1+ hour, 45+ min ago  (574+ words) Two events from the past week help crystallize this strange, contradictory moment for the U. S. economy. On Wednesday, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that the surge in energy prices had wiped out a year and a half of wage gains…...

2+ hour, 42+ min ago  (1075+ words) When Kostaq Konomi approached what he says is his land on the seafront in southern Albania last month, he was met with a barbed wire fence and men in black uniforms who refused him entry. The land, he later learned…...

23+ hour, 32+ min ago  (144+ words) GV Wire Political commentator Peter Beinart said in a transcript that the Trump administration has considered deporting Quincy Institute executive vice president Trita Parsi, a claim that has not been independently verified. (GV Wire Composite) Political commentator Peter Beinart said…...

1+ day, 2+ hour ago  (648+ words) Under growing pressure from a restive public during the summer of 2020, the Legislature passed a bill that put police shootings of unarmed people under the jurisdiction of the California Department of Justice. The belief, at the time, was that pulling…...

2+ day, 1+ hour ago  (1043+ words) The last time Space X launched a rocket in South Texas, charter boat captain Eddie Reyes was bobbing in a pontoon boat less than 2 miles from the pad with a group of paying passengers. A blast of flames erupted and…...

2+ day, 4+ hour ago  (1219+ words) HERMISTON, Ore. " In the early months of the year, thousands of men make their way north from Mexico and Central America to tend America's most delicate crops. They travel on chartered buses through the night to farms where they spend…...

2+ day, 5+ hour ago  (415+ words) Merced is growing, but the question is whether we are growing in a way that actually works for the people who live here. After reviewing discussion around the city's'Existing Conditions and Trends Workbook, one thing feels very clear to me:…...

3+ day, 5+ hour ago  (676+ words) Every election cycle, I keep seeing the same confusion pop up the moment a major news organization "calls" a race. People ask how the media can declare a winner before all the votes are counted, or why anyone is still…...

4+ day, 43+ min ago  (808+ words) When is a minimum wage hike of more than $11 per hour actually a pay cut? That question has dominated the debate over a current California housing bill that has riven the state's two most powerful construction worker unions and many…...

4+ day, 2+ hour ago  (1688+ words) There is a crisis quietly unfolding across the Central Valley. It is not making national headlines, but its impact will be felt by thousands of families, children, seniors, and individuals facing hardship. If shelters closed their doors, after-school programs disappeared,…...