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Wed, March 29, 2023 | 16:45

Americans love to hate their politics

In the 2018 midterm elections, 50 percent of eligible U.S. citizens turned out to vote. Because Americans are always less inclined to show up at the polls in years when the presidency isn't on the ballot, half of the nation feeling sufficiently motivated to vote was a remarkable event. Heading into this year, the question among political scientists and other analysts was whet...

2022-12-06 16:40

State's opioid crisis remains a primary focus

There's more work to be done.

2022-12-05 16:40

USA knocked out of World Cup by Netherlands, but there is reason to have hope for 2026

That youthful exuberance, speed and American never-say-die attitude weren't enough for the U.S. World Cup team on Saturday morning. The plucky Americans were eliminated 3-1 in the Round of 16 by a bigger, more experienced, patient, and clinical Netherlands team.

2022-12-04 16:30

Putin will carpet-bomb Ukraine unless the West acts

The strategically vital city of Kherson is back in the hands of Ukrainians, albeit under threat of Russian shelling and attacks on its electricity supply. But as combatants on both sides of an increasingly static firing line prepare for winter war, there are effectively two separate conflicts emerging: one on the land, the other in the air. What can the West do to help Ukrain...

2022-12-01 16:40

Saudis mastered 'sportswashing,' so now they're trying oil-washing

World leaders gathered in Egypt last month for a summit to address climate change, but thanks to heavy lobbying by Saudi Arabia, they couldn't quite bring themselves to put into writing the two main culprits behind climate change: humans and their consumption of fossil fuels.

2022-12-01 16:23

World should pressure Taliban to allow girls proper education

The student is a woman majoring in computer science at a private university in Afghanistan, but since the Taliban retook control of Afghanistan last year, the main thing that she seems to be studying is the regime's manipulation of Islam.

2022-11-30 13:32

Where abortion will be on the ballot in 2024

The abortion rights issue was a political lifesaver for Democrats this year. Whether it will be again in 2024 depends in part on efforts to put the question of reproductive rights on the ballot - not just through the candidates' positions, but literally.

2022-11-29 13:47

Shop local, and safe, this holiday season

Black Friday, Small Business Saturday and the holiday shopping season in general are always a critical time for retailers, including local merchants. That remains true this year as businesses continue to manage COVID and its consequences, while consumers deal with rising costs for fuel, food and other essentials.

2022-11-27 13:40

Happy Thanksgiving through the eyes of a child

Harriet Beecher Stowe moved to Maine in 1850 with her husband, Calvin Ellis Stowe, a professor at Bowdoin College. In Brunswick, she wrote her famous “Uncle Tom's Cabin” and many stories about New England life, including “Oldtown Folks,” which offers a vivid description of Thanksgiving soon after the Revolutionary War. For many Americans, Thanksgiving in 2022 may look differe...

2022-11-24 13:58

Will US foreign policy change after the midterms?

Though foreign policy played no real role in the outcome of the midterm elections, that outcome matters for foreign policy .Friends and allies around the world are likely breathing a sigh of relief that the predicted red wave never crashed. Our partners around the globe have been pleased by President Joe Biden's “America Is Back” foreign policy, and all signs point to that di...

2022-11-24 13:57

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Top 10 Stories

1	Revised Japanese textbooks distort wartime forced labor, catching Korea off guard

2	Clock ticks for China's massive repatriation of N. Korean defectors

3	Gold price nears all-time high amid financial jitters

4	Ramsar wetland in Han River cleaned up for protected birdlife

5	BMW launches new XM

6	Civic groups in Gwangju await meeting with Chun Doo-hwan's grandson

7	CJ CheilJedang sees chicken as next big seller after frozen dumpling

8	North Korea unveils tactical nuclear warheads

9	2024 budget to focus on tackling low birthrate

10	Over 1,000 financially vulnerable Koreans apply for new emergency gov't loans

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