Articles for Elected Leaders

Editorial: This election showed L.A. voters are fed up with City Hall corruption and scandal
1 month, 4 weeks ago

Editorial: This election showed L.A. voters are fed up with City Hall corruption and scandal

LA Times  

Los Angeles City Councilmember Kevin de León speaks to supporters as election results are seen on a screen behind him last week. Two years after the leaked audio scandal rocked Los Angeles City Hall, voters finally had their say in this election. Voters overwhelmingly backed charter changes designed to curb elected officials’ political power by creating an independent redistricting commission …

Scandal Ethics Election City Council Los Angeles Voters
Construction: The truth about what's happening on America's roads is hard to believe. Now what?
4 months, 1 week ago

Construction: The truth about what's happening on America's roads is hard to believe. Now what?

Slate  

The neighborhood of Allendale, in Shreveport, Louisiana, lies just west of downtown. “We have a U.S. Department of Highways.” America’s addiction to road construction goes back decades, enabled by naive policymaking, self-serving industry groups, and myopically trained highway engineers. “But you’ve got these titans of the Senate, people like John Stennis, absolutely going crazy.” Although controlled by fellow Democrats, Congress …

Transportation Construction Congress Roads Democratic Texas Electric Vehicles
Book Review: Akshay Mangla’s book ‘Making Bureaucracy Work’ shows how civil servants can be change-makers
6 months, 4 weeks ago

Book Review: Akshay Mangla’s book ‘Making Bureaucracy Work’ shows how civil servants can be change-makers

The Hindu  

Published : Jun 12, 2024 11:00 IST - 8 MINS READ “Will it work on the ground? Making Bureaucracy Work: Norms, Education, and Public Service Delivery in Rural India By Akshay Mangla Permanent Black Pages: 440 Price: Rs.795 Akshay Mangla first noticed something odd about public service delivery in primary education as a UNICEF intern in the carpet-making districts of …

Education India Policy Children Book Review School States
Election Results highlights: Modi to be sworn-in as PM at 7.15 pm on June 9
7 months ago

Election Results highlights: Modi to be sworn-in as PM at 7.15 pm on June 9

Hindustan Times  

Election Results highlights: The newly elected MPs of the BJP-led NDA met today and elected Narendra Modi as their leader, paving the way for him to take oath as Prime Minister for a third consecutive term. After being elected as leader of NDA alliance, Narendra Modi met veteran BJP leaders Lal Krishna Advani and Murli Manohar Joshi at their respective …

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Election Results highlights: Modi to be sworn-in as PM at 7.15 pm on June 9
7 months ago

Election Results highlights: Modi to be sworn-in as PM at 7.15 pm on June 9

Hindustan Times  

Election Results highlights: The newly elected MPs of the BJP-led NDA met today and elected Narendra Modi as their leader, paving the way for him to take oath as Prime Minister for a third consecutive term. After being elected as leader of NDA alliance, Narendra Modi met veteran BJP leaders Lal Krishna Advani and Murli Manohar Joshi at their respective …

Nda Narendra Modi Bjp Leader Highlights Modi
Opinion: From Mexico to Brazil, Latin America’s democracies face a common threat from within
1 year, 9 months ago

Opinion: From Mexico to Brazil, Latin America’s democracies face a common threat from within

LA Times  

Thirty years ago, Latin America’s nascent democracies did what had once seemed impossible: They confined the militaries that had regularly overthrown them to their barracks. In contrast to the region’s Cold War-era militaries, modern Latin American armed forces aren’t governing directly. From Brazil’s 1964 military coup until the fall of the Berlin Wall, generals habitually ousted elected presidents and formed …

Military Leaders Latin America Venezuela Latin American Mexico President
How our perception of time shapes our approach to climate change
2 years ago

How our perception of time shapes our approach to climate change

NPR  

How our perception of time shapes our approach to climate change Enlarge this image toggle caption Rebecca Blackwell/AP Rebecca Blackwell/AP Most people are focused on the present: today, tomorrow, maybe next year. "I consider climate change the policy problem from hell because you almost couldn't design a worse fit for our underlying psychology, or our institutions of decision-making," says Anthony …

Climate Change Change Climate Greenhouse Gas Emissions Sponsor Message Present Elected Leaders
Facing extreme heat and drought, young Californians cope to beat climate anxiety and doom
2 years, 5 months ago

Facing extreme heat and drought, young Californians cope to beat climate anxiety and doom

LA Times  

Youth climate activists, including members of Youth vs. Apocalypse, Youth Climate Strike Los Angeles and Fridays for Future Sacramento, hold a demonstration at the state Capitol on June 22. “Just seeing the effects of the climate crisis in real time, it’s even more scary,” said Bilal. “Climate anxiety might not constitute a mental illness, but the realities of climate change …

Climate Change Future Change Young Anxiety Young People State
LA Starbucks baristas reveal staff were attacked with METAL CHAIRS by homeless people
2 years, 5 months ago

LA Starbucks baristas reveal staff were attacked with METAL CHAIRS by homeless people

Daily Mail  

A Starbucks staffer has revealed she and coworkers have been repeatedly harassed by Homeless at their store in Los Angeles - with one vagrant even going as far as hurling heavy metal chairs at the scared worker. Pictured is a homeless man sitting outside an LA Starbucks The reported disruptions include drug use by paying customers and, more often than …

Crime Safety New York City Cities Mental Illness Homeless Leaders
Elected leaders switch parties ahead of civic polls in Delhi
3 years, 1 month ago

Elected leaders switch parties ahead of civic polls in Delhi

Hindustan Times  

NEW DELHI: As the city approaches the crucial municipal elections, due to be held in April next year, it is the season of shifting loyalties in the political parties. Despite the party’s poor showing in the 2015 assembly elections, when the BJP could manage only three seats, it retained power in the three municipal corporations. According to political pundits, the …

Elections Delhi Congress Parties Bjp Polls Party Aap
Myanmar crisis ‘a litmus test’ for ASEAN, says Indonesia’s ex FM
3 years, 10 months ago

Myanmar crisis ‘a litmus test’ for ASEAN, says Indonesia’s ex FM

Al Jazeera  

Jakarta, Indonesia – As Foreign Ministers from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations meet virtually to discuss the situation in Myanmar, one of the region’s most experienced diplomats told Al Jazeera how ASEAN can help resolve the crisis in Myanmar. Natalegawa: To the chair’s credit, Brunei Darussalam, within a day or two after the development, the chair of ASEAN issued …

Indonesia Leaders Myanmar Asean Situation Junta Jazeera
We will now begin journey to build a new India: PM Narendra Modi
5 years, 7 months ago

We will now begin journey to build a new India: PM Narendra Modi

India Today  

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday addressed leaders of the National Democratic Alliance in parliament and said that the government will now begin its journey to build a new India. Addressing NDA leaders in parliament, Narendra Modi said that the result on May 23 was the mandate of people and asked for the support of all the leaders to take …

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