While headlines will rage with talk of missiles and militia threats, the most serious consequences will unfold more quietly, deeply, and dangerously over time. Below are four outcomes every American should grasp - because once the U.S. steps into this conflict, the ripple effects will reach all of us.
While the world's headlines are fixated on missile launches and airstrikes lighting up Middle Eastern skies, a quieter -- yet arguably more consequential -- war is raging beneath the surface. It's a war not fought with jets or rockets, but with firewalls, financial chaos, psychological tactics, and the tightening grip of authoritarian control.
In a move that has stunned many across the UK and beyond, British lawmakers have voted to decriminalize abortion up until birth in England and Wales. It means that a healthy baby, viable and capable of surviving outside the womb, can now legally be aborted for any reason--including social or economic circumstances--right up to the moment of birth.
A school bus should never be a place of confusion, discomfort, or danger. And yet, in Woodbridge, Ontario, parents found themselves confronting a nightmare scenario: a male school bus driver transporting children while dressed in a sexualized "school girl" outfit -- and labeling his bus the "Lolita Line.
Once embedded in our daily routines, digital IDs don't stop at airports or banking apps. They move into health care. Education. Employment. Online logins. Even access to news and social media. Some jurisdictions are already testing these boundaries. And the United Nations has floated proposals to link digital ID systems to internet access itself--a supposed solution to stop AI-powered impersonators and disinformation.
In the escalating conflict between Israel and Iran, the skies are no longer contested. They are owned by Israel. However, Iran still has thousands of missiles stockpiled, ranging from short-range artillery rockets to long-range ballistic and cruise missiles. But without mobile or fixed launchers, these weapons become little more than museum pieces--powerful, yet inert.