#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines As he prepares to introduce new tariffs on foreign metals this week, President Trump has vowed not to grant the types of exclusions and exemptions that were common during his first trade war. But he has already undercut that tough position on other…
Source: U.S. American Community Survey, 2021 and Census Bureau, 1960. Opinion by Joseph Chamie (portland, usa) Wednesday, October 04, 2023 Inter Press Service PORTLAND, USA, Oct 04 (IPS) – America’s immigration has reached record-breaking levels having weighty consequences domestically and internationally. Based on the Census Bureau’s 2023 Current Population Survey, the…
The time is ripe to transform American agriculture from monoculture heavy farming and food systems to diversified cropping and food systems with a variety of crops including specialty crops. Credit: Bigstock. Opinion by Esther Ngumbi (urbana, illinois, usa) Friday, September 08, 2023 Inter Press Service URBANA, Illinois, USA, Sep 08 (IPS)…
Mushroom workers rally, Sunnyside, Washington, April 18, 2023. Credit: Peter Costantini by Peter Costantini (seattle, usa) Thursday, August 31, 2023 Inter Press Service SEATTLE, USA, Aug 31 (IPS) – The Yakima River runs southeast from the Cascade Mountains through central Washington state to merge with the Columbia a little north of…
Source: U.S. Census Bureau. Opinion by Joseph Chamie (portland, usa) Monday, July 17, 2023 Inter Press Service PORTLAND, USA, Jul 17 (IPS) – With preparations for America’s 2030 population census underway and the Census Bureau encouraging additional public input, it’s time to seriously evaluate the continued inclusion of the race question…
Opinion by Norman Solomon (san francisco, usa) Tuesday, June 27, 2023 Inter Press Service SAN FRANCISCO, USA, Jun 27 (IPS) – A recent Justice Department report concluded that “systemic” racial bias in the Minneapolis Police Department “made what happened to George Floyd possible.” During the three years since a white police…
While poor maternal outcomes among Black women in the U.S. is not new, improving it is imperative. U.S. policymakers can look to sub-Saharan Africa for guidance on reversing this trend. Credit: Ernest Ankomah/IPS Opinion by Ifeanyi Nsofor (abuja) Friday, June 02, 2023 Inter Press Service ABUJA, Jun 02 (IPS) – New…
by Thalif Deen (united nations) Thursday, June 01, 2023 Inter Press Service UNITED NATIONS, Jun 01 (IPS) – The US has some of the strictest laws against smoking in public, including a 1997 executive order which bans smoking in all government federal buildings. But still, the tobacco industry and its allies…
Source: TRAC Syracuse University. Opinion by Joseph Chamie (portland, usa) Wednesday, May 03, 2023 Inter Press Service PORTLAND, USA, May 03 (IPS) – Approximately 225 million people from around the world would like to migrate permanently to the United States. But given America’s current policies, relatively few of them will be…
Opinion by Jomo Kwame Sundaram (kuala lumpur, malaysia) Thursday, February 02, 2023 Inter Press Service KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, Feb 02 (IPS) – Few policymakers ever claim credit for causing stagnation and recessions. Yet, they do so all the time, justifying their actions by some supposedly higher purpose. Now, that higher purpose…
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