Nonmedical vaccine exemptions among Texas schoolchildren continued to rise last year while Texas lawmakers sought to weaken immunization requirements during the 2023 legislative session. “I’m looking at the unintended consequences that lawmakers aren’t necessarily thinking about because they want to get their win and move on,” Lakshmanan said. “But then, all of us Texans are left holding the bag.”
Norman is quoted in Shin Min Daily News on allegations against the UNRWA, the United Nations agency responsible for aiding Palestinian refugees.
On the Houthis in Yemen and their recent attacks on American and Israel-linked shipping in the Red Sea, Coates Ulrichsen said: “Until there’s a path towards a stop to the war in Gaza or at least the current phase of the military operation there, it’s hard to see what would get the Houthis to stop these attacks.”
A recent bipartisan report seeks to diffuse extreme political polarization. “No state is perfect, nor is our goal to have every state be homogenous,” Jones said. However, improvements in voting policy and technology can improve confidence in the system.
Saudi Arabia’s plans include making international travel a priority and building Neom, a $500B futuristic city. “The scale of the plans from Saudi Arabia, if they succeed, would really dwarf anything Dubai has ever done,” said Coates Ulrichsen.