INSANE: 3 - The Real Truth

As funding dries up, private abortion clinics across the US are closing

Since the fall of Roe in 2022, 76 clinics have shuttered and the initial surge of donations is now falling short

The Guardian - US · Dec 11, 2024

Texas Public University Restrictions on Anti-Israel Speech Likely Violate First Amendment

So holds a federal court (correctly, I think), considering restrictions that were prompted by Texas Governor Abbott's General Order GA-44.

Reason · Oct 29, 2024

Meteorologists could be climate change heroes by relaying its urgency to the public

Weathercasters are positioned to help viewers connect short-term extreme events – like hurricanes – with the climate crisis

The Guardian - US · Oct 22, 2024

Archives: October 2024

Excerpts from Reason's vaults

Reason · Sep 26, 2024

‘We can feel our ancestors’: one First Nation’s fight to save Canada’s old forests

The Wet’suwet’en Nation never signed treaties with the Canadian or provincial governments, yet their land was leased to timber companies

The Guardian - US · Sep 23, 2024

Federal Newspoll still tied but Albanese’s ratings up; Queensland Newspoll has big LNP lead

A national Newspoll, conducted September 16–20 from a sample of 1,249, had a 50–50 tie for the third consecutive time. Since the last Newspoll three weeks ago, primary votes were 38% Coalition (steady), 31% Labor (down one), 13% Greens (up one), 6% One Nation (down one) and 12% for all…

The Conversation · Sep 23, 2024

Indian Americans in US politics: Pioneers, pigeonholes, and a new page

With Kamala Harris on the ticket as the United State’s first candidate of biracial Indian ethnicity, the discussion on the role of Indian Americans in politics has emerged as a headline item ahead of the national polls in November. 

Newslaundry · Sep 21, 2024

Six members of a Kansas cult convicted after forcing kids to work 16 hours a day or face ‘eternal hellfire’

Victims’ food and water intake was so heavily policed that a girl drank water from a toilet because she was thirsty, the federal prosecutors said

The Independent UK · Sep 18, 2024

Giants’ Malik Nabers: ‘I probably wouldn’t be here’ without Jayden Daniels

New York Giants WR Malik Nabers says he "probably wouldn't be here" without his former LSU teammate, Washington Commanders QB Jayden Daniels.

USA Today Sports Media Group · Sep 13, 2024

The US should join other nations in giving public schoolkids free breakfast and lunch

Free school meals increase attendance rates, improve nutrition, help low-income students and cut down on bureaucracy

The Guardian - US · Sep 12, 2024