EDITOR’S NOTE: Each week we cross-post an excerpt from Katrina vanden Heuvel’s column at WashingtonPost.com. Read the full text of Katrina’s column here. Would you put big money on Democrats winning big in 2022? Recently, a wealthy progressive donor stated on a Listserv for political junkies that he expected Democrats to sweep the House and Senate…
Reviewing the year, in stitches. May 25, 2021
Elections are an exercise in the power of the people to choose a government that is representative of their communities and responsive to their needs and interests. We used that power in 2020 to drive state and national change, and this year, our local elections give us another opportunity to exercise our right to determine…
It’s a little creepy that Google thinks you’re just buying time until you pay for cloud storage. Today’s Best Tech Deals Picked by PCWorld’s Editors Top Deals On Great Products Picked by Techconnect’s Editors By now, you’re probably aware of a major change coming to Google Photos storage on June 1: New photos will count…
Microsoft and Qualcomm are also launching a new Snapdragon development PC for testing Windows on Arm applications. Qualcomm Today’s Best Tech Deals Picked by PCWorld’s Editors Top Deals On Great Products Picked by Techconnect’s Editors Qualcomm’s lower-end Snapdragon 7c chips carved out a space for Chromebooks and other value devices that aimed for long battery…
Enthusiast-friendly power tools lurk in every corner of Windows 10. Let’s shine a light on some of the more obscure ones. Gordon Mah Ung/IDG Today’s Best Tech Deals Picked by PCWorld’s Editors Top Deals On Great Products Picked by Techconnect’s Editors Table of Contents Show More So you’ve mastered Windows 10 keyboard shortcuts and Snap…
Single mothers on low incomes and older women at risk of homelessness were overlooked in the federal budget, with the coalition spending 30 times more on tax cuts than it did on women’s economic security.The Australian Council of Social Service has found the budget earlier this month provided a boost for women’s safety but fell…
Premier Gladys Berejiklian says “NSW politics is tough” and she feels sorry for her opposition counterpart after the Nationals triumphed in last weekend’s by-election.Labor’s loss in the coal mining stronghold of the Upper Hunter has switched the spotlight from Ms Berejiklian’s scandal-plagued minority government to the woes of Labor leader Jodi McKay.Labor’s primary vote fell…
Move over sequins, disco beats and power ballads. A four-piece band of Italian rockers has won the Eurovision Song Contest.The music festival was cancelled last year amid the global pandemic but the event in Rotterdam’s Ahoy arena with its regime of testing and strict hygiene protocols was seen as a step toward a post-COVID-19 return…
Melbourne woman Maud Steenbeek was on a Skype call to her brother in the Netherlands when a stranger broke into her home in January last year.Her brother heard her cry out and then the call cut off. He immediately phoned his nephews and asked them to get home to check on their mother. He knew…
