Comprehensive coverage of the day’s news with a focus on war and peace; social, environmental and economic justice.
- Senate passes bipartisan $1.2 trillion infrastructure package.
- New York Governor Andrew Cuomo resigns, after sexual harassment probe.
- More than 900 homes and buildings destroyed in Dixie fire, California’s largest wildfire.
- Dallas and Austin schools defy Governor Greg Abbott’s ban on mask mandates.
- President Joe Biden calls ban on mask mandates “disingenuous.”
- Lawmakers and housing advocates urge extension of expiring rental assistance programs.
- Oakland Chinatown Chamber of Commerce appeals to Governor to address violent crime.
- United Nations cites 183 dead in Afghanistan, President Biden holds to exiting country.
- Senate hearing debates diplomacy vs. deterrence in Middle East and Yemen civil war.
Photo of Dixie fire’s destruction in Greenville, Ca by Felton Davis.