Why experts say monkeypox shouldn’t damper Pride Month celebrations
Increasing monkeypox cases are casting a bit of a shadow on celebrations across the country recognizing Pride Month, though experts generally said people should exercise care but not change their plans over the virus. As of Friday, only around 45 monkeypox cases have been identified in the U.S. according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). At the same time, the number is on the rise and the virus has now been found in 14 states and the District of Co
Read MorePence to travel to see southern border, deliver speech in Arizona: report
Former Vice President Mike Pence is traveling to see the southern border and deliver a speech in Arizona on Monday, the Arizona Republic reported. Sheriff's spokeswoman Carol Capas said Cochise County Sheriff Mark Dannels is expected to brief Pence in Sierra Vista, Ariz., at Cochise College on Monday morning, followed by a visit to a section of the border where the barrier wall ends, according to the news outlet.
Read MoreWith Russian forces set to enter Central America, how will the US respond?
A new agreement between Russia and Nicaragua to provide Russian troops for and in Nicaragua represents what Thomas Jefferson called a “fire bell in the night.” But wh
Read MoreThe 2022 Social Security Trustees’ report is optimistic — and misleading
When the 2022 Social Security Trustees’ report was released last week, media coverage celebrated a slight improvement in the short- and long-term financial conditions of the program. The exhaustion date for the trust funds was moved back from 2034 to 2035 and the 75-year actuarial deficit was reduced from 3.54 percent of payroll to 3.42 percent. A deeper dig into the report, however, finds these improvements are based on an unrealistically low short-term inflation forecast and an ov
Read MoreWhat Jan. 6 and far-right billionaires have in common
As the Jan. 6 committee hearings begin in prime time, the American people will finally have the chance to learn the truth behind one of the darkest days in our nation’s history. They’ll hear the select committee make its case that former President Donald Trump and his allies — through election fraud lies and outright encouragement of violence — sought to overturn not just the results of the 2020 election, but American democracy itself. What they likely won’t hear is that this assault on our democracy has been going on for years. Trump and his followers may have taken thi
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