2025 SCOTUS Roundup

At the first Lawyers, Community, and Impact (LCI) event of the year, held on September 10 and moderated by Benjamin Liebman, vice dean for intellectual life and Robert L. Lieff Professor of Law, Columbia Law School faculty experts Gillian Metzger,...

Women’s Rights Are the First Casualty of Authoritarian Power

President Donald Trump after signing the No Men in Women’s Sports executive order—the third EO he signed that specifically targets transgender people—in the East Room of the White House on Feb. 5, 2025. (Andrew Harnik / Getty Images) Originally...

After Visits With Loved Ones, Some in ICE Custody Face Invasive Strip Searches

Honest, paywall-free news is rare. Please support our boldly independent journalism with a donation of any size. After Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrested a woman from Venezuela following her immigration court hearing, her friends visited...

The CIA and the Shadow of Imperialism: Hybrid War Threats Against Venezuela

Latin American history is written by the popular struggles for sovereignty and independence, and also by the constant meddling of the United States. Since the mid-twentieth century, the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) established itself as the...

TT can turn it around: Federick II, Khan confident in World Cup qualifying rebound

Sports Jonathan Ramnanansingh 3 Hrs Ago Trinidad and Tobago's Molik Khan - Photo courtesy TTFA Media Trinidad and Tobago midfielder Wayne Frederick II believes preparation and self-belief will be vital to reviving their FIFA World Cup qualifying...

Hispanic culture celebration continues beyond Heritage Month in Rothschild

ROTHSCHILD, Wis. (WSAW) - A non-profit organization in Wausau is celebrating its impact on the Hispanic Community this weekend. On Saturday, Healthy Opportunities for Latin Americans, also known as “HOLA,” will have an event where they will...

Theatre review: ‘littleboy/littleman’ shares modern American Dream with snug staging, snappy sound

The truth of “littleboy/littleman” is that growing up isn’t easy. The world tour of the grippingly honest play has arrived at the Geffen Playhouse’s Audrey Skirball Kenis Theater. Playing from Oct. 1 through Nov. 2, the show runs for ninety...

Venezuelan Coup Leader Maria Corina Machado Vows To Privatize Oil

2025 Nobel Peace Prize winner María Corina Machado, a US government-funded far-right coup leader, vowed to privatize Venezuela’s oil. US companies will “make a lot of money”, she told Donald Trump Jr. in an interview. The 2025 Nobel Peace Prize...

Black Ops 2, Treyarch's unexpectedly experimental shooter, still surprises and discomforts – though not always intentionally

For a first-person shooter, there's no greater honour than a musical theme from Trent Reznor. It's only ever been bestowed on two games: Id Software's Quake, and Treyarch's Black Ops II. Both were studios at the peak of their pop cultural powers,...

Russian President Vladimir Putin Marks His 73rd Birthday

Tue 07 Oct 2025 | 02:33 PM Russian President Vladimir Putin President of Russia Vladimir Putin is celebrating his birthday, according to TV BRICS. Putin was born on 7 October 1952 in Leningrad. Until 1965, he attended a secondary school of general...

Cheo Hurtado, the Soul of Venezuela, Performs at the Permanent Mission in The Hague

As part of a series of cultural activities highlighting Latin American talent in Europe, the Permanent Mission of Venezuela in The Hague distinguished itself by presenting the renowned maestro Cheo Hurtado, in what became an unforgettable evening...

Belize Athletics Team heads to Quetzaltenango, Guatemala for 12th Central American Games

Views: 50 Views: 49 Posted: Thursday, October 16, 2025. 5:05 pm CST. Belize Athletics Team consisting of (L-R) Nyasha Harris, Tamia Bennett, Kamron Gentle, Head of Delegation Jada Parchue, Coach Frederick Evans. Missing: Brandon Jones – Photo...

Venezuela’s Best Chance for Freedom

Venezuela’s tragic collapse from petrostate to failed state has a name: Nicolás Maduro. His first stolen “reelection” in 2018, dismissed globally as neither free nor fair, sealed the fate of a nation now hollowed out and starving. It’s time for...

Survivor 49 recap: A tribe swap does not do wonders By Dalton Ross 21

Before we dig deep into episode 4 of Survivor 49, let’s take a spin in my time-traveling DeLorean and punch in the date of September 25, 2019. Much like the anticipation everyone is currently feeling about Survivor 50 hovering in the Fijian...

Noteworthy 10/1-8: KAMASI, AL GREEN, SAME WEEK? OH MY!

By CHARLES ANDREWS YOU’VE EITHER STUMBLED IN HERE Or you meant to. Either way, great to see you. Let’s talk music and see who’s playing this week. You may have read the NOTEWORTHY column over the past eight years in the Santa Monica Daily Press....

CIA deployment gives Trump no ‘limitations’ on Venezuela action

US President Donald Trump has acknowledged that he has authorised the CIA to conduct covert operations in Venezuela – a highly unusual admission of what is normally a highly sensitive and tightly guarded state secret. The authorisation – more...

Reimagining Commercial Underwriting in the Age of AI

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Tickets for N.J. Coffee Festival are selling fast. Grab yours here.

The NJ Coffee Festival is a little more than two weeks away and tickets for the Saturday sessions are almost gone. NJ.com’s second coffee festival is a two-day event, happening Saturday, Nov. 1 and Sunday, Nov. 2 at The Event Center at iPlay...

Trump authorises CIA covert operations in Venezuela, as he weighs direct attack

US President Donald Trump has authorised the CIA to conduct covert operations in Venezuela, deepening the US’s entanglement in the oil-rich South American country in a move that recalls American shadow wars of the 1970s and 1980s. Trump confirmed...

People in ICE custody face invasive strip searches after visits with loved ones

The Otay Mesa Detention Center in San Diego. Photo: Jason Doiy/Getty Images. JasonDoiy After Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrested a woman from Venezuela following her immigration court hearing, her friends visited her at Otay Mesa...