States with stricter gun control regulations have fewer mass shootings: study

States with stricter gun laws and lower rates of gun ownership in general saw a lower rate of mass shootings Continue reading →

Leftist Wins Mexico Presidency in Landslide With Mandate to Reshape Nation

MEXICO CITY — Riding a wave of populist anger fueled by rampant corruption and violence, the leftist Andrés Manuel López Continue reading →

‘I think I was being sent a message’: U.S. warned U.N. official about report on poverty in America

Philip G. Alston arrived in Washington last fall on a mission from the U.N. Human Rights Council to document poverty Continue reading →

Climate Change Indicated in Forced Migration of 1.7 Million from Mekong Delta

Global sea level rise caused by fossil fuel burning is an issue that is creating worsening impacts to cities, nations, Continue reading →

America’s poor becoming more destitute under Trump: U.N. expert

Poverty in the United States is extensive and is deepening under the Trump administration whose policies seem aimed at removing Continue reading →

Thursday Potpourri: Obama’s lament, Trump’s pardon, racist candidates, and Virginia Medicaid expansion

By Robert A. Vella In a new book coming out by former Obama advisor Ben Rhodes titled The World as Continue reading →

Republican candidate for Governor in Oklahoma calls for euthanizing poor people (VIDEO)

By Robert A. Vella Christopher Barnett is a Republican candidate for governor in Oklahoma.  He’s now under intense scrutiny for Continue reading →

The 10 most critical problems in the world, according to millennials

For the third year in a row, millennials who participated in the World Economic Forum’s Global Shapers Survey 2017 believe Continue reading →