The US was not a true democracy before the Voting Rights Act. Wednesday’s decision has essentially destroyed the law Is America a democracy? The term implies an equality of rights and dignity among citizens, a collective and uniform right of individuals to participate in self-government and to shape the laws ...
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Senate Republicans again block effort to halt Trump’s war in IranSenate Republicans again block effort to halt Trump’s war in Iran
Vote comes as 60-day deadline looms, with two GOP backing limits and dispute over whether ceasefire pauses clock US politics live – latest updates The Republican-led Senate on Thursday again blocked a Democratic attempt to stop Donald Trump’s war in Iran, rejecting a war powers resolution that would have limited ...
‘Making the scarlet letter into my career’: my life as a sex writer‘Making the scarlet letter into my career’: my life as a sex writer
I thought my mother was ashamed of my taboo profession. Then I realized our experiences were more similar than I thought My first viral personal essay was titled: “In Defense of Casual Sex”. It was 2008. I was 24, living in San Francisco, and working at the online magazine Salon. ...
A ballroom bunker is a perfect symbol for Trump 2.0 | Jan-Werner MüllerA ballroom bunker is a perfect symbol for Trump 2.0 | Jan-Werner Müller
The edifice suggests a Silicon Valley-style desire to protect the president from national crises of his own making A self-declared “secretary of war” keeps committing war crimes; people are dying in Africa because of Musk’s cuts to USAID; farm bankruptcies in the US are surging; ICE keeps acting with impunity; ...
‘I did receive bottles on stage. There might have been urine’: Melanie C on Spice Girls mania, impostor syndrome and her date with a Chili Pepper‘I did receive bottles on stage. There might have been urine’: Melanie C on Spice Girls mania, impostor syndrome and her date with a Chili Pepper
As she releases a clubby new album, Sweat, the former Sporty Spice answers your questions on her raver days, scouse cuisine and Sex Pistols covers Your acid remix of Jessie Ware’s Free Yourself was a bit unexpected, I admit. Were you a hardcore raver back in the early 90s? CoopertapesI ...
Israel intercepts and detains crews of Gaza aid flotilla near CreteIsrael intercepts and detains crews of Gaza aid flotilla near Crete
Global Sumud Flotilla describes interception as ‘violent raid’ while Turkey condemns it as ‘act of piracy’ Israeli forces have intercepted and detained the crews of at least 22 boats near the Greek island of Crete from a flotilla that is attempting to break Israel’s maritime blockade of the Gaza Strip ...
Could the UAE’s shock exit from Opec cause an oil price war?Could the UAE’s shock exit from Opec cause an oil price war?
A standoff between Gulf oil giants Saudi Arabia and the UAE could cause greater market volatility for years to come The conflict in the Middle East has claimed Opec as the latest casualty of war. The United Arab Emirates’ shock exit from the oil cartel on Tuesday after 60 years ...
Two justices, one quest: push to gut Voting Rights Act reaches final actTwo justices, one quest: push to gut Voting Rights Act reaches final act
Latest ruling is culmination of Justices Roberts and Alito’s campaign to slowly but surely strangle efforts to protect democratic rights of Black and other minority Americans The ruling from the US supreme court destroying one of the last pillars of the 1965 Voting Rights Act (VRA) marks the end of ...
Oil price tops $126 a barrel after Trump warns Iran blockade could last ‘months’Oil price tops $126 a barrel after Trump warns Iran blockade could last ‘months’
Oil markets spooked as US president appears willing to maintain US Navy blockade and Iran keeps strait of Hormuz all but shut The global oil price has soared above $126 a barrel, its highest level since 2022, after Donald Trump warned the US blockade of Iranian ports could last for ...
The Rendlesham Forest mystery: ‘It’s the perfect storm of a UFO case’The Rendlesham Forest mystery: ‘It’s the perfect storm of a UFO case’
In 1980, two US airmen reported an extraordinary encounter near a military base in the east of England. What really happened? In 1996, Nick Pope wrote his first book. Open Skies, Closed Minds was a semi-autobiographical examination of well-known UFO cases mixed with his own research. Pope worked at the ...