Colombia reports 215 human rights defenders murdered in 2022

Colombia’s human rights watchdog is reporting that 215 human rights advocates were killed last year, the highest death toll since a peace accord was signed with leftist rebels in 2016. Jos? Ricaurte Quintero, who founded the Man? Survivors Association, was one of the last victims of 2022. He was assassinated in the street in Armenia […]

At least seven dead in northern California shootings

Read More Seven people have been killed in an agricultural region of northern California, authorities said on Monday, the latest shootings to rattle the state in recent days. Two fatal shootings took place at a mushroom farm and a trucking firm on the outskirts of Half Moon Bay, a coastal community about 30 miles south […]

Poorest in UK have ?40 a month less to spare than a year ago, study finds

Read More The UK’s least affluent households have almost ?40 a month less spare cash than they did a year ago while the richest have gained a similar sum in the same period, according to figures exposing how inflation has hit the poorest the hardest. The wealthiest 20% of households had ?36 a month more […]

South Dakota legislators push to teach American exceptionalism in public education

Post Content A group of South Dakota lawmakers pushed forward an initiative on Monday that offers an optional social studies curriculum for K-12 and university students rooted in “American exceptionalism” and the founding ideals of the U.S. Programs offering similar educational models have been explored in other states, like a Michigan-based program from conservative Hillsdale […]

South Dakota House passes $200M housing package

Post Content The South Dakota House passed a $200 million fund for housing infrastructure projects, pushing the funding package over its final hurdle in the Legislature after a right-wing group of Republicans sought to thwart its passage. The funding package evenly divides the $200 million between loans and grants from the South Dakota Housing Development […]