5/4/2022 -
Between Apr. 28, 2021, and Apr. 28, 2022, ProCon asked readers their thoughts on how the internet affects their brains and whether online information is reliable and trustworthy. See the results now.
5/4/2022 -
Almost 79,000 Cubans have arrived at the US/Mexico border in the 2022 fiscal year, the highest number since the Mariel boatlift in 1980 when 125,000 Cubans migrated.
5/3/2022 -
A first draft majority opinion written by Justice Samuel Alito indicated the court would overturn Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey. The final opinion, which could be different than the leak, is not due to be published by the Supreme Court until late June 2022.
4/25/2022 -
The mission took three paying customers and a former NASA astronaut to the ISS.
4/21/2022 -
The US Supreme Court ruled on Apr. 21, 2022 that Puerto Ricans do not have a constitutional right to some federal benefits, including Supplemental Security Income. The ruling could be applied by Congress to other benefits such as Medicare and Social Security, even though Puerto Ricans pay federal taxes.
4/13/2022 -
Georgia joins 23 other states in not requiring concealed carry permits for handguns.
4/11/2022 -
On Apr. 8, 2022, a SpaceX capsule launched, carrying three paying customers and a former NASA astronaut on a 10-day roundtrip to the International Space Station (ISS).
4/8/2022 -
The report lists benefits between 2020 and 2050 including: $1.2 trillion in health benefits, 110,000 lives saved, over 2.7 million asthma attacks avoided (among those aged 6-18 years), and a savings of 13.4 million lost work days.
4/8/2022 -
The solar panel has a thermoelectric generator that pulls electricity from the temperature difference between the solar cell and the air, allowing the panel to generate electricity at night.
4/6/2022 -
Begun by President Trump, the student loan repayment pause will have been in effect for over two years by the end of the current pause’s end in Aug. 2022.
4/4/2022 -
Book challenges jumped to an all-time high in 2021 with 729 challenges, containing a total of 1,597 books.
4/1/2022 -
In a largely partisan vote, the US House of Representatives voted 220 to 204 to decriminalize marijuana, including medical and recreational use. However, neither the House bill nor a similar bill in the Senate are expected to garner enough Republican votes to be passed.
3/29/2022 -
Terminally ill people will no longer be subject to a residency requirement to seek physician-assisted suicide in Oregon.
Compassion & Choices, a national advocacy group, sued Oregon. The Oregon Health Authority and the Oregon Medical Board settled in the U.S. District Court in Portland on Monday, agreeing to stop enforcing the residency requirement and to ask the legislature to edit the law. The group plans to pressure the eight other states and DC with aid-in-dying programs to lift their residency requirements.
3/22/2022 -
Should birth control pills be available over the counter? Explore updated arguments, quotes, and supplemental research.
3/21/2022 -
The protestors were accused of “destabilizing public order, collective security and citizen tranquility” during the 2021 protests.
