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Features Janelle De Souza Sunday 15 August 2021 Artist and professor, Karyn Olivier. PHOTOS COURTESY KARYN OLIVIER - When people hear the word “artist” they usually think of the people who create paintings, sculpture, or something decorative that could fit neatly in a room to enhance a space. However, that…

USA: Unemployment with labor shortage LANDSCAPE Gemma Cruz Araneta How ironic; the current unemployment rate in the USA is 10 percent, very high for American standards, but at the same time, there is a labor shortage.  In agriculture, specifically in the fresh produce sector American farmers have to depend on…

People on the Mexican side of the border pelted U.S. construction workers making repairs on the border wall in Arizona this week, Homeland Security Department officials said Thursday. Officials described the incident as an “assault,” but said none of the workers nor their equipment took a hit from the rocks.…

During an off-the-walls argument on The Five that attempted to paint anti-vaxxers as freedom fighters and the CDC as reactionary fascists, Geraldo Rivera single-handedly burst the Fox News bubble by decrying Americans who refuse to get vaccinated as “arrogant, selfish SOB’s.” Calling the vaccine “bulletproof against this damn disease,” Rivera…

Canada is set to open its borders to fully vaccinated U.S. travelers next month, but travelers will notice a few differences compared to their pre-pandemic trips. From COVID testing and vaccination requirements to lodging prices, a number of things have changed up north since nonessential border travel between the two…

The mayoral election had been thrown into chaos after the board of elections mistakenly included 135,000 “test ballots” in its vote tally. The board of elections had published updated vote totals for the Democratic primary earlier on Tuesday, which showed Kathryn Garcia, New York’s former sanitation commissioner, narrowing the gap…

Former President Donald Trump continued to push his baseless election fraud theory during his first rally in support of a Republican running for office in 2022. In his opening remarks at Saturday's Save America Rally in Ohio, Trump called alleged voter fraud in the 2020 election "the biggest threat of…

Top Texas officials penned a letter on Wednesday authorizing the transfer of $250 million as a "down payment" for the state’s border wall with Mexico. Republican Texas Gov. Greg Abbott last week announced plans to build a wall on the southern border to help stem the influx of migrants entering the…

The Biden administration has asked the Supreme Court to wipe out a lower court ruling that sided with House Democrats in the drawn-out fight over spending to build a barrier on the U.S.-Mexico border. The Justice Department filed the petition Friday with an argument that rests not on politics or…

The Republican Texas governor, Greg Abbott, has announced that the state will build a wall along its southern border with Mexico, sparking criticism from human rights and immigration advocacy groups. Citing the Biden administration’s rollback of Trump-era immigration policies, Abbott announced the border wall plans amid other security measures including…