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The Most Influential Family Advocate You Probably Hadn’t Heard Of | National Review
Karen Wright should be remembered in the pantheon of modern American heroes. Source link
Thailand to pick rate-cut advocate Vitai Ratanakorn as central bank chief
Thailand is poised to name veteran banker Vitai Ratanakorn as the next governor of the central bank, sources familiar said, selecting an advocate of aggressive interest rate cuts to...
Supreme Court will decide if religious schools may be funded as public charters
WASHINGTON —  The Supreme Court announced Friday it will hear an Oklahoma case to decide whether the state must authorize a religious school as a public charter.The new church-state case...
‘Freaked out’: Fear, uncertainty grip California’s immigrant community as Trump rolls out crackdown plan
Leticia Jimenez expects to graduate from Cal State San Bernardino this spring with a degree in business administration.She came to the country without authorization when she was 2 years...
Paco Ignacio Taibo II: A book-reading advocate in the era of TikTok
Mexico City —  He is among Mexico’s most celebrated novelists, historians and left-wing activists. But Paco Ignacio Taibo II is best known for his fictional alter ego: Héctor Belascoarán Shayne,...
Newsom’s plan to support immigrants doesn’t do enough to shield them from Trump deportations, advocates say
WASHINGTON —  Gov. Gavin Newsom’s administration has drafted a conceptual plan to help undocumented immigrants under threat of deportation after President-elect Donald Trump takes office. But some advocates worry the...
Jimmy Carter dies; 39th president became influential human rights advocate
Jimmy Carter, a peanut farmer and little-known Georgia governor who became the 39th president of the United States, promising “honest and decent” government to Watergate-weary Americans, and later returned...
Has nuclear power entered a new era of acceptance amid global warming?
When Heather Hoff took a job at Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant, she was skeptical of nuclear energy — so much so that she resolved to report anything questionable...
Chris Wright: Trump Picks Oil Boss and Fracking Advocate to Head Department of Energy
President-elect Donald Trump said on Saturday that he has chosen longtime fracking advocate Chris Wright to head the Department of Energy in his administration. Wright, is the CEO of...
‘Keep going’: advocate weighs in on what’s next for women in politics
In the wake of Kamala Harris's defeat in the presidential race, the vision of a woman in the White House remains tantalizingly out of reach.The vice president's loss marked...