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Getting COVID-19 vaccines to rural Americans is harder than it looks

Voices // 4 weeks ago

Getting COVID-19 vaccines to rural Americans is harder than it looks

Dec. 28 (UPI) -- The enormous job of vaccinating the nation is underway, but for rural Americans, getting a COVID-19 vaccine becomes harder the farther they are from urban centers.

Holiday cards use humor to cope with difficult times

Voices // 1 month ago

Holiday cards use humor to cope with difficult times

Dec. 23 (UPI) -- A tendency in many comic holiday cards is to bring up the circumstances of the day and how the state of affairs disrupt the usual joviality of the season.

A final Trump Christmas carol, Charles Dickens-style

Voices // 1 month ago

A final Trump Christmas carol, Charles Dickens-style

An infinite number of ghosts of Christmas Past, Present and Future could haunt President Donald Trump this year.

Secular 'values voters' are becoming an electoral force

Voices // 1 month ago

Secular 'values voters' are becoming an electoral force

Dec. 22 (UPI) -- In this last election, the emerging influence of secular voters was felt not only at the presidential level, but also on many down-ballot issues.

Governmental overreach causes growing alarm for religious groups

Voices // 1 month ago

Governmental overreach causes growing alarm for religious groups

Dec. 21 (UPI) -- As the world faces another wave of COVID infections -- and as municipal and state governments impose new restrictions -- there is growing concern about the impact on individual liberty and religious freedom.

EU's policy on Iran is a history of failure

Voices // 1 month ago

EU's policy on Iran is a history of failure

Dec. 21 (UPI) -- The trial of an Iranian diplomat for attempting to bomb a rally of Iranian opposition supporters near Paris in 2018 has provided a clear sign that decades of appeasement by the EU has not tamed this terrorist regime.

Cuba cracks down on artists who demanded creative freedoms

Voices // 1 month ago

Cuba cracks down on artists who demanded creative freedoms

Dec. 18 (UPI) -- Cuban artists and intellectuals want more rights -- and, in an unusual show of dissent, they demanded the government sit down with them to negotiate.

Demand for meat driving deforestation in Brazil

Voices // 1 month ago

Demand for meat driving deforestation in Brazil

Dec. 17 (UPI) -- Soy may have a pretty innocuous reputation thanks to its association with vegan food and meat alternatives. But don't be fooled -- crops of this pale legume are behind much of Brazil's epidemic of deforestation.

Pentagon needs the 'right stuff' on budgets, strategy, organization

Voices // 1 month ago

Pentagon needs the 'right stuff' on budgets, strategy, organization

President-elect Joe Biden's pick for his secretary of defense, retired Army Gen. Lloyd Austin, has created quite a bit of controversy.

Fast-growing India, Brazil key to curbing climate change post-COVID-19

Voices // 1 month ago

Fast-growing India, Brazil key to curbing climate change post-COVID-19

Dec. 15 (UPI) -- India and Brazil -- two of the largest and fastest-growing economies in the world -- also have the second- and third-highest number of COVID-19 cases. Will they backslide on their Paris Climate Agreement commitments?

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani's moderate stance is deceptive

Voices // 1 month ago

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani's moderate stance is deceptive

Dec. 14 (UPI) -- The clever "mind games" played by the Iranian regime have been exposed more clearly than ever before.

5 years after Paris, countries far away from meeting climate goals

Voices // 1 month ago

5 years after Paris, countries far away from meeting climate goals

Dec. 11 (UPI) -- Five years after the Paris climate agreement, bold visions for slowing global warming have emerged from all over the world. Less clear is how countries will meet them.

Megarich Taliban get funds to wage war from drugs, mining, extortion

Voices // 1 month ago

Megarich Taliban get funds to wage war from drugs, mining, extortion

Dec. 10 (UPI) -- The Taliban militants of Afghanistan have grown richer and more powerful since their fundamentalist Islamic regime was toppled by U.S. forces in 2001. Here's a look at where their money comes from.

A pre-emptive strike on Iran would throw world into chaos

Voices // 1 month ago

A pre-emptive strike on Iran would throw world into chaos

Dec. 8 (UPI) -- Mulling the possibility of an American pre-emptive attack on Iran's nuclear facilities, suppose a president concluded that Iran was within 6 to 18 months of enriching sufficient uranium to build several atom bombs.

Iranian regime uses media to demonize opposition

Voices // 1 month ago

Iranian regime uses media to demonize opposition

Dec. 8 (UPI) -- A French daily newspaper, founded by the famous philosopher Jean-Paul Sartre in 1973, is the latest to join the ignoble list of media to demonize the main Iranian democratic opposition movement.

Biden will find it hard to undo Trump's 'America first' trade policy

Voices // 1 month ago

Biden will find it hard to undo Trump's 'America first' trade policy

Dec. 7 (UPI) -- Since becoming president-elect, Joe Biden has signaled that restoring America's leadership on the world stage is among his highest priorities -- an intention aptly demonstrated by his Cabinet picks.

TikTok is upending workplace social media policies

Voices // 1 month ago

TikTok is upending workplace social media policies

Dec. 4 (UPI) -- In 30-second bites on TikTok, workers conjure up a mini fantasy world of a job free of supervisors -- thumbing their noses at authority, in uniform.

Troop drawdown in Afghanistan signals American weakness

Voices // 1 month ago

Troop drawdown in Afghanistan signals American weakness

Dec. 3 (UPI) -- President Donald Trump's recent call to withdraw just over half of the 4,500 U.S. troops in Afghanistan has been condemned as an act "that would hurt our allies and delight, delight, the people who wish us harm".

Trump could test system again with threat to Iran

Voices // 1 month ago

Trump could test system again with threat to Iran

Certain indicators suggest that an American pre-emptive military strike against Iran's nuclear programs is still possible, however unlikely.

Urban development, pandemic will further diversify suburbs

Voices // 1 month ago

Urban development, pandemic will further diversify suburbs

Dec. 1 (UPI) -- The suburbs are more diverse in terms of class and race than they used to be. Now, changing patterns of urban development and the impact of COVID-19 may transform suburbs further.

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