46 minutes ago About sharing Parisians in April voted to ban rental e-scooters but turnout was low By Hugh Schofield BBC News, Paris A ban on rental electric scooters has come into effect in Paris in response to a rising number of people being injured and killed in the French capital. Almost 90% of those…
Ukraine’s military intelligence chief says two planes were damaged and two destroyed in Tuesday’s attack.
1 hour ago About sharing Crossflats Primary in Bradford is among the schools affected By Hazel Shearing Education correspondent Buildings at 52 schools in England were at risk of sudden collapse due to dangerous concrete, schools minister Nick Gibb has said. Safety measures have since been put in place at those schools, which were deemed…
38 minutes ago About sharing By Michelle Roberts Digital health editor A critically ill 19-year-old and her family are fighting the NHS in court over plans to stop more treatment and proceed instead with end-of-life care. The former A-level student wants to go to Canada for an experimental therapy which she believes might help her…
2 minutes ago About sharing With just days to go before the start of the new school year, more than 100 schools in England have been told to shut buildings made with a certain type of concrete unless they put in place safety measures. Here is what we know so far. Why are school buildings…
Politics / September 1, 2023 Progressives Need to Have Real Answers on Crime California shows that unless the left acknowledges the need to make communities safe while maintaining support for criminal justice reform, right-wing demagogues will latch onto the issue. Sasha Abramsky Ad Policy Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass speaks during a press conference to…
Renee Saucedo speaks at a rally at the San Francisco Federal Building at the end of the migrant farmworkers’ three-day march from Petaluma. (David Bacon) / September 1, 2023 Only a Social Movement Can Win Real Immigration Reform Activists marched for three days straight, demanding that Congress finally change the immigration registry date. David Bacon…
Comment / August 31, 2023 Welcome to the “You Do You” Pandemic The new Covid policy: Let them eat cake. Gregg Gonsalves Ad Policy (Tang Ming Tung / Getty Images) This article appears in the September 18/25, 2023 issue, with the headline “The ‘You Do You’ Pandemic.” Several weeks ago, two op-eds appeared in The…
Activism / September 1, 2023 Los Angeles Is Now the Country’s Leading Union Town The West Coast capital, once famous for hostility to organized labor, emerges as the epicenter of national strike action. C.M. Lewis Ad Policy Striking WGA workers march in solidarity with striking hotel workers outside the Ritz-Carlton hotel on July 3, 2023,…
World / September 1, 2023 The Biden Administration Cuts and Runs From Haiti After more than a century bleeding the country, installing and abetting corrupt dictators, and suppressing democracy, the US government now advises Americans to flee. Amy Wilentz Ad Policy Residents evacuate Port-au-Prince, Haiti, as gang violence continues to plague the city. (Richard Pierrin…