Mike Pence challenges rivals to back 15-week abortion ban
On Friday at the Faith & Freedom Coalition’s annual conference in Washington DC, Mr Pence said: “Let me say from my heart – the cause of life is the calling…
Four ways the end of Roe v Wade has changed America
According to WeCount, there were 24,290 fewer legal abortions overall between July 2022 and March 2023, compared to an average calculated in the months before the Dobbs decision. The project…
Ominous storm clouds filmed in timelapse
Colorado was hit by severe weather including one tornado.
Opinion | Save Turner Classic Movies
WASHINGTON — I co-starred with Sir Alec Guinness in a movie where a submersible travels down to the Titanic, springs a leak and implodes. Co-star might be a bit strong.…
Opinion | Coming Out Late — and Finding a New Life in Midlife
“I’m from Harlem. Born, bred, toasted, buttered, jelly-jammed and honeyed in Harlem.” That’s how Audrey Smaltz, a former model and fashion industry veteran who turned 86 this month, introduced herself…
Opinion | How the Conservative Movement Sees Birth Control Today
Most Republican voters — 84 percent of them, according to a 2022 poll on behalf of the organization where I work — support safe and accessible birth control. But after…
Opinion | Dobbs Could Be Reversed if We Start Now
The end of Roe v. Wade spawned a momentous realignment of abortion politics and legal strategy in the United States. Almost a third of states in this country now ban…
Fog of Prigozhin: His Bizarre and Surely Doomed Military Revolt | naked capitalism
It’s very hard to make sense of what Yevgeny Prigozhin thought he was accomplishing with his increasingly erratic behavior, particularly his attacks against senior members of the Russian military like…
A New Third World Debt Crisis? The Need for System Change | naked capitalism
Yves here. Emerging economies fall into debt crises usually for one of two reasons. The first is borrowing in foreign currencies, often to obtain lower interest rates or bigger loan…
Greek Youths, Shaped by Debt Crisis, Plan to Vote for Stability
Days before this Sunday’s election in Greece, three young women with piercings and ironic T-shirts who sat outside a hipster coffee shop in an Athens neighborhood best known as a…