University of North Carolina student Brendan Rosenblum joined NewsNation on Wednesday after a video of him and his frat brothers protecting an American flag on campus during a protest went viral and hundreds of thousands were crowdfunded for the college students. Rosenblum, a member of the Pi Kappa Phi fraternity, spoke with Leland Vittert for … Read more
Several worker unions, college students and community organizations marched, sat-in and continued to camp out throughout the Bay Area during May Day protests on Wednesday. In the East Bay, Oakland Sin Fronteras, a coalition of organizations that support workers and immigrant rights, held a march to recognize and celebrate International Worker’s Day and in solidarity … Read more
If you believe Jerry Seinfeld’s gloomy assessment of the movie business — that, in his words, it’s over, to put it bluntly — then it probably follows that you haven’t ventured out to your local cinema much if at all in the recent past. Maybe you look at the kind of films Hollywood is churning … Read more
Blinken opposes Netanyahu’s plan for Rafah invasion – CBS News Watch CBS News In a visit to Israel on Wednesday, Secretary of State Antony Blinken indicated the U.S. does not support Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s plan for a ground invasion of the southern Gaza city of Rafah. Ramy Inocencio reports from Tel Aviv. Be … Read more
A bill aimed at barring landlords from using algorithms to set rents died in the Colorado Senate on Wednesday after a group of moderate Democrats joined Republicans to reject a more forceful House version of the measure. The crux of the disagreement was an adopted amendment that bill backers charged had been written by a … Read more
Last month, Marjorie Taylor Greene’s GOP colleagues responded to her calls to oust House Speaker Mike Johnson by saying things like, “Don’t bother us,” and stop “airing your grievances,” and “Nobody cares what Marjorie Taylor Greene says or thinks.” Unfortunately for Greene (or maybe unfortunately for her coworkers), she did not appear to get the … Read more
A state legislative committee recommended lawmakers take a pass on enacting a ballot question that would get rid of the MCAS graduation requirement for students on Wednesday, sending the question another step towards landing before voters in November. The MCAS ballot question, backed by the Massachusetts Teachers Association and other education advocates, would get rid … Read more
It’s hard to get 260 Alberta municipal governments to agree on much, which is why their blanket organization seldom has anything provocative to say. What advocacy points can members as disparate as Calgary, Lethbridge, the town of Two Hills and the villages of Czar, Barons and Bawlf agree on? Safer fare, typically — suggestions that … Read more
Alyssa Farah Griffin brought down the mood on The View on Wednesday, confusing her co-hosts after declaring she was in a “good mood” and then proceeding to paint a bleak picture of President Joe Biden’s reelection chances. “So, I am in such a good mood today and I hate to raise this point, but I … Read more
After months living out of an RV at a sprawling homeless camp north of downtown San Jose, Heidi White was relieved to move her 1995 Ford motorhome into the city’s first long-term managed 24/7 safe parking lot. She no longer needed to worry about encampment fires or drug dealing outside her door, and staff running … Read more
