Politicians
Today’s Teenagers: Anxious About Their Futures and Disillusioned by Politicians
Although it has never been easy to be a teenager, the current generation of young Americans feels particularly apprehensive, new polling shows — anxious about their lives, disillusioned about the direction of the country and pessimistic about their futures. Just one-third of respondents ages 12 to 17 said things were going well for children and …
RGV politicians react to Title 42 ruling
RIO GRANDE VALLEY, Texas (ValleyCentral) — Lawmakers are responding to Friday’s ruling regarding Title 42. RELATED: Judge rules that Title 42 must remain in place On Friday, a federal judge in Louisiana ruled Friday that the Biden administration must continue expelling migrants at the border under Title 42. The order was scheduled to end on …
Move Over, Nerds. It’s the Politicians’ Economy Now.
It is in distinct contrast with the experience after the 2008 financial crisis. There was a large 2009 fiscal stimulus action, but a mix of legislative politics and deficit concerns by some officials in President Barack Obama’s inner circle restrained its size. Many of its components were relatively invisible to the average voter. And when …
Abortion votes don’t always make or break politicians | Local News
Say what you will about state Rep. Phelps Anderson, but he’s no publicity hound. Anderson, who recently quit the Republican Party, voted with Democrats last week to repeal New Mexico’s 1969 anti-abortion law. The decision marked a turnabout for Anderson. In 2019, he voted to retain the old, poorly written and unenforceable law criminalizing abortion. …
Myanmar coup: Army seizes power after detaining leader Aung San Suu Kyi and ruling party politicians
The country woke up to widespread communications blackouts, closed banks, and soldiers in army fatigues patrolling the streets of Myanmar’s largest city, Yangon. Residents turning on their television sets could only access the military-owned Myawaddy TV channel, with all other news channels seemingly blocked. As news filtered through that the country’s democratically-elected leaders had been …
EU lawmakers ask Jeff Bezos whether Amazon spies on politicians | Amazon
A cross-party group of MEPs has written to Amazon’s chief executive, Jeff Bezos, demanding information on the online retailer’s monitoring of trade union activists and politicians in response to deleted job postings that described unions as “threats”. The letter, from 37 members of the European parliament, said they were concerned Amazon deliberately targeted workers seeking …
A Latino family lost a father to COVID-19. The obituary blamed the ‘carelessness of politicians.’
Kristin Urquiza, 39, was grieving over the fact that her family could only allow about a dozen people at the burial of her father, Mark Anthony Urquiza, after his long battle against the coronavirus. “It was so heartbreaking — my father deserved to have his entire community there to put him to rest,” Kristin told …
Politicians Shunt Aside Public Health Officials
Read Stateline coverage of the latest state action on coronavirus. Four months into the pandemic, some governors and local officials are sidelining public health professionals in a rush to reboot their state economies, even as infections and hospitalizations increase in many areas of the country. Shunted to the background, and often ignored, public health professionals …
Technology laws are deficient and politicians ‘don’t have forever’ to get balance right, Clare O’Neil says | Technology
The Australian parliament has failed to engage in sustained policy work about the impact of technological change, with critical issues such as encryption and the use of metadata considered on the run by MPs who aren’t across the detail, according to Labor’s innovation spokeswoman, Clare O’Neil. O’Neil will use a speech to the tech industry …
Ex-NBA player on league’s China controversy: Politicians ‘should stay out of this’
Former NBA player Brock Gillespie appeared on “The Story with Martha MacCallum” Wednesday and defended commissioner Adam Silver for his handling of the growing controversy surrounding the league’s business interests in China. “Adam is a good friend of mine and he’s walking a tightrope here, but there’s nobody better more equipped to handle the situation than him,” Gillespie, who …
