How to Spend $1 Trillion? Mitch Landrieu Wants a Say.
The former New Orleans mayor, who helped the city rebound after Hurricane Katrina, has been tasked with making sure the money from President Biden’s infrastructure bill reaches those who need…
November 2022
Does Fusion Voting Offer Americans a Way Out of the Partisan Morass?
A new push by nonprofit groups hopes to revive the practice in New Jersey and possibly elsewhere across the country. Send any friend a story As a subscriber, you have
‘No Fowl Play’: Biden Pardons a Pair of Thanksgiving Turkeys
The only “red wave” this holiday season, President Biden said, would be if his German shepherd “knocks over the cranberry sauce.” Send any friend a story As a subscriber, you…
Capitol Police Officer’s Suicide After Jan. 6 Qualifies for Line-of-Duty Death Benefit
Howard Liebengood was the first officer who died by suicide to qualify for death benefits after Congress expanded a program to compensate the families of officers killed in the line…
Millions of lives under threat in Ukraine this winter – WHO
Image source, Getty ImagesImage caption, Temperatures are predicted to plummet as low as -20C in Ukraine this winterBy George Wright in London and Catherine Byaruhanga in KyivBBC News The lives…
One in five French children live below poverty line, UNICEF warns
One in five French children live below the poverty line, and France is struggling to guarantee the most basic rights for children in vulnerable situations, UNICEF France wrote in a…
Sunak government rejects reports of Swiss-style EU relationship
Rishi Sunak’s government has been forced to deny reports that it is planning to overhaul UK-EU relations by agreeing to a trade partnership based on Switzerland’s agreement with the bloc.…
Most Italians oppose former minister as EU Gulf envoy pick
Former Italian Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio could be the EU’s next special Gulf envoy, but most Italians believe he is not the right man for the job. Di Maio…
Austria mulls withdrawing from Energy Charter Treaty
The Austrian government is considering withdrawal from the Energy Charter Treaty (ECT), a controversial energy investment protection treaty, after a reform spearheaded by the European Commission failed on Friday. The…
EU should help, not worsen, the refugee crisis in Libya
Migrants who set off from Libya by sea, being rescued (Photo: Flickr) This month, the plight of more than 1,000 refugees and other migrants stranded at sea after being denied…