Analysis

Raven Software helps develop the popular Call of Duty franchise for Activision Blizzard. Recently, workers there staged a weeks-long walkout to protest layoffs.

Arts

Will Activision Blizzard workers unionize? Microsoft's deal complicates things

5:19pm February 17, 2022

by Andrew Limbong

The video game industry has long been resistant to organizing. But quality assurance testers at video game giant Activision Blizzard hope to change that.

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WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 15, 2020: Donald Trump and Chinese Vice Premier Liu He, hold up signed agreements of phase 1 of a trade deal between the U.S. and China, in the East Room at the White House.

China promised Trump a better deal for America; it didn't actually deliver

6:58am February 15, 2022

by Greg Rosalsky

In 2020, President Trump signed a deal with the Chinese government to improve trade relations. China, for the most part, has not followed through.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy takes a selfie at the first congress of his party called Servant of the People in the city Botanical Garden, Kiev, Ukraine, Sunday, June 9, 2019.

Ukraine president's ratings fall as crisis with Russia brews

3:02am February 14, 2022

by The Associated Press

After 2½ years in office, the former comedian Volodymur Zelenskyy is watching his once enormous support dissolve as Ukraine faces the threat of a possible invasion by Russia.

Women chant slogans protesting violence against women and demanding the release of all detainees before the U.N. rights office in Khartoum, Sudan, Feb. 2, 2022.

Sudan's military rulers step up crackdown and arrests of activists

5:19am February 11, 2022

by The Associated Press

Hundreds of activists and protest leaders have been targeted since a military coup last October removed a transitional government from power. The detentions have intensified in recent weeks.

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath flashes a victory sign to the crowd from a helicopter as he leaves after an election rally ahead of state elections in Muradabad, India, Tuesday, Feb.8, 2022.

Indian state begins voting in key test for PM Narendra Modi's ruling party

3:28am February 10, 2022

by The Associated Press

The state polls in Uttar Pradesh – India's most populous with over 230 million people – are a test for Prime Minister Narendra Modi's ruling party ahead of general elections in 2024.

Podcaster and comic Joe Rogan, who also serves as a mixed martial arts commentator, looks on at a UFC fight in 2015.

Arts

I have a name for what fueled Joe Rogan's new scandal: Bigotry Denial Syndrome

5:59pm February 09, 2022

by Eric Deggans

Joe Rogan doesn't think of himself as a racist. But that doesn't mean his language isn't harmful.

The receiving station of the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline stands near Lubmin, Germany, on Feb. 2. Nord Stream 2, owned by Russian energy company Gazprom, is to transport Russian natural gas from Russia to Germany, but President Biden has said the pipeline w

Explaining why natural gas plays such a big role in the Russia-Ukraine crisis

2:50pm February 09, 2022

As much as 40% of Europe's natural gas supply comes from Russia, a reliance that puts U.S. allies like Germany in a jam when it comes to finding a sanctions solution to the crisis.

Constance Baker Motley is pictured in New York, Sept. 9, 1966.

The life of a 'Civil Rights Queen'

12:00pm February 03, 2022

by Karen Grigsby Bates

Constance Baker Motley's life—as a lawyer, as a politician and the first Black woman appointed to the Federal bench – is outlined in a new biography by author Tomiko Brown-Nagin: Civil Rights Queen.

Civilian participants in a Kyiv Territorial Defense unit train on a Saturday in a forest on Jan. 22, 2022 in Kyiv, Ukraine. Across Ukraine thousands of civilians are participating in such groups to receive basic combat training and in time of war would be

Politics & Government

From Washington to Trump to Biden, new presidents meet unwanted foreign crises

9:00am January 30, 2022

by Ron Elving

From George Washington's warning against "foreign entanglements" to Donald Trump's "America First," the pledge to keep the focus close to home has been almost as constant as the oath of office itself.

Woman and her children circle the Penrose stairs of funding.

The expanded child tax credit briefly slashed child poverty. Here's what else it did

12:34pm January 27, 2022

by Cory Turner

The monthly cash payments reached more than 61 million kids in December alone. Most low-income families spent the money on basic needs like food, clothing and utility bills.

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