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Waiting For Housing: "Generation Priced Out"

We all know that house prices and rents are skyrocketing. Randy Shaw is a San Francisco-based housing activist who shows that even socially progressive…

An unopened vial of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine at the Deschutes County Public Health Department in Bend, Ore., Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2021.

California Will Require Vaccination Or Testing For Health Care, State Workers

California will require health care workers and state employees to show proof of COVID-19 vaccination or be tested weekly and wear masks at work.

Supporters of former President Donald Trump flock to the Jan. 6 rally in Washington, D.C. Officials who were speakers at that rally are under scrutiny over the riot at the U.S. Capitol later that day.

A Lawsuit Against Jan. 6 Rally Speakers Forces DOJ To Consider Who's Legally Immune

The Justice Department is considering whether the federal officials who spoke at a Trump rally ahead of the insurrection were acting within the scope of their jobs that day.

As It Was: Logger Brazenly Escapes from Port Orford Original Jail

The original jail of Port Orford, Ore., still stands, though quite the worse for wear. Built in 1936 during the height of the timber industry, it was…

To mask or not to mask: That is the question for vaccinated people as the Delta variant surges. The answer: It depends. Being outdoors reduces the risk of infection. Being shoulder-to-shoulder with screaming people ... look out! Maybe that's why these roller-coaster riders at Knott's Berry Farm in Buena Park, California, masked up.

CDC Tells The Vaccinated To Mask Up In Some Settings. Our Questionnaire Can Guide You

The CDC has reversed its position that vaccinated people no longer need masks and recommends masking up again in certain settings. Does that mean grocery stores? What about roller coasters?

Lee Miller, <em>Self-Portrait with Headband</em> (variant), 1932 gelatin silver print, Lee Miller Studios Inc., New York

Behind The Lens, These Women Created Photographs That Leap Over Decades

Two current museum exhibitions — The Woman Who Broke Boundaries at the Dali Museum and The New Woman Behind the Camera at the Metropolitan Museum of Art — celebrate women photographers.

Day After Thanksgiving | Still In Turkey Coma: 2x Exchange Exemplars

There's still way too much left-over turkey for us to produce a new Exchange. So we offer a few gems from programs past on this Black Friday (no, we're…

IRS Warns Against Child Tax Credit Scams

Scammers are trying to steal the personal information of taxpayers who received their child tax credit. The IRS says that scammers are trying to impersonate their agency to take money and sensitive information from unsuspecting families.

In this June 12, 2021 photo, Afghan security personnel inspect the site of a bomb explosion in Kabul, Afghanistan. In a report released Monday, the United Nations said that more women and children were killed and wounded in Afghanistan in the first half of 2021 than in any year since the UN began keeping count.

As U.S. Withdraws, Civilian Casualties In Afghanistan Reach A Record High

The U.N. warns that without a major de-escalation in violence, Afghanistan is on course to have the highest ever number of documented civilian casualties in a single year since record-keeping began.

Former Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed attends an NBC News panel discussion at the Georgia Aquarium in Atlanta in May of 2012. Reed is trying to make a political comeback by saying he's the mayoral candidate who can help lower Atlanta's rising crime rate.

Rise In Crime May Help Atlanta's Ex-Mayor's Campaign, Despite Cloud Of Corruption

All over the country, a rise in crime is influencing messaging behind political runs. In Atlanta, Kasim Reed, a former two-term mayor, is running again saying that he can lower the city's crime rate.

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