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Shapiro doesn’t think of himself as a moderate or establishment Democrat, the terms journalists often use to describe him. He calls himself a “populist” because “every day, I put people before powerful institutions.” As Shapiro leapfrogged from a congressman’s chief of staff to state representative to Montgomery County commissioner to attorney general, he has battled […]
LockerRoom As a new era of Black Sticks emerge at the World Cup, beating world No.4 England, talented midfielder Alia Jaques tells Suzanne McFadden why international hockey got the nod over her legal career. After five years deftly balancing her study for two degrees, a part-time job and daily intense physical exertion, Alia Jaques had to make […]
BETHLEHEM, Pa. — Padraig Harrington finally knows what it’s like to overpower a golf course, and it has him on the verge of a U.S. Senior Open title. Harrington reached both par 5s in two, hitting 5-wood to 7 feet on the 608-yard 12th hole at Saucon Valley, and his 5-under 66 enabled him to […]
This was originally featured in the Houston Chronicle’s HouWeAre newsletter about race, culture and identity. You can sign up here. This weekend, stories of freedom, resilience and jubilation will ring to celebrate Juneteenth, the oldest nationally celebrated commemoration of the ending of slavery in the United States, which last year became the first federally recognized holiday […]
MOSCOW — Russia’s Foreign Ministry announced Monday that is levying sanctions on 61 U.S. nationals,. It said the move was being taken “in response to the ever-expanding U.S. sanctions against Russian political and public figures, as well as representatives of domestic business.” The list includes U.S. officials and former and current top managers of large […]
PHILADELPHIA — Just one more step and the stroller would have been on the curb. The thought haunts Latanya Byrd years after a driver racing down Roosevelt Boulevard in Philadelphia struck and killed her 27-year-old niece, Samara Banks, and three of Banks’ young sons as they crossed the 12-lane road. Today, many of the conditions that […]
What does the postponement of a plant genetics conference in the Australian tropics have to do with the death of a Black American at the hands of US police? They couldn’t seem further apart, but there’s a thread that connects them — a thread that became a lit fuse. In late January, an Australian organiser […]
U.S. stocks slipped Friday, with the S&P 500 on track to close in bear market territory, extending recent losses that have major indexes on track for their longest streak of weekly declines in more than two decades. The S&P 500 was recently down 1.6% after narrowly avoiding entering a bear market, or a 20% decline […]
As the United States struggles with the imminent demise of Roe vs. Wade, politicians and voters need to remember one thing ahead of the midterm elections: Abortion saves women’s lives. The Supreme Court’s decision, a draft of which was leaked this week, will all but eliminate abortion . . .
Children ages 5 to 11 wait in line with their parents to receive a COVID-19 vaccine at a pediatric vaccine clinic at a school in Santa Ana, California, U.S., November 9, 2021. /AP Children ages 5 to 11 wait in line with their parents to receive a COVID-19 vaccine at a pediatric vaccine clinic at […]