Progressive search for action

11+ min ago (733+ words) A polar bear hunts on pack ice in the Arctic Ocean.Sven-Erik Arndt/Arterra/Universal Images Group/Getty This story was originally published by'the Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the'Climate Desk'collaboration. Changes in polar bear DNA that could help the animals adapt to warmer climates have been detected by researchers, in a study thought to be the first time a statistically significant link has been found between rising temperatures and changing DNA in a wild mammal species. Climate breakdown is threatening the survival of polar bears. Two-thirds of them are'expected to have disappeared'by 2050 as their icy habitat melts and the weather becomes hotter. Now scientists at the University of East Anglia have found that some genes related to heat stress, ageing, and metabolism are behaving differently in polar bears living in southeast'Greenland, suggesting they may be adjusting…...

1+ hour, 3+ min ago (650+ words) President Trump's pledge to pardon Tina Peters, a former Colorado county clerk convicted of tampering with voting machines, touched off a furious new battle on Friday over the fate of perhaps the last high-profile 2020 election denier still behind bars," the New York Times reports. Democratic leaders in Colorado dismissed the pardon as an empty attempt to bully a Democratic state into freeing one of the president's political allies. They argued that Mr. Trump had no legal power to overturn Ms. Peters' conviction in state court." Former President Joe Biden has raised only a small fraction of the money needed to construct a presidential library, leaving uncertainty about when a library might be built and its" White House pressure to ramp up deportations has sparked rising tension and finger-pointing inside the Department of Homeland Security, with the agency's secretary, Kristi Noem,…...

1+ hour, 11+ min ago (581+ words) Donald Trump recently told reporters he'd have "no problem" releasing video of US strikes off the Venezuelan coast where two survivors clinging to the shipwreck were shown no quarter " executions that violated federal law, the US Code on War Crimes, and the Uniform Code of Military Justice prohibiting murder. But when asked about the video three days later, Trump denied ever agreeing to release it, claiming, "You said that, I didn't say that. This is ABC fake news," before pivoting to "whatever Pete Hegseth decides" to release to the media will be fine with him. It was a safe punt. The Secretary of Defense has fought media access to the Pentagon like no secretary before him. Hegseth will keep spinning his "kill everyone" strikes, his Signalgate publication of war plans, and every other military crime he can get away with…...

1+ hour, 41+ min ago (583+ words) Karen Gleason, a veteran reporter, observes the border wall that was expanded by Governor Greg Abbott to deter the inflow of migrants. It does not quell migrants, nor does it resolve the political divide of Del Rio, where Gleason lives.Sara Hylton/Amplifier Del Rio sits on the banks of the Rio Grande River in Val Verde County in southwestern Texas. The small border city of 34,000 people has been at the center of the migrant crisis, most notably when thousands of Haitian migrants made headlines in September 2021 as they sheltered under a bridge outside of town. This crisis was just one of several incidents during which residents of Del Rio and surrounding communities received a slew of misinformation and disinformation. The Del Rio News-Herald, a longstanding daily newspaper, closed in November 2020, making the city part of a growing trend of…...

1+ hour, 41+ min ago (297+ words) How often does one put thought into what a meal from McDonald's is worth? Sure, it may be cheaper than most other places, but it doesn't mean it's affordable to everyone, especially with inflation plaguing several fast food places in recent years. One mom and daughter just experienced this firsthand. Dayana, who goes by @dayajiselle on TikTok, captures a bittersweet moment and uploads it to TikTok. The short eight-second clip now has 4.6 million views and over a thousand comments. Now, several viewers are angry about the prices, but not many mention the difference between the countries selling them. Newsweek sent out reporters in the two countries to compare taste and variety. Aside from the many comments about those, they also compared the prices. Most of the top comments came from viewers blasting McDonald's pricing. One viewer says, "Them not making…...

2+ hour, 11+ min ago (1378+ words) After my mother escaped the Holocaust, she broke the law to save her family. Her immigration story is more pertinent today than ever before. Regina Treitler and her husband. In 1952, my mother, her brother, and her nephew stood before the US Supreme Court, accused of violating the 1945 War Brides Act. They had already been found guilty in the trial court, and that verdict had been upheld in the court of appeals. Now they faced their final confrontation. If their conviction was upheld at the Supreme Court, they would be fined and sentenced to prison. The War Brides Act was enacted at the end of WWII as a way to permit the foreign spouses and children of US Armed Forces personnel to immigrate to the United States outside of the normal processes and restrictions imposed by immigration quotas at the time....

2+ hour, 22+ min ago (213+ words) This week, it came to Delhi's Alliance Francaise for a screening ahead of its OTT release on Manorama Max today, fresh off actor Shamla Hamza's Kerala State Award win for Best Actress in 2025 for her performance as Fathima. A journey of autonomy His approach to the characters follows the same gentleness. There are no villains here " only people shaped by habit and the roles they have inherited over generations. "They're just carriers of old traditions and society's expectations," he says. "Eventually, like Ashraf, everyone will change." He says much of the film's impact lies in how the community perceives it. Muhammed recalls shooting in neighbourhoods full of "Fathimas', women who recognised themselves in the story. "Nobody asked why I was doing this," he says. "They were asking themselves, "Why didn't we do this?' They were laughing and realising things. That's…...

3+ hour, 41+ min ago (834+ words) Over the past few years, we have seen a conservative backlash, both among Palestinians and Lebanese," says Leila El-Ali. There has been a kind of escalation", adds El-Ali, who's the director of NajdehExternal link, an aid organisation run by and for Palestine refugees in Lebanon. Multiple factors have come together, each exacerbating the other. Lebanon has been battered by economic hardship, political instability and war since 2019. The most vulnerable groups are hit the hardest, including the Palestinian refugees who have lived in the country for decades but still remain on the margins. Women and children, in particular, bear the brunt, says El-Ali. Since Lebanon's economic crisis in 2019, unemployment has soared, leaving Palestinians, who have long struggled to gain access to the labour market, even more dependent on international aid. Many Palestinians work for international organisations like [the UN Palestinian refugee…...

4+ hour, 40+ min ago (306+ words) Chicago has been one of the latest stops on the Trump administration's deportation tour. "Operation Midway Blitz" started in September and, for months, Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Border Patrol agents have been roaming the streets and detaining hundreds of people. This week on Reveal, host Al Letson and producer Ashley Cleek visit Chicago to [] Chicago has been one of the latest stops on the Trump administration's deportation tour. "Operation Midway Blitz" started in September and, for months, Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Border Patrol agents have been roaming the streets and detaining hundreds of people. Letson and Cleek also see how communities are mobilizing to protect each other, and how some of the tensions over immigration raids stretch back to decisions made by the city back in 2022. They also learn from 404 Media's Joseph Cox about face-scanning apps used by…...

5+ hour, 52+ min ago (742+ words) Explore how Odisha's 15th-century Lakshmi Purana challenged caste, patriarchy, and inequality, offering a timeless vision of women's empowerment, dignity, and spiritual agency But the deeper critique lies in how the male gods react. Jagannath and Balabhadra reject Lakshmi for breaking caste norms, demonstrating how the structures of exclusion are upheld not by divine will but by social prejudice. Lakshmi's exit from the temple is symbolic: a society that disrespects its women and clings to discrimination risks losing prosperity, harmony, and grace. At the psychological level, Lakshmi Purana champions a woman's self-esteem and inner strength. Lakshmi refuses to succumb to the humiliation imposed by the male gods. She neither pleads nor compromises; instead, she asserts her autonomy by leaving the temple and withdrawing her role as the goddess of prosperity. This moment is deeply symbolic of a woman's refusal to accept…...