Prodded by fed up parents, some in Congress try to curb kids’ use of social media
Members of Congress are seeking to set a minimum age to access social media and put more of the onus on social media companies and their algorithms, while also giving…
Easing federal marijuana rules: There’s still a long way to go
(Photo Illustration by Mario Tama/Getty Images) Policy, politics and progressive commentary Nearly three weeks after the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration proposed loosening a federal prohibition on marijuana, the next phases…
On this day in 1963
JUNE 9, 1963 Fannie Lou Hamer after being beaten in jail, June 1963. Credit: FBI photo Returning from a Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee training session in South Carolina, Fannie Lou…
Jenna’s Promise enters new phase
An open house for Jenna’s Promise. File Photo by Gordon Miller/News & Citizen This story by Aaron Calvin was first published by the News & Citizen on June 6. Five…
New voter registration rules threaten hefty fines, criminal penalties for groups
Roxanne Perret, an organizer with People Power for Florida, registers Mark Wendell to vote at a May festival in Orlando. Third-party voter registration groups have been threatened with fines and…
White House Enlists Doctors and Hospitals To Combat Gun Violence
People gather at a candlelight vigil for victims of a mass shooting, which left 11 people dead, at a ballroom dance studio on Jan. 23, 2023 in Monterey Park, California.…
Lawmakers can lower Mississippi’s sky-high grocery prices
California and Mississippi are not normally viewed as having much in common, but the Golden State and the Magnolia State do have one similarity: high grocery prices. California, according to…
Young Writers Project: ‘Traveling’
“Light,” by Phoebe Gresham, 14, of Huntington Young Writers Project is a creative online community of teen writers, photographers and artists, which has been based in Vermont since 2006. Each…
Bill Schubart: The health care crisis and the ‘ghost quartet’
If we zoom out and look with cynicism at the health care crisis in America, we see a remarkably effective business plan: Grow the burgeoning health care business even larger…
Stop feeding the turkeys
A “Welcome to Billings” sign at the Billings Logan International Airport . I don’t know when the Merriam turkey was introduced to Western Montana, but it was and they have…