Teenagers are becoming parents less than ever, according to numbers published by the CDC, with the birth rate down to 13.5 births per 1,000 teens between ages 15 and 19. That's a 3% drop in two years and the lowest on record in the United States.

Southern Baptists lost nearly half a million members in 2022

Journalists at country’s largest newspaper chain will walk off the job

On May 21, police in Louisville, Kentucky, arrested a 64-year-old man for assault after his roommate showed up at the University of Louisville Hospital with a gunshot wound. According to police, Clifton Williams became irate after learning that his roommate had “eaten the last Hot Pocket, so he started throwing tiles at him.” The roommate tried to leave, but not quickly enough, because Williams then produced a gun and shot him in the buttocks as he departed. Williams did not pursue, and the man “traveled a few blocks” to get help, after which he was transported to the hospital and treated for “non-life-threatening injuries.”

Twitter is now worth only 33 percent of what CEO Elon Musk and his investors paid for it less than one year ago.

France bans short-haul flights to cut carbon emissions

The Georgia Department of Drivers’ Services took to Facebook to remind drivers to keep their clothes on while taking photos for a digital driver’s license or ID. “Please take pictures with your clothes on when submitting them for your Digital Driver’s License and IDs,” wrote the department.

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ABOUT THE EDITOR

The Review is edited by Sam Smith, who covered Washington under nine presidents, has edited the Progressive Review and its predecessors since 1964, wrote four books, been published in five anthologies, helped to start five organizations (including the DC Humanities Council and the DC Statehood Party), was a plaintiff in three successful class action suits, served as a Coast Guard officer, and played in jazz bands for four decades.

A truly independent journalist with his feet firmly grounded in the reality of neighborhoods and everyday people. -- Patrick Mazza, Progressive Populist

A truly original voice in American journalism: humorous and plain spoken and filled with common sense -- Jay Walljasper, Utne Reader

Inimitable -- Mother Jones Magazine

Sam's a cynical cat -- Marion Barry

Sam's one of the few independent voices left. The press today is either extreme or special interest or else just establishment, an extension of the corporate spirit -- Sen. Eugene McCarthy,

One of a small group of whites with whom many blacks would trust their political lives - Chuck Stone, Washingtonian.

A reputation for wit, intelligence and anger. -- Claude Lewis, Chicago Tribune

Smith is an island of reason and information in a sea of narcissistic blather. -- City Paper, Washington

Whatever the debate, the Review's sharp critiques encourage us to look out our window, notice and act upon what we see, and also to look further -- to the rest of the country and globe -- to see how the organized big world interacts with our more spontaneous small worlds. - Utne Reader