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For years I worked as police reporter for The Washington Times, spending long hours in squad cars in various cities getting to know cops well. Now I listen to nice white people in the suburbs, and self-assured voices from NPR, talking about the police. They know nothing of the world where the police work. They […]
While your carbon footprint is a useful tool that can help you reduce your environmental impact, there are more effective ways to help the planet.
John Cassidy, New Yorker staff writer and columnist on politics and economics, talks about the better-than-expected jobs report, the worse-than-expected inflation report and how both parties are responding to the perception and reality of the U.S. economy.
In Ghana, president suspends electricity export amid power shortage crisis Nana Akufo-Addo, the president of Ghana, ordered the country to cease exports of its electricity supplies to neighboring countries last Tuesday. The executive decision marks the latest measure by the Ghanaian government to address the country’s monthslong power shortage caused by years of missing backpay, This story The Soapbox: The politics of energy appeared first on Washington Square News.
Bitcoin, the world's first and largest cryptocurrency, has a unique feature called halving that occurs roughly every four years. The Bitcoin halving event is a hotly anticipated occurrence in the crypto world, and with the next one expected to take place in April 2024, here's what you need to know.
The Teachers' Unions Are More Political than Ever Authored by Larry Sand via American Greatness, In the past, teachers’ unions concentrated on fighting to keep all teachers employed—competent or otherwise—laying off teachers by seniority when necessary and soaking taxpayers every chance they could. While those activities are still part of their mission, they have, over time, increasingly delved into the political/social realm, promoting Black Lives Matter, Critical Race Theory,...
At the 2024 WNBA Draft, Caitlin Clark cemented her growing legend. The 22-year-old hotshot is a first in several ways, including her painfully crisp Prada outf
It’s almost that time of year again, when going for a walk on a sunny day might just mean walking into a swarm of black gnats. These gnats, known as midges, are often found in Ontario's lakeshore, wildlife areas and parks. Most years, they begin to appear in early springtime and last throughout the summer before dying in the fall. Doug Currie, a professor in the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at the University of Toronto, said they’re a small price to pay for a healthy...
The governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in Ogun State for 2023, Ladi Adebutu, on Thursday, described himself as a peace-loving politician rather than a desperate one. Adebutu said it was for the sake of peace that he restrained his supporters from toeing the path of violence during the 2023 election. According to him, Read More
Chris Lehmann The self-described centrist alternative to the two major parties failed spectacularly this year—but such a lavishly funded shakedown operation may not be dead for good.