The upcoming star of ABC’s reality television series “The Bachelorette” issued an apology after facing backlash from LGBTQ+ fans over an Instagram post.
Democratic leaders in Congress have vowed to pass legislation to address high prescription drug prices this year, but some moderates in their own party appear to be balking. Meanwhile, younger teens are now eligible for a covid-19 vaccine and the Biden administration reinstated anti-discrimination policy for LGBTQ people in health care. Joanne Kenen of Politico,…
FORMER prime minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad said today a solution can be found for the Arab-Israeli conflict through joint action by Muslim countries and those who back the rights of the Palestinians. It is important for those who support the Palestinians to have a proper strategy in order to achieve that solution, he said in…
An analysis of the animal’s walking speed suggests that T. rex’s walking pace was close to that of a human. It’s too bad the king of the dinosaurs didn’t just walk… — Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
Imagine this: You’re a photo editor at a major newspaper. The year is 1991. Tomorrow, a story about a protest by the activist group ACT-UP (AIDS Coalition To Unleash Power) is running in the paper, and you must select an image to illustrate it. You’re paid to know newsworthiness when you see it, so you…
After she was stripped from her committee assignments for making a range of racist, anti-Semitic, and generally batshit crazy public statements, Rep. Marjorie Taylor-Greene said that she had been “freed.” Weird flex, but okay, let’s go with it.“I feel free because you know what’s happening on these committees? You see, we have basically a tyrannically controlled government right now,”…
Last week, The New York Times reported on the upcoming opening of what will be America’s second functional lithium mine—a signal of the nation’s official entrance into the current lithium boom, which is being driven by the worldwide transition to electric vehicles. Summarizing the fight over the open-pit mine that mining corporation Lithium Americas has…
The U.K. government will ban so-called conversion therapies for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people as part of a move “to prevent these abhorrent practices which can cause mental and physical harm.”