A leftwing US political commentator has described the UK government’s decsion to ban him from entering the country as “haunting and hilarious” and “Kafkaesque”. Cenk Uygur, the founder and a host on Young Turks, a well-established progressive media outlet, was banned earlier this week from entering the UK to attend a speaking engagement alongside Hasan Piker, a Twitch streamer who has become a popular figure on the US political left. The decision by the Home Office to cancel their electronic tra
A leading US civil rights scholar has urged Birmingham City University (BCU) to reverse its decision to close its black studies course, comparing it with the attack on diversity, equity and inclusion in the US. Kimberlé Crenshaw, a professor of law at the University of California, Los Angeles and Columbia University, expressed “profound concern” about plans to withdraw the MA in black studies and global justice, just months after the course was launched. In a statement shared on social media dur
Former Democratic Congresswoman Katie Porter got smoked in Tuesday’s "jungle primary" for California ’s governor’s race, the runoff for which will come in November. Right now, it looks like Steve Hilton vs. Xavier Becerra will face each other in the general election, though that won’t be certain for days — but we do know Porter won’t be in the final. She plummeted from her position as the early front-runner and darling of progressives last year after questions about her temperament surfaced and
If you want to understand what's broken about higher education in America, look no further than one statistic. According to a recent survey, the average college student expects to earn $80,000 a year shortly after graduation. The reality? The average starting salary is closer to $56,000. That's a 30% gap between expectation and reality before a graduate even receives their first paycheck. And that's not even the worst news. Recent college graduates are facing an unemployment rate of roughly 5.6%
On Nov. 4, 1979, I was serving as duty officer at the headquarters of the 8th Infantry Division in Bad Kreuznach, West Germany . Late that day, a message arrived: Radical Iranian revolutionaries had stormed the U.S. Embassy in Tehran and seized dozens of Americans. My job was to carry that report to the division commander, Maj. Gen. William J. Livsey, and keep him informed as the situation developed. No special orders came down. No one fully grasped that we were watching the birth of a geopoliti
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With 4,600 sailors finally home, USS Gerald R. Ford will finally receive some much needed repairs and an upgrade to its beleaguered sewage system. (Image credit: Mike Kropf)
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Just 3% of U.S. households pay for AI for personal use. Sign ups are growing — even though Americans have subscription fatigue. (Image credit: CHARLY TRIBALLEAU)
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A new study has found that the National Guard's presence in Washington, D.C. had no effect on violent crime in the city. The Guard has been deployed since last August as part of a federal task force to fight crime, and their numbers are set to double in the coming weeks. (Image credit: Alex Wroblewski)
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Hurricane season is expected to be milder than usual this year. But that's not stopping cell phone companies from pulling out all the stops. (Image credit: Melissa Sue Gerrits)
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There are theories that "love" in the tennis context has French, English or Dutch origins. But like many words, historians and language experts say it's hard to pin down the "right" answer. (Image credit: Kirsty Wigglesworth)
