A group of migrants mainly from Honduras and Nicaragua wait along a road after turning themselves in upon crossing the U.S. - Mexico border, in La Joya, Texas.

Hurricane Oscar made landfall in eastern Cuba Sunday evening, as seen from Space. Hurricane-force winds extend only 10 miles from the center and tropical-storm-force winds extend only 45 miles from the center.

A pair of migrant families from Brazil pass through a gap in the border wall to reach the United States after crossing from Mexico to Yuma, Ariz., to seek asylum.

Construction continues on new homes Friday, Aug. 30, 2024, at the River Ranch subdivision in Dayton.

A customer shops for eggs in a Kroger grocery store in Houston, Texas. Even as inflation cools, prices are still higher than many are accustomed to. Grocery prices are up 25% since 2020; it had taken 16 years for the previous 25% rise in prices.

The cost of living is too damn high, millions of desperate people are fleeing their homes, and natural disasters are damaging our communities worse than ever before.

Frustration over the economy and state of the world is understandable. We want politicians to help address these problems. Let’s break them down.

Inflation is the biggest concern, and we can trace it back to how governments responded to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Disease shut down factories and transportation links, creating a supply shock in the face of growing demand from people reorganizing their lives at home. Governments gave out cash to prevent unemployment, putting more........

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