By Alexander Fernandez Reporter Homelessness is often viewed as a personal failure or a distant crisis. Federal data, however, show it is increasingly tied to systemic breakdowns affecting a growing share of Americans. As housing costs rise faster than wages, and programs meant to move people quickly into stable housing narrow or shift, shelters are changing. Many now function less like short-term safety nets and more like long-term holding spaces, alongside steady annual inc

By Alexander Fernandez Reporter Jobs labeled entry-level might not offer the security that once came with a first job. Across industries, companies now post contract and 1099 roles mirroring traditional starter positions, requiring the same work while excluding benefits, payroll protections, and long-term stability. Recent graduates and early-career workers begin to feel the brunt as the offer arrives. One recent graduate on Reddit described accepting a full-time contract rol

By Alexander Fernandez Reporter Life News Today   Voters in Guinea casted ballots on Dec. 28, 2025, in the country’s first presidential election since the military takeover that removed President Alpha Condé in 2021. The vote followed more than four years of military-led rule and marked a formal return to constitutional elections after the suspension of civilian government. The election followed a transition in which the military rewrote the rules for returning to civilian le

Congress revisits status of long-term undocumented residents

Real estate wholesaling continues to grow inside a legal gray zone in the United States. Despite rising scrutiny, new regulations and a growing record of court disputes, wholesalers still negotiate real estate deals, collect profits and avoid the responsibilities required of licensed professionals. The practice thrives where the law has not kept up, and the result is a system in which homeowners often walk away with a fraction of their equity while intermediaries face little

By Alexander Fernandez, Reporter Life News Today   In many small American towns, the local pharmacy is more than a place to pick up a prescription. It is where neighbors fill blood pressure pills, find antibiotics for sick children and pick up a last-minute inhaler before the weekend. In rural communities with limited medical infrastructure, losing access to a pharmacy can be as consequential as losing a clinic or a hospital. Yet an increasingly common problem is emerging acr

Concerns Against Raising Retirement Age: white-collar lawmakers, blue-collar burdens

Guinea-Bissau military halts final vote tally, prompting UN condemnation

By Alexander Fernandez, Reporter The United States revoked visas and imposed new travel restrictions on individuals in Nicaragua who, according to the State Department, facilitated irregular migration routes that moved travelers toward the U.S. border. In a Nov. 17 announcement, the department said the action targeted owners, executives, and senior officials in transportation companies, travel agencies, and tour operators that marketed or coordinated travel for migrants seeki

How the dark fleet evades global enforcement

Japan’s parliament, known as the National Diet (ND), voted to elect Sanae Takaichi as the country’s new prime minister on Oct. 21, 2025. She becomes Japan’s first female prime minister, succeeding Shigeru Ishiba, who resigned in September 2025 after his party suffered internal divisions and declining public approval. Her election comes in a country where women hold fewer than 10% of seats in the House of Representatives, according to Japan’s Ministry of Internal Affairs and C

Federal healthcare funding begins and ends with the American taxpayer. In 2024, individuals and employers contributed about $1.7 trillion to Medicare and Medicaid — roughly $848 billion for Medicare and $890 billion for Medicaid — according to federal budget data. Together, these programs account for more than one quarter of total federal spending, and nearly one in three Americans receives coverage through them. Each year, Medicare collects slightly more in revenue than it p

By Alexander Fernandez Life News Today WASHINGTON (Oct. 15, 2025) — When Congress passed the Martha Wright-Reed Act in 2023, it promised an end to one of the most persistent financial burdens in America’s justice system: the price of a phone call home. Two years later, that promise remains out of reach. The law gave the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) full authority to regulate how much prisons and jails could charge for calls. The goal was simply to stop private tele

Alexander Fernandez A legacy neglected Imagine Abraham Lincoln’s handwritten Gettysburg Address stored away in a forgotten vault, its ink fading and its paper softening under a bloom of mold. Imagine an original Shakespeare manuscript left among stacks of books on the floor, exposed to dust, moisture, and time. As unlikely as this may seem, preservation specialists and internal audits indicate that some historically significant materials housed at the Library of Congress face

By Alexander Fernandez Reporter for Life News Today Montgomery County, Md., Oct. 4, 2025 - At the heart of Montgomery County’s creative...

By Alexander Fernandez Reporter with Life News Today In 2011, long before a global pandemic tested national preparedness and cyberattacks targeted the nation’s infrastructure, a handful of junior officers at United States Strategic Command gathered in a windowless room in Omaha, Nebraska, facing a blank contingency planning template. Their assignment was to design a mock operation using the Joint Operation Planning and Execution System (JOPES), the framework the Pentagon used

When a new restaurant prepares to open, the first diners through the door often arrive before the official launch. These quiet previews,...

When the United States first adopted daylight saving time, the practice of setting the clocks forward one hour during the summer months...

Trust in American newsrooms has fallen to historic lows. In 2025, only 32 percent of adults said they trusted the mass media a great deal...

Americans are waking up to a harsh reality: their most private communications are not always secure. Many phone calls, emails, and...

Elections

Four countries held elections in March. Pakistan on the 9th, Russia on the 17th, Slovakia on the 23rd, and Ukraine on March 31st....

Four countries held elections in February. El Salvador on the 5th, Azerbaijan on the 7th, Indonesia on the 14th, and Senegal on the 25th....

Trio Trio Residential, LLC (Trio), a company marketing itself as helpful to low-income families, with the dream of homeownership, who...