The nightmare that is identity theft
Jessica Roy was hanging with friends at a piano bar when her wallet was stolen — and became a victim of identity theft. Roy filed the necessary reports and thought she’d be able to handle everything p...
12 Joulu 202221min
Keke Palmer’s Hollywood reality — and dreams
Keke Palmer has already racked up two decades in show business. She acts, sings, hosts a TV show and is the face of numerous memes — and she has big plans for more. Fresh off hosting "SNL" and starrin...
9 Joulu 202232min
The grad student strike at UC schools
The workload for graduate students, researchers and assistants who take on-campus jobs for their discipline is notoriously underpaid and endless. That’s why 48,000 of those workers throughout the Univ...
7 Joulu 202215min
Has zero-COVID checkmated China's Xi?
Mainland China is roiled by protests, the size of which have not been seen in a generation. People are calling for an end to the government’s strict “zero-COVID” restrictions. The moment has also brou...
5 Joulu 202221min
Why the U.S. clamps down on rail strikes
This week, Congress passed a bill that effectively imposed an agreement between rail workers and their companies and prohibited a strike. Politicians feared that any work stoppage would cripple the U....
2 Joulu 202218min
The megaflood, next time in California
Few people associate urban and suburban Southern California with floods anymore, mostly because many of its rivers were dammed up or transformed into concrete gulches long ago. But scientists say a me...
30 Marras 202223min
A decade of downers with DACA
For the last decade, about 800,000 individuals who came to the United States as children but have no legal status have been protected from deportation by a program commonly referred to as DACA. It has...
28 Marras 202217min
Mexico's unique, binational soccer fans
Right now, the eyes of much of the world is on the FIFA World Cup in Qatar as 32 teams fight for national pride. One team is Mexico, whose unique fanbase sets it apart from the world. With loyalties t...
25 Marras 202226min
