JOSEPH LYTTLETON
Joseph Lyttleton is a former staff writer at The Millennial Source.
He is the author of “Yahweh’s Children.”
Originally from Kansas, United States, Joseph now lives in Madrid, Spain.
The history of Gay Pride
The parade in New York City on June 28, 1970, known as Christopher Street Liberation Day, is generally credited with...
What is the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act?
Republican senators have their own police reform bill that is said to resemble the George Floyd Act, minus the qualified...
The arms deal between the US and Israel, explained
This last US-Israel arms deal was agreed to before the most recent violence began.
When will Americans be able to travel to Europe again?
If all EU countries agree to the proposed measures, nonessential travel (as in, travel for pleasure, not just for business)...
What’s in the latest hate crime bill?
The bill, which passed through the Senate in April and the House two days before Biden signed it, is supposed...
Who is Val Demings, the Democrat looking to challenge Senator Marco Rubio?
Valdez Demings has served as the Representative for the 10th Congressional District of Florida since 2017.
What is the Child Tax Credit in the American Rescue Plan?
Like the US$1,400 payments that were sent out earlier this year, not everyone will get the Child Tax Credit –...
What’s the January 6, 2021 Commission?
The commission would provide an official explanation for what happened during the Capitol attack, just like how the 9/11 Commission...
The case against the National Rifle Association, explained
In August 2020, New York Attorney General (AG) Letitia James filed a lawsuit against the NRA. James is trying to...
Bernie Sanders wants to lower the Medicare age limit from 65 to 55. Can he do it?
Still, if Sanders can’t get Medicare for All passed through Congress, he might be able to expand who is eligible...
The total number of refugees in the world is growing
A refugee is a person who has been displaced from their home country and has had to settle in another...
As India hopes for shipments of the AstraZeneca vaccine, the EU joins the US in abandoning it
The company’s failure to meet its contractual obligations has been blamed for the EU’s struggle to meet its vaccination goals.
Why it matters that the US wants to waive patent protections for the COVID-19 vaccines
This move is likely a good thing for India and other countries where the pandemic is getting worse because such...
Experts are worried the US won’t achieve herd immunity from COVID-19
The safest way to achieve herd immunity is by having everyone get vaccinated.
America’s child poverty problem, by the numbers
During his speech, Biden stated: “Thanks to the American Rescue Plan, we’re on track to cut child poverty in America...
After the census, these are the states that will be gaining or losing a seat in the House of Representatives
The process of determining new seats in the House is known as “reapportionment.” Here’s how that is playing out this...
Why was Rudy Giuliani’s home just raided by the FBI?
The raid is part of an ongoing investigation into Giuliani’s possibly illegal dealings in Ukraine.
India’s worsening COVID-19 crisis. This is what you need to know
As May approaches, India is setting new case records nearly every day. In total, the country has now had 18.4...
What does the US Department of State do?
While much of what the Department of State does is obscure or unknown to the average citizen, it is considered...
What’s happening with the Green New Deal?
Like so many other progressive goals for this Congressional term, the biggest roadblock may not be Republicans, but centrist Democrats...
How is Japan working to host a COVID-free Olympics this summer?
As the organizers of this year’s Olympics work to assure the public that they are taking all necessary precautions, the...
Here are the reactions to the guilty verdict in the Derek Chauvin case
Just as Floyd’s death and the subsequent BLM protests divided the nation for much of the last year, so has...
Derek Chauvin is found guilty of murdering George Floyd
Chauvin was charged with second-degree murder, third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter for his role in the death of George Floyd...
Will Biden be able to pass lasting gun reform?
In polls, support for stricter gun control laws has fairly consistently held at or above 50%. Yet, year after year,...
What is herd immunity and how close is the US to achieving it?
The best way to achieve herd immunity is to ensure that at least 70% of the country is vaccinated. That’s...
What would expanding the Supreme Court mean for the US?
Expanding the Supreme Court (or “court-packing” as it is sometimes called) has been floated as a possible means of rebalancing...
Everything you should know about Representative Matt Gaetz’s sex trafficking scandal
The besieged member of Congress has remained defiant in public, but as multiple close associates and allies, including the former...
Everything you need to know about the Daunte Wright shooting
Yet another police killing occurring while a former officer is on trial for murder has only further exacerbated the conflict...
Study: The US is a breeding ground for a growing diversity of diseases
The research could help scientists predict where and when the next pandemic will arise, but it is also a warning...
The debate over vaccine passports, explained
For critics of the vaccine passport initiatives, the risks of privacy violations far outweigh the upsides.
GOP lawmakers want to know the effect social media has on the mental health of children
Letters were sent to the CEOs of the three largest social media companies in the United States: Mark Zuckerberg of...
What were the Jim Crow voting laws?
Historians and political science authorities maintain that laws can be racially discriminatory even if they don’t explicitly single out a...
While transgender rights are making gains at the federal level, states are pushing back
More than half of US states are currently considering one or more anti-trans bills. Most of these bills are aimed...
Study: Despite predictions, US suicides declined in 2020
In total, there were 3,358,814 deaths in the US in 2020, an increase of 503,976 from 2019, which had 2,854,838...
Syrians decry the “dehumanizing propaganda and disinformation” of pro-Assad leftists
In the name of “anti-imperialism,” self-identified leftists dismiss all criticism of Assad’s regime. In response, more than 60 Syrian activists,...
Republican pressure mounts for President Biden to continue building US-Mexico border wall
In recent weeks, both Democratic and Republican lawmakers have traveled to the southern border to highlight the ongoing surge of...
Everything you need to know about the new Georgia voting law
Critics of the law have argued that it will make it harder for people – particularly Black Americans, who predominantly...
Fox News and its lawsuits, explained
Dominion, Inc. joins Smartmatic, another voting machine company whose voting machines were used in the election, in turning to the...
Marijuana legalization in the US has no clear positives or negatives, concludes the Cato Institute
the research finds there are neither robust positives nor clear negatives associated with legalization
Saudi Arabia’s planned megacity, NEOM, includes a US$5 billion-dollar investment in green hydrogen
For Saudi Arabia to now invest in green hydrogen, considered by some to be the most viable alternative to oil,...
What we already know about the 2022 midterm elections
In recent history, midterms elections have weakened the party of the president. If this political trend holds in 2022, Democrats...
Could Donald Trump’s social media platform actually work?
Building a social media platform from the ground up and seeking to challenge the existing giants won’t be easy.
What the US can do to prepare for the next pandemic
According to experts, it isn’t a matter of if another pandemic will occur, but when.
Foreign influence campaigns and US elections, explained
A recent US assessment determined there was no evidence that any foreign actors actively interfered in the election to change...
QAnon is rebranding
“There is Q and there are Anons but there is no QAnon” has now become a rallying cry of sorts,...
Asian Americans respond to the Atlanta massage parlor shooting that left 8 dead
With the COVID-19 pandemic sparking racist attacks on the Asian community this last year, many were quick to see an...
NCAA March Madness returns one year after being canceled by the COVID-19 pandemic
After an unusual college basketball season in which many games had to be postponed or canceled altogether due to COVID...
What happened to the main figures in Operation Varsity Blues, the 2019 college admissions scandal?
While many people were rapt by the case as it initially unfolded, the trials and eventual convictions dragged on for...
The COVID-19 pandemic has worsened the opioid crisis in America
With vaccinations being administered and COVID-19 cases and deaths declining, the Biden administration may soon be able to refocus attention...
Will the Biden administration really end the federal death penalty?
Civil rights organizations are urging Biden to act and abolishing federal executions is within the realm of legislative possibilities for...
Multiple Trump-appointed officials are facing investigations for misconduct while in office
The potential legal jeopardy for former Trump appointees varies from charges of illegal self-dealing to involvement in the January 6...
The Mars 2020 Perseverance Rover has already transmitted thousands of images to NASA
Each new rover that NASA lands on Mars teaches us new things about the planet, which may help humans one...
Will Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman be punished for the murder of Jamal Khashoggi?
While Biden had previously vowed to ensure MBS was punished for the murder, since the report’s release, the Biden administration...
Musical artists and labels are turning to TikTok for greater exposure
Due to the app’s influence, musicians and music labels are looking to the platform as a means for gaining exposure.
How would Senator Elizabeth Warren’s 2% wealth tax work?
A tax on the rich is broadly supported by most Americans, yet, Warren’s wealth tax is certain to face resistance...
After an ascendant 2020, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo is having a terrible 2021
As members of his party call for his resignation, it’s looking increasingly like Cuomo’s political aspirations beyond New York are...
The Dasgupta Review offers economically viable solutions for combating climate change
Some of these changes will be relatively painless for society, while others will undoubtedly strike even the most concerned citizens...
Here are the biggest take-aways from CPAC 2021
Though there have been questions about the direction the Republican Party will take following its loss of both the executive...
The Dasgupta Review urges us to rethink the economics of climate change and nature
The Dasgupta Review posits that addressing climate change will require a fundamental reconsideration of the natural world, or, in the...
COVID-19 numbers are declining in the US and countries around the world
Some experts fear the declining numbers may be an illusion caused by the severe winter storms that have gripped much...
