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Supreme Court puts Christians' First Amendment rights ahead of others' dignity

Voices // 1 day ago

Supreme Court puts Christians' First Amendment rights ahead of others' dignity

Oct. 6 (UPI) -- Recent Supreme Court rulings represent the culmination of a decade-long strategy by conservative Christians to use the courts to limit the freedoms of groups of Americans of whom they disapprove.

American troops are still in Somalia, fighting an endless war

Voices // 2 days ago

American troops are still in Somalia, fighting an endless war

Winning by losing: Anwar Sadat had visionary strategy for 1973 Yom Kippur War

Voices // 3 days ago

Winning by losing: Anwar Sadat had visionary strategy for 1973 Yom Kippur War

Court precedent says book bans can't be political

Voices // 4 days ago

Court precedent says book bans can't be political

Russia, China, Iran use AI disinformation to meddle in U.S. elections

Voices // 5 days ago

Russia, China, Iran use AI disinformation to meddle in U.S. elections

Oct. 2 (UPI) -- Elections around the world are facing an evolving threat from foreign actors, one that involves artificial intelligence.

Canadian residential school deaths significantly higher than previously reported

Voices // 1 week ago

Canadian residential school deaths significantly higher than previously reported

Sept. 29 (UPI) -- Listening to the truths of Canadian residential school survivors was a stark reminder that we need to continue educating people about what happened at these schools, both for Indigenous and non-Indigenous folks.

Sex workers' rights: Governments shouldn't decide what is good or bad sex

Voices // 1 week ago

Sex workers' rights: Governments shouldn't decide what is good or bad sex

Sept. 28 (UPI) -- An Ontario Superior Court justice has dismissed a constitutional challenge to Canada's sex work laws, saying that the Protection of Communities and Exploited Persons Act does not violate sex workers' Charter rights.

Enemy below: sounds of breaking government

Voices // 1 week ago

Enemy below: sounds of breaking government

Sept. 27 (UPI) -- Does one hear faintly worrying noises emanating from Washington these days as American politics continue to self-destructive in the extreme?

Recreational, green spaces may take over dying downtowns in U.S. cities

Voices // 1 week ago

Recreational, green spaces may take over dying downtowns in U.S. cities

Sept. 26 (UPI) -- The hollowing out of U.S. cities' office and commercial cores is a national trend with serious consequences for millions of Americans.

America's leaders are older than ever -- founding fathers didn't foresee this

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America's leaders are older than ever -- founding fathers didn't foresee this

Sept. 25 (UPI) -- The world's oldest democracy has its oldest-ever Congress. The founding fathers fiercely debated term limits but ended up not writing them into the Constitution.

Reality TV show contestants more like unpaid interns than Hollywood stars

Voices // 2 weeks ago

Reality TV show contestants more like unpaid interns than Hollywood stars

Sept. 22 (UPI) -- The fall 2023 TV lineup will be saturated with low-cost reality TV shows like "The Voice"; for networks, it's an end-around to the ongoing TV writers and actors strikes.

Drowning of Libyan town was man-made disaster decades in the making

Voices // 2 weeks ago

Drowning of Libyan town was man-made disaster decades in the making

Sept. 21 (UPI) -- A cataclysm of climate change, neglect and conflict in Libya is made worse by one family's relentless quest for power.

Thinking the unthinkable: What if Donald Trump stood trial in office?

Voices // 2 weeks ago

Thinking the unthinkable: What if Donald Trump stood trial in office?

Suppose Donald Trump had to stand trial while in office and was found guilty in the Georgia case on a conspiracy charge to change the outcome of the 2020 election and sentenced to prison.

France used 10% less electricity last winter; 3 lessons to fight climate change

Voices // 2 weeks ago

France used 10% less electricity last winter; 3 lessons to fight climate change

Sept. 19 (UPI) -- Measures that help people use less energy at home, while traveling or at work could significantly cut greenhouse gas emissions, according to the U.N.'s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.

Mass atrocities in Sudan raise questions about responsibility to protect

Voices // 2 weeks ago

Mass atrocities in Sudan raise questions about responsibility to protect

Sept. 18 (UPI) -- Mass atrocities are once again plaguing the people of Darfur, Sudan, with talk of a genocide taking place.

Conservative Supreme Court majority rewriting basic understandings of U.S. law

Voices // 3 weeks ago

Conservative Supreme Court majority rewriting basic understandings of U.S. law

Sept. 15 (UPI) -- As Constitution Day is celebrated Sunday -- the anniversary of the signing of America's basic law in 1787 -- a constitutional revolution is occurring at the Supreme Court.

Remote work marks the path to a greener future

Voices // 3 weeks ago

Remote work marks the path to a greener future

Sept. 14 (UPI) -- There is more to working from home than skipping the traffic and wearing pajamas all day. For a lot of people it's becoming the new normal. The move could be a big step toward a cleaner, more eco-friendly future.

Elon Musk, Donald Trump necessitate mulling the unthinkable

Voices // 3 weeks ago

Elon Musk, Donald Trump necessitate mulling the unthinkable

Sept. 13 (UPI) -- In 1962, the redoubtable Herman Kahn released his follow up to "On Thermonuclear War." This book was called "Thinking the Unthinkable." Then, the consequences of thermonuclear war were unthinkable.

Donald Trump's battle with U.S. justice system is stress test for democracy

Voices // 3 weeks ago

Donald Trump's battle with U.S. justice system is stress test for democracy

Sept. 12 (UPI) -- Donald Trump ending up behind bars, in the White House, or anywhere in between points to the same end game: America's government in cinders.

To fight climate change, we need to measure costs of extreme heat

Voices // 3 weeks ago

To fight climate change, we need to measure costs of extreme heat

Sept. 11 (UPI) -- Among the extreme weather events we are experiencing, including floods, severe storms and wildfires, heat waves are having the greatest impact on human health.

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