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Christmas brings respite from heaviest rain, flooding risks persist
Misty Cheng described what happened as the “nightmare before Christmas” — when tons of water, mud and rock flowed through her Wrightwood home Wednesday. Her experience was among the worst caused by a winter storm that drenched Southern California and also underscored risks faced across the region, especially for those who, like her, live below the burn scar of a…
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How a fast-moving $50 cash relief program buoyed needy families when SNAP payments were paused
Finances already looked tight for Jade Grant and her three children as she entered the year’s final months. “Everyone’s birthday is back-to-back,” the 32-year-old certified nursing assistant said. “You have holidays coming up. You have Thanksgiving. Everything is right there. And then, boom. No (food) stamps.” Grant is among the nearly 42 million lower-income Americans who get help buying groceries…
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How effective is protesting? According to historians and political scientists: very | Protest
Trump’s first and second terms have been marked by huge protests, from the 2017 Women’s March to the protests for racial justice after George Floyd’s murder, to this year’s No Kings demonstrations. But how effective is this type of collective action? According to historians and political scientists who study protest: very. From emancipation to women’s suffrage, from civil rights to…
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Into the void: how Trump killed international law | International law
‘The old world is dying,” Antonio Gramsci once wrote. “And the new world struggles to be born.” In such interregnums, the Italian Marxist philosopher suggested, “every act, even the smallest, may acquire decisive weight”. In 2025, western leaders appeared convinced they – and we – were living through one such transitional period, as the world of international relations established after…
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What is the new peace initiative proposed by Sudan’s PM Kamil Idris? | African Union News
Sudanese Prime Minister Kamil Idris on Monday presented a proposal before the United Nations Security Council (UNSC), seeking to end the country’s nearly three-year war that has created the world’s worst humanitarian crisis, with some 14 million people displaced. The North African nation descended into civil war in April 2023 after a power struggle broke out between Sudanese Armed Forces…
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The threat of demolition escalates at the Cohen Building in Washington, D.C.
Following the change in presidential administrations, the Living New Deal (LND) has been closely tracking potential threats to the federal government’s art and architecture collection, managed by the General Services Administration (GSA). GSA is the steward of over 500 of the government’s historic buildings and the nation’s largest collection of public art, which includes 26,000 objects dating from the 1850s through…
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Zelenskyy says he’s open to withdrawing troops and creating a free economic zone in Ukraine’s east
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said he would be willing to withdraw troops from the country’s eastern industrial heartland as part of a plan to end Russia’s war, if Moscow also pulls back and the area becomes a demilitarized zone monitored by international forces. The proposal offered another potential compromise on control of the Donbas region, which…
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Telluride ski patroller union votes to strike starting Dec. 27
Telluride ski patrollers on Tuesday night voted to go on strike starting Dec. 27 after months of failed negotiations with resort owner Telluride Ski and Golf Co. “Nobody on patrol wants this to happen. Nobody,” said Andy Dennis, a patroller and interim safety director for the union, who participated in negotiation sessions with representatives of resort owner Chuck Horning. “We…
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When communities are grieving, Dan Beazley arrives bearing a 10-foot cross. Here’s his story
When tragedy strikes a community – whether it’s a natural disaster, a large-scale accident or a horrific act of violence – all kinds of people might mobilize in response, such as law enforcement and investigators, relief workers and members of the news media. Now, they’re often joined by another person: a Michigan man with a 10-foot cross that he trucks…
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Where the national redistricting fight is heading in 2026
The 2026 midterm elections are fast approaching, but for some states, their congressional boundary lines are far from settled. After six states enacted new congressional maps this year, a handful of others could join the mid-decade redistricting fight next year that could help determine which party controls the House. “We’re still squarely in the middle of this redistricting crisis,” said…
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