California’s fast-food minimum wage hike has been in effect for just one month, and the consequences are proving to be fewer hours and potentially fewer jobs for workers. Pollo West Corporation, the largest franchisee of El Pollo Loco restaurants in California, has said that its franchises went from profitable to losing money overnight when the […]
Determined to increase both its battlefield pressure on Ukraine and its political pressure on Ukraine’s supporters, Russia is escalating its sabotage efforts in Europe. Last Friday, the United Kingdom announced criminal charges against five men accused of a March arson attack on a Ukrainian businessman’s warehouse in London. The accused ringleader is a 20-year-old Briton, […]
Journalists and commentators were looking forward to the boost in clicks and views that typically accompanies a robust presidential primary. But since the Republican primary was over before it began, and the media’s beloved Democrats are now making a mess of both domestic and foreign policy, many in the commentariat are spending a lot of time speculating about who […]
Peacemakers from all sides of this conflict can manifest a new vision of peaceful co-existence, where people can build trust, heal, repair and co-create a new reality.
The college protests across the nation saw a slew of headline-grabbing developments on Tuesday, including the takeover of a building at Columbia University, a new House-wide effort by Republicans to investigate antisemitism and a major victory for activists at Brown University. The big success of the day for pro-Palestinian protesters came out of Brown,...
Home prices in February increased by 6.4 percent year-over-year, according to the S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller national home price index, released Tuesday. In January, home prices jumped by 6 percent year over year, according to the index, the fastest annual growth since 2022. The 10-city composite increased by 8 percent, up from a 7.4 percent increase...
A proposal from California's Catalina Island to shoot down invasive mule deer via helicopter has met with a scathing response from Los Angeles County leadership. The Catalina Island Conservancy, which manages 88 percent of the unincorporated territory's land, submitted a plan last August to the Department of Fish and Wildlife to eradicate the population, due to its...
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The protests at Columbia University continue as the college threatens expulsion after protesters...