August 21, 2019
A plane went down near northern California’s Half Moon Bay on Tuesday afternoon, but the pilot and passenger walked away practically unscathed thanks to some quick thinking and the US Coast Guard.
August 21, 2019
At this moment in the era of Peak TV, any old notions about major movie stars like Kirstin Dunst making a transition to television are kaput, with some of Hollywood’s biggest names starring in groundbreaking series that are proving more challenging than much of what the big screen currently has to offer.
August 21, 2019
The Dominican attorney general implicated a former Major League Baseball all-star and a journeyman pitcher on Wednesday in a drug trafficking and ring that authorities say ran narcotics from South America into the United States and Europe.
August 21, 2019
Cary Gruber, father of Parkland shooting survivor Justin Gruber, criticizes President Trump for failing to pass legislation on gun control.
August 21, 2019
The democratization of American higher education was one of the vibrant, if hard-won, victories of the 20th century in the United States. Thanks especially to public colleges and universities (including community colleges), but also due to civil rights legislation and its acceleration of desegregation and co-education, increased access to private education beyond the wealthy, and other related factors, America grudgingly stumbled into an era where pretty much everyone could access some form of affordable and high quality education. Access was never equal. Inequities remained severe across class, racial, and other divides. But higher education did shift from a habit largely left to the elite to a widely recognized common good. How else were we to build an informed citizenry to build a more just and humane world?
August 21, 2019
North Carolina’s Democratic governor vetoed a controversial bill on Wednesday that would have required sheriffs in the state to closely cooperate with federal immigration enforcement.
August 21, 2019
Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg criticizes President Donald Trump for his reversal on legislation for firearm background checks.
August 21, 2019
In the midst of answering a question about the ongoing trade war with China on Wednesday, President Donald Trump turned from reporters, looked to heavens and proclaimed, “I am the chosen one.”
August 21, 2019
President Donald Trump’s sudden and barely believable spat with Denmark shows how he has turned American diplomacy into a reflection of his tempestuous, erratic personality.
August 21, 2019
At this moment in the era of Peak TV, any old notions about major movie stars like Kirstin Dunst making a transition to television are kaput, with some of Hollywood’s biggest names starring in groundbreaking series that are proving more challenging than much of what the big screen currently has to offer.