“If everything’s honest, I’d gladly accept the results.” That was former President Donald Trump on Wednesday, playing cute with the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel’s question over whether he’d accept the outcome of Wisconsin’s presidential election. As my colleague Clarissa-Jan Lim pointed out, Trump has a long track record of similar statements, offering sham justifications to disguise […]
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My mom and sister were murdered. Close loopholes that endanger victims like them.
Nearly three years ago, my mother Debbie Sisco and sister Marie Varsos were murdered. Her husband Shaun Varsos, who had threatened our family and friends, hunted them down, shot and killed them. Marie was a tragic victim of domestic violence, and my mom died trying to protect her. My sister had the cards stacked in […]
We need fewer loopholes in deals and more cash to fight climate change
To keep Earth from overheating too much, the nations of the world need to put fewer loopholes in climate agreements and far more money – trillions of dollars a year – into financial help for poor nations, the United Nations climate chief said on Friday. In an unusual and blunt lecture at a university in […]
Fewer loopholes, way more cash to really halt climate change
To keep Earth from overheating too much, the nations of the world need to put fewer loopholes in climate agreements and far more money — trillions of dollars a year — into financial help for poor nations, the United Nations climate chief said Friday. In an unusual and blunt lecture at a university in Baku, […]
The CROWN Act bans race-based hair discrimination. But some states are finding loopholes in the law.
The CROWN Act, a law created to abolish race-based hair discrimination, is legal in 24 states. But a Black teen who was suspended from school in Texas says he’s being singled out for his locs — and he’s not the only one whose hairstyle has been challenged at school or work. What’s happened Darryl George, […]