2024

TL/DR - The U.S. House of Representatives has passed a $430 billion bill, the largest climate package in U.S. history, which aims to lower greenhouse gas emissions and prescription drug prices. The bill, titled the "Inflation Reduction Act", allows Medicare to negotiate lower drug prices for the elderly, ensures corporations pay their taxes, and…

TL/DR - The article discusses the contrasting approaches of Joe Biden and Donald Trump towards climate change. Biden is taking steps to address the issue, such as the passage of the Inflation Reduction Act, which invests in green manufacturing and offers incentives for buying electric cars and making homes more energy-efficient. Meanwhile, Trump,…

TL/DR - Pro-Palestinian protesters have barricaded a building at Cal State Los Angeles, causing the campus president to shelter in her office. The protesters have piled up furniture and removed copy machines from the building to reinforce the barricade, while also covering windows with pro-Palestinian graffiti. The university is referring to the…

TL/DR - The Supreme Court of Oklahoma dismissed a lawsuit seeking reparations for the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, one of the worst incidents of racist violence in US history. The lawsuit, filed by the last known survivors of the incident, claimed that local and state officials including the city of Tulsa and the Oklahoma National Guard, failed to…