Just when the world thought there was a truce between Israel and Hamas…and are Israelis blaming the US?; Several states have (unbelievably) passed laws that basically outlaw water breaks for workers laboring outside. One group who has always suffered scorching temps are farm workers. Now, the Farm Labor group is making sure migrant farm workers – because they are the majority who are harvesting our food supply – get the protection they deserve to brave the heat; Are you the kind of dog parent that sneaks human food to your pet under the table? A new study wanted to know which is better for you ..read more

To many outsiders, the GOP party has devolved into an extreme far-right faction that threatens our democratic principles. It’s unfortunate, that while not every Republican agrees with their party’s direction, these rational voices are getting increasingly drowned out by the MAGA followers who consistently scream to wall up our borders, withdraw from international coalitions and support authoritarian regimes. Even a fifth-grader knows the stupidity of these calls. That’s why a new poll showing the generational split in the party over immigration is so interesting — and revealing as to the futur ..read more

The economy is buzzing along and there’s no sign that mortgage rates nor inflation will be retreating anytime soon. This kind of environment is making it harder to buy homes and making a lot of people feel the economy is worse than ever. However, they say the job market is strong. It seems to be — for anyone not in tech or has a salaried, white-collar position. The mass of layoffs rippling across the country on a weekly basis – just this week Tesla and Peloton announced sizable job cuts – is hitting much closer to home, putting the so-called ‘American Dream’ out of the minds of many people. So ..read more

It’s been four years since the planet faced a global threat that brought the world to its knees. Whether you call it COVID or The Pandemic, either name evokes a mix of memories, mostly bad. But time has passed and those memories are fading, or are they? A new 23-country study looking at global public health reveals some memories just linger; The River Thames. It’s iconic and synonymous with London, and quickly becoming a symbol of corporate waste; Own a car? Car payment delinquencies have been reaching all-time highs. Along with those is the rising cost of insurance which experts say spell a c ..read more

There’s no doubt Israel’s actions in Gaza are reverberating around the globe. News came over the weekend that arrest warrants for officials of Israel and Hamas may be forthcoming from the International Criminal Court in The Hague for violating international law. And college students everywhere are protesting Israel’s unrelentless bombing of Gaza, without regard to innocent Palestinians. Yet, some college student protesters aren’t acting any better than the Israeli government by targeting Jewish students and causing something researchers are finding to be widespread on American campuses; The se ..read more

CCTV. Any fan of BBC crime shows knows what those four letters refer to. It means the police will catch their culprit because he/she will be caught on video being somewhere they said they weren’t. CCTV or security cameras are gaining more acceptance stateside. Critics will always argue they’re a privacy invasion but just how much privacy should a person going about their daily lives in public spaces expect? Well, if you live in Britain, expectations should be pretty low; Economists have been warning conservatives to not hate on immigrants. Without them, they say, our economy would be suffering ..read more

The ‘spoken word’ is persuasive. Whether it comes in the form of political rhetoric, protest chants or Tik Tok videos, words have the potential to persuade people to think one way or another. Words are especially influential when they’re repeated, sometimes ad nauseam. Words get into people’s heads, like a tune you can’t stop humming. How else can racist politicians convince people thousands of miles away from the southern US border that their lives are under siege? The rhetoric driving anti-immigrant sentiment is lethal to the survival of the vast majority of migrants already trying to escape ..read more

When COVID confined us all to our homes, we knew that being with people outside our immediate family raised our risk of contracting the disease, unless we wore masks and got vaccinated. So, in a place where strangers are piled on top of one another and there was very little money for anything like masks or personnel to give vaccines, it’s no wonder that there was one place that ensured a higher death count from COVID. Unfortunately, thanks to a new study we now know exactly how high it was; Portugal is celebrating its democracy, but for how long?; By all predictions, the US has been able to av ..read more

It just makes sense that if every month we’re breaking heat records that this ‘hot’ trend can only continue. It is and climatologists are warning unusual heat will occur in the tropics this summer. We’ve seen it happening everywhere there is summer: parts of Africa, South America, Australia, etc. And that’s bad news. Heat is the biggest killer of people, more so than hurricanes, floods or tornadoes. Now, meteorologists have a new tool to forecast the heat and save lives; Oral health care is essential for overall good body health. Yet, many seniors find themselves foregoing the necessary treatm ..read more

Over the decades, the rest of the world has caught up, and in many cases, surpassed the United States when it comes to the ‘American Dream.’ Other developed countries, and a few less developed, have less gun violence, rank higher on the global “happiness” index, provide more services for the elderly and lowest income, provide college educations, recognize women’s right to choose and roles in government and on corporate boards, mandate a work/life balance AND have less people suffering from something the US now leads the planet in inflicting on its own; The world watched as the GOP-led House of ..read more