- Shining a Light on Autocratic Politics: Champaign County, Illinois
- West Virginia Officers Facing Lawsuit Violated Department Policy, Contrary To Chief’s Statement
- Caring for Elders: Heartbreak and Guardian Abuse
- Female Genital Mutilation Still Legal In America
- The Big Business Of Detaining Asylum Seekers And Refugees in America
- The Danger Of DuPont Chemical Contamination
Murder of Tyre Nichols: The Aftermath
Tyre Nichols’ Death, Victim of Horrific Memphis Police Violence
Biggest Stories of 2022 and a look at 2023
Potential Russia-Ukraine Escalation of Conflict
Same-Sex/Interracial Marriage Ratified in Senate
DOJ Appoints Special Counsel to Investigate Trump for Wrongdoing
2022 Midterm Election Results Are Here. Almost.
The battle for the US Congress isn’t over after Tuesday’s midterm elections. Democrats staved off a Republican “red wave,” but the GOP is still within distance of taking the House of Representatives. Additionally, Democrats and Republicans are in a close battle for the US Senate. Senate As the night went on, Democrats held major competitive […]
Herschel Walker: The Controversy Continues
Herschel Walker’s Senate campaign cut ties with its political director Taylor Crowe on Wednesday, weeks before Georgia elections. The Daily Beast reported earlier that Walker, Georgia’s Republican nominee for Senate, paid for a woman’s abortion after the two conceived a child while dating in 2009. The woman – who originally asked to remain anonymous – […]
Italy Elects Giorgia Meloni, First Far-Right Leader Since Mussolini
Image by Getty Images Giorgia Meloni became Italy’s first female Prime Minister on September 25, following the country’s 2022 general election where she captured 44 percent of the vote. Meloni has been described as Italy’s first far-right leader since Mussolini and her party has been accused of promoting fascism. Meloni’s Ideologies Giorgia Meloni has advocated for lower taxes, end […]
Hunter Biden and Jared Kushner – Both Facing Allegations of Corruption
Former President Donald Trump and current President Joe Biden differ in a vast number of ways; politics, policies, perspectives; but they do share at least one commonality – family members under investigations for potential corruption and wrongdoing. Hunter Biden and Jared Kushner are both currently under investigation for crimes related to high level corruption in […]
Weekend Reviews: S Court Overturns Roe vs. Wade
The United States Supreme Court has overturned the 50-year-old landmark legislation Roe vs. Wade and the lesser-known Planned Parenthood vs. Casey and determined that abortion is not a federally protected human right. The move from the conservative majority supreme court represents a significant setback toward women’s reproductive rights in the United States and has been […]
Republican Question Biden’s Promise To Nominate ‘Black Woman’ To SC
President Biden met with Senate Judiciary Committee leaders on Tuesday afternoon to discuss the current Supreme Court vacancy one week after Justice Stephen G. Breyer announced he would be retiring from his role this summer. The president will be selecting a judicial nominee with advice and consent from Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Richard J. Durbin […]
White House Withdraws Mandate for Larger Employers
The Biden White House withdrew its mandate for larger companies two weeks after the U.S. Supreme Court blocked the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) from enforcing private employers to mandate coronavirus vaccines on employees. The Supreme Court claimed that OSHA exceeded its authority to protect workers. The U.S. Department of Labor released a statement on Tuesday […]
Biden’s Fiery Call to Change Filibuster
President Biden is refusing to keep “quiet” any longer. In a speech on Tuesday at the Atlanta University Center, Biden urged Senate Democrats to change the filibuster, a Republican block that has delayed the passing of a voting rights bill. Voting rights block is an attack on democracy “I’ve been having these quiet conversations with members of […]
Sen. Manchin Opposes Build Back Better Bill
Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia did not budge on his stance on the Build Back Better plan on Sunday when he announced that he does not support President Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion plan. His decision has ceased any final negotiations of the latest version of the legislation. Sen. Manchin made an appearance on Fox […]
The House Panel Voted to Recommend Contempt Charges Against Meadows
The House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol unanimously voted in favor of recommending former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows to be charged with criminal contempt of Congress after refusing to comply with a subpoena. Urgent text messages to Meadows from former president Donald Trump’s inner circle were unveiled on Monday […]
Weekend Reviews: The US and World Shatter COVID Records in Current Wave
The United States and much of the rest of the world annihilated previous COVID records this week, as the global recovery effort to combat COVID-19 stuttered under the spread of the Omicron variant. Johns Hopkins University recorded over 900,000 cases on Friday, as day after day-case records have been broken in arduous backtracking of progress. […]
Omicron Wave Prompts Shutdowns Across The Globe
The Omicron Variant wave is ravaging the globe as theres’ an enormous uptick in recorded cases occurring worldwide, including significant sections of the United States and Europe. The swell in cases is primarily due to the highly transmissible Omicron Variant’s emergence, which experts say is minder than other Variant but seems more vaccine-resistant. The number […]
Sen. Manchin Opposes Build Back Better Bill
Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia did not budge on his stance on the Build Back Better plan on Sunday when he announced that he does not support President Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion plan. His decision has ceased any final negotiations of the latest version of the legislation. Sen. Manchin made an appearance on Fox […]
Prosecutor May Charge Parents in Michigan School Shooting
Oakland County Prosecutor Karen McDonald hinted that she may charge the parents of 15-year-old Ethan Crumbley, the Oxford High School who shot 11 people and killed 4 on Tuesday. The charge would be for failing to keep the gun used in the shooting away from their son. Crumbley had posted disturbing comments online, which had […]
Rising Gas Prices Squeeze Americans at the Pump
If you’ve filled your gas tank recently, you’ve probably noticed the rising gas prices at the pump. The increasing cost has become such a concern for the federal government that they are considering releasing 35 million barrels over time from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve. In November, gas prices skyrocketed to a 7-year high and reached a national […]
Defense Asks for Mistrial in Rittenhouse Murder Case
The trial of Kyle Rittenhouse, a then 17-year-old accused of shooting at three people and killing two at a Kenosha, Wisconsin Black Lives Matter protest, heated up Wednesday and resulted in the defense asking the judge for a mistrial. Judge Bruce Schroeder has come under fire in the press for controversial decisions in the case, including […]
American Workers Are Fighting Back With Strikes
Thanks to the coronavirus pandemic, a growing number of American workers are fighting back with strikes to pressure corporations for better pay and working conditions after several years of accepting the statusquo. From healthcare to manufacturing and the film industry to mining, a wide swath of Americans is threatening to or have already started their […]
Early Signs Show US Economic Recovery is Slowing
The world economy is beginning to recover from the coronavirus pandemic, but expected growth forecasts and early warning signs are becoming more and more prominent. On Tuesday, the International Monetary Fund downgraded the United States’s expected growth forecast by a whole percentage point to 6%, the biggest decrease for any G7 economy. One of the biggest issues […]
Decades in the Making, First Malaria Vaccine Approved by WHO
The World Health Organization recently made a groundbreaking development in global health as they approved the first vaccine for malaria in Africa. Malaria is responsible for over 400,000 recorded deaths a year, with a significant amount of cases occurring in children under the age of five. Additionally, the disease has historically contributed as a significant […]
‘Devastating’ California Oil Spill Under Investigation as Amplify Energy Faces Scrutiny
Dead fish and birds have washed ashore after a 17.5-mile pipeline owned by Amplify Energy Corp. leaked an estimated 126,000 gallons of crude oil into the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Huntington Beach in Orange County, California. California beaches along the Orange County stretch have been shut down following the major oil spill on […]
Community Action: The Only Antidote To The Woes of Capitalism
The future appears bleaker than ever. It’s hard to feel optimistic when every year, the effects of climate change become more and more apparent. It’s the eighth hottest year on record. The pandemic is still ongoing. We all instinctively know that these problems are directly linked to capitalism. But how do you fight something that’s […]
Psychedelics: The Next Mental Health Breakthrough?
It’s no secret that the 2020 pandemic lockdown has had lasting effects on public mental health. Today, about 20% or 50 million Americans suffer from mental health issues. Even before the pandemic, mental health had been declining for decades. However, the number of adults with unmet mental health needs has been increasing every year since […]
Fox News Attempts to Discredit Antiwork Movement Through Bullying
The subreddit r/antiwork has temporarily closed and reopened after an embarrassing interview between Fox News anchor Jessie Watters and Reddit moderator Doreen Ford. What is r/antiwork? The popular subreddit r/antiwork has over 1.7 million users. The forum was started in 2013 and grew steadily in 2020. The forum saw an exponential upswing in engagement in […]
Homeschooling: A Rising Trend Here To Stay
Jaime’s son was crying. Again. “I’m just not a good student,” he said. After months of trying to make it work, the confession caused a permanent shift in Jamie’s perspective. It was 2020, and her son was a first-grade virtual learner. She sympathized with his teacher, but the pressure put on her son was too […]
Do Men Need Safe Spaces Too?
Men’s mental health has always been in a precarious spot. Men are 3.63 times more likely to die by suicide. In addition, men’s friendships are also declining. American cognitive scientist Dr. Scott Barry Kaufman published results from the Survey Center on American Life on Twitter. “In 1990, only 3% of men reported having no close […]
Teachers Are Not Heroes; They’re Professionals
In the 2020-2021 teaching year, 1 in 4 US teachers considered quitting their job. While the feared mass exodus of teachers doesn’t seem to have occurred, schools are largely facing other staffing shortages, making the jobs of teachers more stressful. Throughout the US, non-teaching roles in schools such as bus drivers, substitute teachers, school nurses, […]
Rethinking The Imposter Syndrome
The concept of Imposter Syndrome was first introduced by psychologists Pauline Rose Clance and Suzanne Imes in the 1970s to describe an internal feeling of fraud in high-achieving women. People who suffer from Imposter Syndrome doubt their abilities and frequently contribute their success to external factors. Since the introduction of the concept, many have come […]
Autism in Women: A Silent Trauma
As our understanding expands of autism spectrum disorders, more and more women are realizing in their adulthood that they are autistic. The National Autistic Society defines autism as a developmental disability that affects how people communicate and interact with the world. Up until recently, autism spectrum disorders were thought to affect men four times more than […]
Jamal Ademola discusses the Black Identity on Caracal Reports
In the Activists for Change – Caracal Reports series, Meagan Moyle sits down with Jamal Ademola, a Nigerian-American mixed media artist, filmmaker, and actor. His talents span multiple platforms: film, visual art, video, drawing, painting, photography, and performance. Through the lens of his own life experiences, he inspires the audience to examine themes including black […]
Mallence speaks on “Sharity, not Charity,” BLM, on CR
First, in the Activists for Change – Caracal Reports series, Meagan Moyle sits down with Mallence Bart-Williams, widely known for her TEDxBerlinSalon talk “Change Your Channel,” which has been translated into 5 languages and shared over 20 million times via various social media platforms. Her donation-free Freetown-based collective has taken homeless children off the streets […]
Restrictive Texas Abortion Law Explained
Delta Variant is Creating Chaos in our Hospitals – Dr. Joseph Varon
Rob Kenney of “Dad, How Do I?” talks with Caracal Reports about the courage to be a cool Dad
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