The Republican-controlled House of Representatives last Saturday voted 311 to 112 to approve a bill to spend $60.89 billion on aid for Ukraine. Among House Read More
Police have opened an unattended death investigation after human remains were found on a property in the Hawaiian Ocean View Estates subdivision.
As AI becomes indistinguishable from humans, tech leaders must confront urgent ethical issues around transparency, trust and unintended harm.
Fellow volunteers and staff at Pasadena Humane agree that volunteer Juan Vargas deserves Volunteer of the Year.
Faculty and Staff for Justice in Palestine: We exist and we support our
There is nothing in the text or history of the cruel and unusual punishments clause that remotely grants anyone a right to public housing.
With an estimated 75,000 people unhoused in Los Angeles County, there's universal agreement among our readers that the situation in Southern California is unacceptable and deserves urgent action. Where they disagree is on what's causing the homelessness problem and how to address it. The last L.A. mayoral election, between Karen Bass and Rick Caruso, reflected that divide. It's also seen here in the letters of our readers when we asked them to weigh in. What we heard fell broadly into two camps:...
LONDON, (IANS/DPA) – Human rights worldwide are facing their most serious threats in decades, the London-based advocacy group Amnesty International said in its annual report on April 24. The organization highlighted the conflicts in Gaza and Ukraine as well as the spread of authoritarian governments […]
Rights chief also warns Britain will be ‘judged harshly by history for its failure to help prevent civilian slaughter in Gaza’The UK has been accused by Amnesty International of “deliberately destabilising” human rights on the global stage for its own political ends.In its annual global report, released today, the organisation said Britain was weakening human rights protections nationally and globally, amid a near-breakdown of international law. Continue reading
Leaving the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) is not “necessary” to prevent small boat crossings, Lord David Cameron has said.
In a Supreme Court showdown over whether the homeless have a “right” to camp in public, almost no one mentioned the actual victims of that crazy idea -- everyone who’s not homeless.
There’s no record of Edmund Burke — the great Irish-born British statesman and father of modern conservatism — actually saying what is often attributed to him: “The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.” But it does capture his worldview well enough. It also captures a renewed, possibly short-lived triumph of courage and wisdom within the Republican Party. Amid threats to oust House Speaker Mike Johnson for allowing a vote on aid to Ukraine, Rep. Tony...