The Latest Breaking News from America

‘A threat to the country’: Biden warns of Trump and GOP extremism threatening ‘the very foundations of our republic’

‘For a long time, we’ve reassured ourselves that American democracy is guaranteed. But it is not’

The Independent UK · Sep 1, 2022

America’s getting back to work, and that includes Illinois

Since Joe Biden took office, we’ve added 9.5 million jobs to the economy. The unemployment rate has plunged to 3.5%, matching a 53-year low.

Chicago Sun-Times · Sep 1, 2022

Long COVID has put 4 million out of work

A new study reckons with the incredible economic impact of long COVID, which has erased over 2% of the workforce

Salon · Sep 1, 2022

Indian-American man racially abused by American Sikh customer: ‘You’re a Hindu who bathes in cow urine’

Abuser is now charged with hate crime in violation of civil rights, assault and disturbing peace

The Independent UK · Sep 1, 2022

Polling shows that US voters favor climate bills – yet assume fellow Americans don’t

Part of the key to collective action may be to overcome the ‘false social reality’ that makes us assume no one else cares about the climate

The Guardian - US · Sep 1, 2022

Don't celebrate too soon, Democrats

Republican hubris and overreach is leading toward dramatic payback — but Democrats' sugar high could be fleeting

Salon · Sep 1, 2022

Lynn Schmidt: An election system designed to excuse officials from responding to constituents

If an employee was completely unresponsive to her or his employer, the employee would likely not have a job for very long. Unfortunately, this is not the case in politics. Americans’ approval rating of the job Congress is doing has fallen to 18%, yet in the 2020 general election, 93%…

St. Louis Post-Dispatch · Sep 1, 2022

Reading, math scores fell sharply during pandemic, data show

A new national study finds math and reading scores for America's 9-year-old students fell sharply during the pandemic, underscoring the impact of two years of learning disruptions

The Independent UK · Sep 1, 2022

US admiral issues blunt warning on building Australian submarines in overstretched shipyards

Helping Australia acquire nuclear-powered submarines could be too big a burden for America's shipyards, a senior US Navy official warns.

ABC News · Sep 1, 2022

Indian-American racially abuses Indian-American in California

The accused, Singh Tejinder, called the victim, Krishnan Jayaraman, a "dirty Hindu"

The Hindu · Aug 31, 2022