To the editor: I've lived in the L.A. area since 2007 and have been a champion of public transit. Yet, in the last five years, I've seen the degradation throughout the system as reported in your recent articles on Metro safety. Yes, we have to make our bus drivers and other personnel safe. But we're also dealing with a problem occasioned by our nation's failure to deal with poverty. As more and more people become homeless, drug-addicted, frightened and broken, violence grows. We can't make life...
The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) has stated in a report that Afghanistan continues to face a complex humanitarian crisis, including the long-term effects of war, poverty, food insecurity, natural disasters, and climate change. This organization published a report on its website on Monday, April 29th, stating that Afghanistan’s humanitarian […]
In this op-ed, Nadia Schadlow calls for an end to the "mind-numbing cycle of far too many studies coming out of the Pentagon and the US government as a whole — with little progress on implementation."
In 2022, 72 percent of overdose deaths in the state were caused by fentanyl, which is lethal even in small doses and many times its presence is not even known to the user.
For many around the world, retirement can be a mixed bag. Australian retirees rate their retirement happiness at 70 out of 100, according to a survey of 1,000 Australians over 60 in February by the independent researcher YouGov and investment management company Challenger Limited. Money was ranked behind good physical health as the key to […]
Photo: DEA.gov India-West News Desk WASHINGTON, DC – The Chinese Communist Party uses tax rebates to subsidize the manufacturing and export of fentanyl materials, a House panel which has Rep.Raja Krishnamoorthi as a ranking members, said in a report released on April 16. The House […]
The current global commissioning crisis is even worse than during the Covid pandemic, with workers in the industry facing an “unprecedented crisis” of financial hardship and mental health struggles, according to Finnish TV executive Mia Ylönen.
TeacherCertification.com reviews numerous educational leadership reports to focus on the need for effective principals at schools throughout the U.S.
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The New Zealand screen sector continues to face upheaval as the minister for media and communications Melissa Lee has been abruptly demoted by the prime minister and the portfolio moved to another ministry.
The high costs and limited availability of quality child care are holding back American moms without college degrees.
America’s child care crisis is holding back moms without college degrees