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Powerful economic forces won't let COVID-19 kill cities

Voices // 9 hours ago

Powerful economic forces won't let COVID-19 kill cities

Jan. 26 (UPI) -- Two scholars who study cities explain why they think urban areas will endure the COVID-19 pandemic -- even if they don't get the aid from Congress that now seems more likely.

Iran crumbling under Islamic fundamentalism

Voices // 1 day ago

Iran crumbling under Islamic fundamentalism

U.S. could face simmering, chronic domestic terror problem

Voices // 4 days ago

U.S. could face simmering, chronic domestic terror problem

Technology, social media help law enforcement track down Capitol rioters

Voices // 5 days ago

Technology, social media help law enforcement track down Capitol rioters

Full text: President Joe Biden's inaugural address, a call for unity

Voices // 6 days ago

Full text: President Joe Biden's inaugural address, a call for unity

Jan. 20 (UPI) -- Joe Biden was sworn in as the 46th U.S. president on Wednesday, calling for unity as the nation faces severe crises, including the COVID-19 pandemic and political divisions. Read the full text of his speech.

To save America, a national reinvestment fund is needed

Voices // 6 days ago

To save America, a national reinvestment fund is needed

As deadly and disruptive as the COVID-19 pandemic is, this disease is a harbinger of even worse crises that could follow if a broader danger is not recognized. That danger is Massive Attacks of Disruption.

Iranian mullahs face European justice

Voices // 1 week ago

Iranian mullahs face European justice

Jan. 19 (UPI) -- On Feb. 4, a court in Antwerp, Belgium, will announce its verdict in the trial of Assadollah Assadi, a senior diplomat from the Iranian Embassy in Vienna, and three co-conspirators on charges of terrorism.

Capitol siege raises questions over White supremacists in police ranks

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Capitol siege raises questions over White supremacists in police ranks

Jan. 15 (UPI) -- The apparent participation of off-duty officers in the rally that morphed into a siege on the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 has revived fears about White supremacists within police departments.

Angry men: Capitol riots marked by hatred toward women

Voices // 1 week ago

Angry men: Capitol riots marked by hatred toward women

Jan. 14 (UPI) -- Among the various forms of violence on display during the U.S. Capitol insurrection, one has been largely overlooked: misogyny, or hatred toward women.

Incompetence runs amok in the U.S. government

Voices // 1 week ago

Incompetence runs amok in the U.S. government

Is the U.S. government capable of exercising any degree of competence? Or has incompetence become the new standard?

Fired for storming the Capitol: Most workers aren't protected

Voices // 2 weeks ago

Fired for storming the Capitol: Most workers aren't protected

Jan. 12 (UPI) -- Can you be fired for joining a violent mob that storms the Capitol? Of course you can. It's not even a close case. Non-unionized workers in the United States -- about 90% of all workers -- are employed at-will.

Full text: Article of impeachment against President Donald Trump

Voices // 2 weeks ago

Full text: Article of impeachment against President Donald Trump

Jan. 11 (UPI) -- The U.S. House has introduced a resolution to impeach President Donald Trump for inciting an insurrection and disrupting the transfer of power to President-elect Joe Biden. Read the text of the article of impeachment.

Iranian gangsters desperate to blackmail Biden into ending sanctions

Voices // 2 weeks ago

Iranian gangsters desperate to blackmail Biden into ending sanctions

Jan. 11 (UPI) -- As the clock ticks down to Joe Biden's inauguration as U.S. president, the increasingly unstable theocratic regime in Iran is building up its litany of threats, blackmail and extortion in a bid to end sanctions.

Capitol siege is America's third day of infamy; Trump must go

Voices // 2 weeks ago

Capitol siege is America's third day of infamy; Trump must go

In the storming of the nation's Capitol as if it were the Bastille in 1789, four people died, unlike the several thousands on the other two disastrous occasions. But the significance might be greater.

Capitol riot is offline effect of QAnon and online conspiracy theories

Voices // 2 weeks ago

Capitol riot is offline effect of QAnon and online conspiracy theories

Jan. 7 (UPI) -- What is the cost of propaganda, misinformation and conspiracy theories? Democracy and public safety, to name two. The U.S. has received a stark lesson on how online propaganda and misinformation have an offline impact.

Joe Biden's biggest challenge: Clash of great expectations, harsh realities

Voices // 2 weeks ago

Joe Biden's biggest challenge: Clash of great expectations, harsh realities

With 2020 over, great expectations persist that 2021 will reverse the ghastliness and massive disruption of the past year and finally end the COVID-19 pandemic that has claimed nearly 400,000 American lives.

Iran is playing war games in Iraq

Voices // 3 weeks ago

Iran is playing war games in Iraq

Jan. 5 (UPI) -- In an interview on Al-Arabiya Al-Hadath TV on Christmas Eve, Zafer al-Aani, a senior member of the Iraqi Parliament, blamed the recent rocket attack on the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad squarely on Iran.

China's new civil code angers feminists over divorce waiting period

Voices // 3 weeks ago

China's new civil code angers feminists over divorce waiting period

Jan. 4 (UPI) -- China's first ever civil code came into effect on Friday. Replacing a raft of other laws covering issues from marriage to inheritance, adoption and property, it has binding authority over all civil disputes.

Group exercise has more benefits than solo workouts

Voices // 3 weeks ago

Group exercise has more benefits than solo workouts

Dec. 31 (UPI) -- If you've been considering joining an online group class -- or been encouraged to by others -- here are some research-based reasons why that might be a great idea.

Is President Donald Trump deluded or determined?

Voices // 3 weeks ago

Is President Donald Trump deluded or determined?

Dec. 29 (UPI) -- A case can be made that President Donald Trump has made a determined effort to keep the public eye, build on his popularity and tighten his grip on the party.

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