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Opponents of Georgia’s recently enacted election law call it a voting suppression act. They say it will make it harder for some people to vote and is aimed in particular at the Black and other minority voters who pushed the state into the Democratic column for 2020 elections. Proponents say parts of the measure will actually expand ballot access, and that other elements leave Georgia within the U.S. legal mainstream. Why We Wrote This In describing Georgia’s new voting law, Republicans claim positive reforms where Democrats decry an assault on rights that targets Black voters. We take a c...

Washington United States Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on Monday urged the adoption of a minimum global corporate income tax, an effort to at least partially offset any disadvantages that might arise from the Biden administration’s proposed increase in the U.S. corporate tax rate. Citing a “30-year race to the bottom” in which countries have slashed corporate tax rates in an effort to attract multinational businesses, Ms. Yellen said the Biden administration would work with other advanced economies in the Group of 20 to set a minimum. “Competitiveness is about more than how U.S.-hea...

Loading the player... Time has always been complicated for JJJJJerome Ellis. (Mr. Ellis uses this spelling of his first name because it’s the word he stutters on most.) As a composer, poet, and performer who stutters, he comes up against time limits that most people take for granted.  “A time limit assumes that all people have relatively equal access to time through their speech. Which is not true,” says Mr. Ellis. “I can rehearse something as many times as I want,” he says, “but I don’t actually know how long it will take to say anything until I have to say it.”

A political dispute between two royal brothers threatens stability in Jordan, a Middle East nation considered a key U.S. counterterrorism partner. Hamzeh bin Hussein, the popular half brother of King Abdullah II, was accused Sunday of conspiring to destabilize the kingdom. Hamzeh released a video Saturday accusing the government of corruption, incompetence, and intolerance for dissent. Such public clashes between the highest ranks of the long-ruling family are unheard of, and political instability in Jordan raises concerns throughout the region. The U.S. and several Gulf nations expressed s...

Following another deadly attack at the U.S. Capitol, Capitol Police, already understaffed, are feeling the strain of duty. As hundreds of officers consider retiring early or resigning, efforts are being made to boost morale and support.