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Understanding history of gender-affirming care may help guide policy

Voices // 19 hours ago

Understanding history of gender-affirming care may help guide policy

March 27 (UPI) -- It's been nearly 60 years since the first transgender medical clinic opened in the U.S. Understanding the history of these treatments in the U.S. can be a helpful guide for citizens and legislators.

Public radio could fill local news gaps

Voices // 3 days ago

Public radio could fill local news gaps

Rate hike signals Fed's cautious confidence in U.S. banks

Voices // 4 days ago

Rate hike signals Fed's cautious confidence in U.S. banks

No more Iraqs? Don't count on it

Voices // 5 days ago

No more Iraqs? Don't count on it

China could be harvesting TikTok data, but much of it is already out there

Voices // 6 days ago

China could be harvesting TikTok data, but much of it is already out there

March 21 (UPI) -- The social media app TikTok has been a focus for concerns that the Chinese government could access data on individual users. Whether the app poses a security risk remains unclear.

20 years on, George W. Bush's promise of democracy in Iraq falls short

Voices // 1 week ago

20 years on, George W. Bush's promise of democracy in Iraq falls short

March 20 (UPI) -- U.S. President George W. Bush and his administration put forward a variety of reasons to justify the 2003 invasion of Iraq.

Healthy nation, safe nation: Build health security into national security

Voices // 1 week ago

Healthy nation, safe nation: Build health security into national security

March 17 (UPI) -- The COVID-19 pandemic revealed a need for a more robust health security paradigm within the broader national security context.

Artificial intelligence isn't close to becoming sentient

Voices // 1 week ago

Artificial intelligence isn't close to becoming sentient

March 16 (UPI) -- ChatGPT and similar large language models can produce compelling, humanlike answers to an endless array of questions.

U.S. needs a more rational approach to China threat

Voices // 1 week ago

U.S. needs a more rational approach to China threat

As the House Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party begins its work, addressing the threat posed by China has garnered strong bipartisan support.

Interest rate, liquidity risk caused SVB, Signature Bank to fail so fast

Voices // 1 week ago

Interest rate, liquidity risk caused SVB, Signature Bank to fail so fast

March 14 (UPI) -- Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank failed with enormous speed -- so quickly that they could be textbook cases of classic bank runs, in which too many depositors withdraw their funds from a bank at the same time.

MAGA supporters demonize China, transgender people at CPAC

Voices // 2 weeks ago

MAGA supporters demonize China, transgender people at CPAC

March 13 (UPI) -- The five biggest demons at CPAC: China's Communist Party, border criminals -- including Mexican drug cartels and undocumented immigrants, "radical left Marxists" and the ideologies of "wokism" and "transgenderism."

Jimmy Carter's African legacy: peacemaker, negotiator, defender of rights

Voices // 2 weeks ago

Jimmy Carter's African legacy: peacemaker, negotiator, defender of rights

March 10 (UPI) -- When historians praise Jimmy Carter's achievements as U.S. president and extol his exemplary post-presidential years, they often overlook his achievements in Africa. This is a serious oversight.

Battle over Bakhmut exposes Russia's fault lines in Ukraine

Voices // 2 weeks ago

Battle over Bakhmut exposes Russia's fault lines in Ukraine

March 9 (UPI) -- The current focus of the Russian-Ukrainian war centers on Bakhmut in eastern Ukraine.

Ideas, imagination, innovation needed in Dis-United State of Amerca

Voices // 2 weeks ago

Ideas, imagination, innovation needed in Dis-United State of Amerca

How did the United States of America become the Dis-United State of Amerca, the "i" purposely deleted? One answer is both part cause and partial solution.

Poisoning of Iranian students may be new front in war on girls' education

Voices // 2 weeks ago

Poisoning of Iranian students may be new front in war on girls' education

March 7 (UPI) -- Recent media attention has drawn global focus on an escalating number of Iranian schoolgirls falling ill over the past few months because of suspected chemical attacks.

Russia gets shrugs in India; outrage over Ukraine war isn't universal

Voices // 3 weeks ago

Russia gets shrugs in India; outrage over Ukraine war isn't universal

March 6 (UPI) -- Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov made headlines over the weekend when his claim the Ukraine war was "launched against" Russia provoked laughter from the audience during a forum in India.

Secrecy creep: U.S. hampers safety by overdoing classified documents

Voices // 3 weeks ago

Secrecy creep: U.S. hampers safety by overdoing classified documents

March 3 (UPI) -- The United States faces far more threats to its national security than from spy balloons or classified documents discovered in former and current presidents' homes.

Israel is facing twin existential crises with judiciary 'reform,' Palestinian conflict

Voices // 3 weeks ago

Israel is facing twin existential crises with judiciary 'reform,' Palestinian conflict

March 2 (UPI) -- Israel is facing one of the most serious crises in its history. It could be the biggest test yet for Benjamin Netanyahu, just months after he resurrected his political career by returning to the prime minister's office.

U.S. isn't prepared for Russia, China challenges of 2023

Voices // 3 weeks ago

U.S. isn't prepared for Russia, China challenges of 2023

Thomas Hobbes asserted that without government, life would be "solitary, poor, nasty, brutish and short." But, ironically, even with government, similar terms still might apply today.

As 2024 nears, Florida's Ron DeSantis looms large over Greg Abbott in Texas

Voices // 3 weeks ago

As 2024 nears, Florida's Ron DeSantis looms large over Greg Abbott in Texas

Feb. 28 (UPI) -- Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and Texas Gov. Greg Abbott often appear to be locked in an unspoken ideological arms race, enacting policies and backing bills that push both states further to the right

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