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Business effects of Trump's anti-DEI and anti-trans agendas run deep

Voices // 20 hours ago

Business effects of Trump's anti-DEI and anti-trans agendas run deep

Transgender rights have become a lightning rod in the United States. A barrage of federal directives seeks to challenge or outright eliminate protections in areas ranging from health care to education to the military.

Trump's policies will create Russian, Chinese strategic, economic coups

Voices // 2 days ago

Trump's policies will create Russian, Chinese strategic, economic coups

Stripping federal protection for clean water harms just about everyone

Voices // 2 days ago

Stripping federal protection for clean water harms just about everyone

Pope Francis tried to change the Catholic Church for women, with mixed success

Voices // 3 days ago

Pope Francis tried to change the Catholic Church for women, with mixed success

Francis a pope who cared deeply for the poor, opened up the Catholic Church

Voices // 3 days ago

Francis a pope who cared deeply for the poor, opened up the Catholic Church

The changes Francis brought to the papacy were more than skin deep. He opened the church to the outside world in ways none of his predecessors had done before.

Indicators of alien life may have been found -- what the new research means

Voices // 6 days ago

Indicators of alien life may have been found -- what the new research means

A new research paper in the Astrophysical Journal suggests that Cambridge scientists have managed to find emissions from bacteria or other tiny organisms in space, but it doesn't confirm alien life.

If international students stay home, the U.S. economy will suffer greatly

Voices // 1 week ago

If international students stay home, the U.S. economy will suffer greatly

If these global scholars stay home because of fears of action against them by the Trump administration, that's bad economic news for cities and towns across the United States.

NATO perhaps faces its biggest crossroads

Voices // 1 week ago

NATO perhaps faces its biggest crossroads

April 16 (UPI) -- The bond that was the irreplaceable glue for the NATO alliance is not only being eroded, but it also is being removed.

History shows tariffs like Trump's come with painful pitfalls

Voices // 1 week ago

History shows tariffs like Trump's come with painful pitfalls

History shows that tariffs to revive U.S. manufacturing, reclaim jobs and counter allegedly unfair trade practices rarely succeed. In today's interconnected world, they're more likely to provoke painful retaliation.

Social Security's trust fund could be depleted sooner than expected

Voices // 1 week ago

Social Security's trust fund could be depleted sooner than expected

Within a decade, Social Security could run short on funds to pay the full benefits Americans are counting on.

AI-generated images can exploit how your mind works

Voices // 1 week ago

AI-generated images can exploit how your mind works

With my understanding of how people process images and notice -− or don't notice -− detail, it's not surprising to me that people aren't tuning in to the fact that many images are AI-generated.

Think twice before using shorthand like 'thx' and 'k' in your texts

Voices // 2 weeks ago

Think twice before using shorthand like 'thx' and 'k' in your texts

As we gathered data, surveyed people and set up experiments, it became clear that those tiny shortcuts -- sometimes hailed as a hallmark of efficient communication -- undermine relationships instead of simplifying them.

Child sexual exploitation, abuse a multibillion-dollar industry -- report shows who benefits

Voices // 2 weeks ago

Child sexual exploitation, abuse a multibillion-dollar industry -- report shows who benefits

The sexual exploitation and abuse of children has become a multibillion-dollar global trade. The chilling reality of this profit-driven industry is laid bare by new findings from the University of Edinburgh.

Trump's tariff blunder will generate retaliation, retribution against an isolated U.S.

Voices // 2 weeks ago

Trump's tariff blunder will generate retaliation, retribution against an isolated U.S.

April 8 (UPI) -- Whether President George W. Bush's ill-fated decision to invade Iraq in 2003 was America's worst geostrategic blunder since World War II and Vietnam or not, Donald Trump's imposition of tariffs may prove worse.

Trump misreading a sign of American economic strength -- trade deficits -- as a weakness

Voices // 2 weeks ago

Trump misreading a sign of American economic strength -- trade deficits -- as a weakness

Tis persistent trade deficit is actually a sign of America's financial and technological dominance.

The big problem with Trump's takeover of the Kennedy Center isn't the possibility of 'Cats'

Voices // 2 weeks ago

The big problem with Trump's takeover of the Kennedy Center isn't the possibility of 'Cats'

Rather than ridiculing President's Trump's taste, responses to the Kennedy Center takeover would be better placed focusing on more fundamental questions about the role of U.S. government in the nation's artistic life.

Is there a way out of South Korea's political impasse? An interview with Rev. Jin-Hong Kim

Voices // 3 weeks ago

Is there a way out of South Korea's political impasse? An interview with Rev. Jin-Hong Kim

April 3 (UPI) -- Rev. Kim Jin-hong discusses changes to bolster the Korean conservative movement.

Trump's 'Liberation Day' tariffs could hurt the U.S., an economist explains

Voices // 3 weeks ago

Trump's 'Liberation Day' tariffs could hurt the U.S., an economist explains

The fanfare surrounding Trump's tariffs announcement masks a much larger gamble. What's really at stake is trust -- America's long-standing reputation as a stable and predictable destination for global investment.

Trump's new tariffs another step toward his day of reckoning

Voices // 3 weeks ago

Trump's new tariffs another step toward his day of reckoning

April 2 (UPI) -- On the current course of presidential decisions, a day of reckoning for Donald Trump is inevitable.

With planned blackouts becoming more common, having cash on hand is essential

Voices // 3 weeks ago

With planned blackouts becoming more common, having cash on hand is essential

The switch to electronic payments is making the world less resilient in the face of increasing numbers of major natural disasters.

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