President Donald Trump’s on-again, off-again tariffs are putting many California businesses, jobs and the state budget at risk. They’re affecting not only long-term relationships with trading partners, but an intricate web of ecosystems and supply chains. The California business owners and groups grappling with the tariffs — wine shop owners, winery founders, farmers — say the precise effects on their industries are unclear so far. They hope there will be an upside. But for those who have a broad view of trade, things look grim. The Port of Los Angeles...

An unusual consensus around energy policy has emerged in the campaign ahead of Canada's April 28 election, with the two main candidates both promising to fast track energy projects to diversify oil exports away from the United States. President Donald Trump's tariff threats and talk of annexing Canada as the 51st state sparked a national conversation around energy supplies in the world's No. 4 oil exporter. Recent public opinion polls show a dramatic uptick in support for the idea of building new cross-Canada pipelines, a concept that once faced widespread...

Corporate media love a good crime — especially when that crime aids their mission to advance their political agenda. When it comes to harms that counteract their preferred narratives, such as the abuse and exploitation that wrack the abortion and fertility industries, however, press outlets are indefensibly silent. The media’s deliberate ignorance of certain victims dates back decades, such as when infamous Philadelphia abortionist Kermit Gosnell was arrested, tried, and eventually convicted for murdering born-alive babies in 2013.

GB Energy to be blocked from using slavery-linked solar Britain's state-owned energy company will not be allowed to use solar panels linked to Chinese slave labour, under changes to government plans. Energy Secretary Ed Miliband will introduce an amendment to legislation to ensure there is no slavery in GB Energy's supply chains. It comes after ministers rejected an amendment to a bill last month that would have prevented GB Energy spending money on solar panels where supply chains had "credible evidence of modern slavery". The production of solar panels in...

Based on facts, either observed and verified firsthand by the reporter, or reported and verified from knowledgeable sources. Birth and fertility rates have long been a major talking point in the United States which, along with many major economies, is facing population decline. America's fertility rate is now projected to average 1.6 births per woman over the next three decades, according to the Congressional Budget Office's latest forecast released in 2025. This is well below the level of 2.1 births required to maintain a stable population without immigration. But the...