Labor Day Looms as Crisis Point in Hollywood Stalemate
In May, when 11,500 movie and television writers went on strike, Hollywood companies like Netflix, NBCUniversal and Disney reacted with what amounted to a shrug. The walkout wasn’t great, but…
Russia Pulls Out of the Black Sea Grain Deal
Russia said on Monday that it was pausing its participation in an agreement that allowed Ukraine to export its grain by sea despite a wartime blockade, upending a deal seen…
Researchers focus on monitoring carbon in soil
The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced that it will use $300 million from the Inflation Reduction Act to monitor agricultural emissions, including by creating a research network to monitor carbon…
Detroit’s finances are better 10 years since bankruptcy, but city workers and retirees feel burned
A state-appointed manager on July 18, 2013, made Detroit the largest U.S. city to file for bankruptcy. A decade later, the Motor City has risen from the ashes of insolvency…
Wildfire rages in Spain’s Canary islands
Spanish firefighters continued efforts to extinguish a wildfire on the Canary Island of La Palma. The blaze has charred some 11,300 acres of woodland and burned some 20 houses and…
Retailers abandon ailing downtown San Francisco
Major retailers are closing stores and abandoning downtown San Francisco as the city struggles to bring back shoppers, workers and tourists after the pandemic. City leaders and experts see an…
Bodies pulled from flooded tunnel in South Korea
South Korean rescue workers pulled seven bodies from a flooded tunnel where around 15 vehicles were trapped in muddy water, as days of heavy rain triggered flash floods and landslides.…
Why Black churches in the SBC are questioning the future with new women pastor standards
Shifting standards for church affiliation with the Southern Baptist Convention are causing Black churches to wonder about their future with the nation’s largest Protestant denomination. The president of the National…
Black suicide rates, once among the nation’s lowest, have risen dramatically among youths
As a kid, Kamesha Spates occasionally endured racial taunts or joking from other kids at school, knowing she could find comfort in the safety of home. But Spates, who is…
America in crisis: What the generational cycles of history reveal about when the crisis will end
On today’s episode of the 5 Things podcast: Is America caught in a loop of extreme crises? From the great recession to the Covid-19 pandemic to extreme political polarization, the…