Florida agriculture and construction companies are reporting worker shortages following the July 1 implementation of a strict new immigration law. In the month before the law took effect, Republican lawmakers who had supported the bill tried to quell fears and prevent a mass worker exodus. “This bill is 100% supposed to scare you,” Republican Rep. […]
In a decision that has drawn criticism from human rights advocates and even some U.S. allies, the Biden administration said July 7 that it would include cluster bombs in a new $800 million security package for Ukraine. Cluster bombs, which date back to World War II, are weapons designed to split into smaller bombs in […]
It’s nearly impossible to avoid things that use wireless internet. Laptop computers, cellphones, tablets, smartwatches and smart TVs all rely partly on Wi-Fi connectivity. So, some people may have been alarmed when 2024 Democratic presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. called Wi-Fi radiation a threat to people’s brains. “Wi-Fi radiation opens up your blood-brain barrier, […]
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ campaign shared a headline-grabbing video that paints former President Donald Trump as a champion of LGBTQ+ rights. “To wrap up ‘Pride Month,’ let’s hear from the politician who did more than any other Republican to celebrate it,” the DeSantis War Room tweeted June 30. The 1 minute, 13 second video opened […]
A long-simmering debate over legacy admissions in elite universities and colleges heated up after the U.S. Supreme Court in a June 29 ruling struck down affirmative action in college admissions. Colleges can no longer consider race when determining which applicants to admit, the court ruled in lawsuits involving Harvard University and the University of North […]
In an increasingly crowded presidential field, all of the 2024 GOP candidates have so far said they are against unrestricted abortion. But they haven’t agreed on whether there should be a national ban. During the June 23 Faith and Freedom Coalition Conference, on the eve of the anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to […]
Former President Donald Trump said he has been federally indicted over his handling of classified documents, the first time a former U.S. president has faced federal charges and his second indictment this year. Trump, who is the front-runner for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination, announced he had been summoned to appear June 13 in federal court […]
As the 2024 presidential election comes into focus, tech giants have struggled to balance curtailing misinformation with protecting users’ political speech. A recent YouTube policy change, which affects how the platform handles election-related misinformation, is an example of this tension. In June 2023, the video-sharing platform officially changed its election misinformation policy and announced that […]
El gobernador de Florida Ron DeSantis, uno de los candidatos más populares para la nominación presidencial republicana, reveló una plataforma inmigratoria el 26 de junio en la que prometió terminar con la ciudadanía por derecho de nacimiento. Este derecho garantiza automáticamente el estatus de ciudadano a cualquiera nacido en suelo estadounidense. En su plataforma, DeSantis […]
Antes de tomar la ardua travesía de su país de origen hacia Estados Unidos en busca de una mejor vida, los migrantes usualmente recurren al Internet, las redes sociales y las aplicaciones como WhatsApp para informarse sobre cómo pueden llegar a su destino final. Estas personas buscan información por redes sociales porque “están enfocadas en […]
Before making the arduous journey from their home countries toward the U.S. in search of a better life, migrants usually resort to the internet, social media and applications like WhatsApp to inform themselves on how to reach their final destination. They seek information via social media because they are “focused on the safe way, or […]
Las redes son utilizadas cada vez más como medio de información entre personas que buscan migrar a Estados Unidos. En grupos de Facebook y WhatsApp, los migrantes encuentran información inmediata, y que proyecta confianza y seriedad. Pero la información oficial no siempre llega a los grupos en redes sociales. Sin quererlo, las personas migrantes en […]