The eyes of the world are on Ukraine as more than 100,000 Russian troops amass on the border and warnings are issued of an impending major invasion. For many young Ukrainians born around or after the fall of the Soviet Union, Russia’s steps to prevent the country from joining institutions like NATO is...
Fresno State Prof Delves Deeply Into Black-owned Wineries
Dr. Monique Bell envisioned herself frolicking in the vineyards of California’s Black-owned wineries while conducting research in fall 2020, but the COVID-19 pandemic had her settle for Zoom calls instead. That unexpected change might have worked better for the newly-tenured Fresno State marketing professor who traveled virtually from Napa...
Inside the Campaign to Pressure Justice Stephen Breyer to Retire
A remarkable public push on the political left applied pressure to Justice Stephen Breyer, 83, the Supreme Court's oldest justice and one of its three liberals, to retire while Democrats controlled the White House and Senate and make way for a younger nominee installed by President Biden. Activists were...
The Best and Worst Places to Be as We Learn to Live With COVID
While the omicron variant triggered the biggest global infection wave in COVID-19’s history, many countries are emerging out the other side more determined to live with the virus and reopen their economies. Outbreaks are peaking and ebbing more quickly, with the proliferation of vaccinations keeping deaths low. That’s allowed...
Ohio Lured Intel’s Chip Plant With $2B Incentive Package
Ohio offered Intel Corp. incentives worth roughly $2 billion to secure a new $20 billion chipmaking factory that the company says will help alleviate a global shortage and create a new technology hub in the Midwest. Intel wants to move quickly on the Ohio plants, which will support its...
China Says U.S. Plans to Pay Athletes to ‘Sabotage’ Beijing Games
China's foreign ministry is accusing the U.S. of seeking to "sabotage" the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics about a week before the Games are set to begin. The China Daily English-language newspaper, operated by the Chinese government, ran a report on Saturday citing unidentified sources who apparently claimed the U.S. was paying...
Spyware Firm Played Key Role in Israel’s Gulf Diplomacy, NYT Finds
Israel has used NSO's spyware as a central pillar of its diplomatic policy in recent years, The New York Times is reporting, confirming past reports in Haaretz. The report also reveals American agencies like the FBI were in talks to purchase NSO's spyware and were offered a never-before-seen spyware...
Zakaria: Not Everything Is Going Putin’s Way on Ukraine
Only one person knows whether the Ukraine crisis will lead to war, the man who started it: Vladimir Putin. But so far the Biden administration has reacted to Putin’s military escalation intelligently, with an appropriate mix of deterrence and diplomacy. Putin’s aims are probably twofold — to make Ukraine weak...
Economy Would Have Been Stronger if Biden Had Done Nothing in 2021
Imagine if the Biden administration had focused primarily on the pandemic as it took power a year ago. Get the vaccines out, accelerate COVID therapies, and let an economy poised to soar take off on its own. No $1.9 trillion “relief” bill in March, no threat of new tax...
Midterms Could Be a Bloodbath for Democrats. And There May Be Little Candidates Can Do.
Democrats are right to be concerned that the upcoming midterm elections could be a disaster, says Washington Post columnist Henry Olsen. And a close look at the data from 2021 elections in Virginia and New Jersey suggest it could become a bloodbath — and there’s likely little individual candidates...