If you go into most major retailers today, you will notice that stock levels are lower than usual and there are some empty shelves. But most items are still available most of the time, and that is good news. However that could all change by the end of the year.
The status of the US dollar, including as the world's reserve currency, depends on its dominance of global markets, especially the oil market, where 80% of sales are done in US dollars. If Saudi Arabia were to break the tradition of pricing its oil in dollars it would dramatically affect the US dollar's status and potentially the entire US economy.
The anti-natalist vegan organization Stop Having Kids proclaims, "There is an unconscionable amount of needless suffering and death in the world. Birth serves as the catalyst for it all."
The city council of Somerville, Massachusetts has passed an ordinance to ban crisis pregnancy centers from the city due to their "disingenuous" decision not to provide or refer for abortion.
The Abraham Accords are nearly two years old and their importance cannot be overstated. Not only have they revolutionized the Missile East, but they have serious implications in any potential conflict with Iran.
Why would any administration in its right mind permit an official state sponsor of terrorism, the Islamic Republic of Iran, to have nuclear weapons, as well as billions of dollars that will assuredly be used for funding members of the Revolutionary Guard"?
The share of American high-school students who say they feel "persistent feelings of sadness or hopelessness" rose from 26 percent to 44 percent. This is the highest level of teenage sadness ever recorded. Almost every measure of mental health is getting worse, for every teenage demographic, and it's happening all across the country.
18 U.S. food processing facilities have burned down in the last six months and now the FBI is warning that America's farmers are being specifically targeted by ransomware attacks.