The White People at the Irvine Town Hall
Angelenos call for resignations and reforms at town hall on racist audio leak A group of about 250 people, both white and Hispanic, gathered at an Irvine, California, park around noon on Thursday, September…
California Gov. Jerry Brown Signs Emergency Drought Loan Bill
California suffering through driest three years ever recorded, with no relief in sight The news this week that Californians could lose water — and with it most of their crops — is just the…
Spencer Chandra Herbert, U.S. Representative from Minnesota
Opinion: The British Empire: A legacy of violence? Spencer Chandra Herbert is the first Asian American U.S. Representative from Minnesota, the first Asian American to be elected as a state legislator and the second…
Trump’s Election Was Not Just a Man-made Outcome
For Trump’s Backers in Congress, ‘Devil Terms’ Help Rally Voters By Charles M. Blow July 31, 2017 In the year preceding the November 2016 election, two Republican presidents were elected. Barack Obama won reelection,…
UN chief Ban Ki-moon meets with Haitian president to discuss relief efforts
UN chief urges nations to consider deploying forces to help Haiti The United Nations chief today urged countries to consider putting together a coalition of forces to help Haiti – in the wake of…
Qatar is boycotting the 2018 World Cup in Russia
Paris joins big screen boycott of World Cup games from Qatar After several games in the United Arab Emirates, Qatar and South Africa were scheduled to play a number of international friendlies in South…
Los Angeles County, Riverside County and San Bernardino County, California
Some evacuation orders lifted in San Bernardino County towns hit by debris flows By: SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY: The California National Guard was mobilized to help residents and businesses clear the debris flows and floodwaters…
High Temperatures in Riverside County Rise
Welcome to another heat wave. Triple-digit temperatures on tap for Southern California this week, as temperatures in parts of the state soared to 111 degrees this week. In the mountains, the temperatures topped out…
Sam Achuku , founder of Juma, a fintech startup in East Africa
Inside Uganda’s emerging fintech ecosystem It was the dawn of the internet age when the first online shopping platform for Africans debuted in Uganda (above). Today, the Kenyan-Ugandan tech hub of Kampala is a…
The Fed’s Second Move Is More Important Than What You Do Know
With So Much Riding on the Fed’s Moves, It’s Hard to Know How to Invest What You Don’t Know About the Fed Is More Important than What You Do Know. If you thought the…