a week. Many are taking jobs at clinics, where weekend or ...

  • A look at the political wrangling over house speakerships in state legislatures

    A look at the political wrangling over house speakerships in state legislatures

    Jan 11, 2023 11:35 PM EDT

    ... of the back-and-forth among Republicans, because they support these things. But they are wondering what Jason Stephens told Democrats about what he will work with them on and how he will actually get that done. Geoff Bennett: Well, let's shift our focus to Pennsylvania now And, Katie ...

  • Advances in artificial intelligence raise new ethics concerns

    Advances in artificial intelligence raise new ethics concerns

    Jan 10, 2023 11:30 PM EDT

    Is that how you see this new breakthrough? Kelsey Piper, Vox: Yes. I think, a few years ago, there was something a lot of people would say about A.I., which is maybe they will replace some machines and automation and learn how to do lots of manual work that ...

  • WATCH: Biden delivers remarks with Mexico's López Obrador, Canadian Prime Minister Trudeau

    WATCH: Biden delivers remarks with Mexico's López Obrador, Canadian Prime Minister Trudeau

    Jan 10, 2023 06:04 PM EDT

    ... lot of reasons to be optimistic, especially for those of us in our countries,” Trudeau said. “But it’s going to take a lot of work, something neither you or I or most our citizens have ever been afraid of.” Biden and López Obrador haven’t been on particularly good ...

  • U.S. says Iran may be 'contributing to widespread war crimes' in Ukraine

    U.S. says Iran may be 'contributing to widespread war crimes' in Ukraine

    Jan 09, 2023 06:55 PM EDT

    ... against Iran on Monday as he spoke to reporters accompanying President Joe Biden on a trip to Mexico. While it did not signal a policy shift, the charge marked some of the sharpest U.S. rhetoric against Iran since it began providing weapons to Russia to support its nearly year ...

  • Mexico may accept more migrants expelled by U.S., López Obrador says

    Mexico may accept more migrants expelled by U.S., López Obrador says

    Jan 09, 2023 06:07 PM EDT

    ... and then we can talk about taking the next steps," he said. Ahead of the summit, Biden announced a major U.S.-Mexico border policy shift, with Mexico's blessing. The U.S. will send 30,000 migrants per month from Cuba, Nicaragua, Haiti and Venezuela back across the border ...

  • Child care disruptions continue amid 'tridemic' of RSV, COVID-19 and flu

    Child care disruptions continue amid 'tridemic' of RSV, COVID-19 and flu

    Jan 03, 2023 04:04 PM EDT

    But the participation of prime-age working women in the U.S. lags behind most industrialized nations, Swonk said. Advocates have long blamed the country's lack of universal preschool and paid family leave. Finding child care and heading back to work has proved far from simple. At the pandemic ...

  • U.S. expects more migrants when asylum restrictions end, DHS says

    U.S. expects more migrants when asylum restrictions end, DHS says

    Dec 15, 2022 04:39 PM EDT

    ... about 50,000 migrants could be waiting to cross into the U.S. In one of its most detailed assessments ahead of the major policy shift, the department reported faster processing for migrants in custody on the border, more temporary detention tents, staffing surges and increased criminal prosecutions of smugglers ...

  • A Brief But Spectacular take on working together for climate action

    A Brief But Spectacular take on working together for climate action

    Dec 06, 2022 11:20 PM EDT

    ... to thinking of change on the planet happening in geologic time, that it takes a very long time for glaciers to move or oceans to shift. Right now, it's happening very much in real time. Everybody's seen those pictures that came back from the first Apollo missions out ...

  • Bombed but unbowed, Ukraine's capital of Kyiv moves to survival mode

    Bombed but unbowed, Ukraine's capital of Kyiv moves to survival mode

    Nov 24, 2022 03:18 PM EDT

    ... out the comfort of another, equally crowded, warm and lit café. Without electricity, heating and water at home, she was determined to keep up her work routine. Adapting to life shorn of its usual comforts, Dubeiko said she uses two glasses of water to wash, then ties her hair in ...