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The Week Ahead March 23, 2025 Joyce Vance Mar 23 This week, the impact of what it means to be America under Trump 2.0 will continue to hit hard. One important indicator: Tourism to the U.S. is on the decline. Foreign countries including Canada, Denmark, Finland, Germany, and the U.K . have  issued traveling warnings   to their citizens who are considering trips to the United States. The United Kingdom  warned  of arrest or detention for those who violate the rules for entering the U.S., noting authorities “set and enforce” entry rules strictly. Finland and Denmark warned that trans people may encounter special difficulties, since the U.S. no longer recognizes their existence. I can remember checking carefully before we traveled to destinations in Central America or ahead of a trip to Jordan. When I was doing that, it never occurred to me that the United States of America might be on a list of countries people are warned about. It’s a shock. It’s an embarrassment. And...

  28 September 22 Live on the homepage now! Reader Supported News 72 HOURS TO GO: SCRATCHING FOR EVERY DONATION — We’re down to the final 72 hours of September. It has been a very bad month. We made up some ground this week, but we are still well behind where we should be at this point. What will it take? A donation that  you  can afford. That’s it. Marc Ash • Founder, Reader Supported News Sure, I'll make a donation!   The January 6 Committee Has Its Sights on Ginni Thomas. She Should Be Worried Kimberly Wehle, Guardian UK Wehle writes: "The spouse of a sitting supreme court justice allegedly tried to overturn the 2020 election. It’s hard to say which looks worse – the conflicts of interest, or the possibility that she aided a would-be insurrection." The spouse of a sitting supreme court justice allegedly tried to overturn the 2020 election. It’s hard to say which looks worse – the conflicts of interest, or the possibility that she aided a would-be insurrection A ft...

  03 September 22 Live on the homepage now! Reader Supported News   FOCUS | Indigenous Leaders Get a Choice: Join the Narcos or Run for Your Lives Simeon Tegel, The Washington Post Tegel writes: "For Herlin Odicio, the stranger's offer was life-changing. The man, who had shown up unannounced in this remote Indigenous village speaking Spanish with a Colombian accent and calling himself 'Fernando,' was proposing to pay Odicio $127,000 for each planeload of cocaine paste that took off from his community's land." F or Herlin Odicio, the stranger’s offer was life-changing. The man, who had shown up unannounced in this remote Indigenous village speaking Spanish with a Colombian accent and calling himself “Fernando,” was proposing to pay Odicio $127,000 for each planeload of cocaine paste that took off from his community’s land. In return, Odicio, the elected leader of the Cacataibo people, would stop complaining to authorities about the drug traffickers destroying t...

    01 September 22 Live on the homepage now! Reader Supported News ONE LAST URGENT APPEAL — Today is an opportunity for us to avoid a truly disastrous month of fundraising. Up until now it’s been a very bad month for funding and today can really make a huge difference. Stop for a moment and do what you can to keep this vital community based news service the beacon of journalism it has always been. Thanks to all in advance. Marc Ash • Founder, Reader Supported News Sure, I'll make a donation!   David A. Graham | Trump Can't Hide From the Mar-a-Lago Photo David A. Graham, The Atlantic Graham writes: "The Department of Justice keeps outsmarting the former president in its efforts to recover the government’s classified materials." The Department of Justice keeps outsmarting the former president in its efforts to recover the government’s classified materials. A s the great American philosophers  Ralph Waldo Emerson  and  Omar Little  each expressed in thei...