Newsletter Archive

You’d think they’d be his unlikeliest supporters, but a group called Muslims for Trump is making its mark at the Republican National Convention. If you’re wondering why Muslims would support a man who called for a conditional ban on them in the United States, proposed that authorities monitor U.S. mosques and register Muslims in a national database, we were too.

Get ready for Indiana Governor Mike Pence to make the case for why Donald Trump should be our next president. The conservative stalwart, who is the Republican nominee’s running mate, plans to do that by linking the wealthy businessman to a revered Republican icon. Do we know who?

Where have all the Bernie Sanders supporters gone? Millennials — people between 18 and 35 — overwhelmingly supported the Vermont senator for president. This group of voters has the power to decide who will win the presidential election, but will they bother to show up at the polls on election day?

QUICK TAKE VIDEO: Speaking of millennial voters…many people think of the GOP as the party of older white men. But don’t tell that to Jace Laquerre who, at 17, is one of the youngest delegates at the Republican National Convention.

Pokemon Go has been named the biggest game of 2016. That’s no surprise to those of us who’ve noticed the streets are crawling with people holding up their smart phones as they hunt for the imaginary creatures. Strange things sure do happen when people play Pokemon Go.

Scotland’s booming whiskey industry is bracing for a nasty Brexit hangover now that Britain has voted to part ways with the European Union. Whiskey is Scotland’s third biggest industry and Europe is one of its best customers. Losing access to the EU  market could trigger a massive withdrawal headache for the Scottish economy.

Some West African coastal towns are slowly being swallowed up by the ocean to the tune of 1-to-2 meters a year. That’s a huge problem considering that one-third of the region’s people live by the sea, and coastal zones contribute about half of the regional GDP. In Ivory Coast, VOA visits one vanishing area whose days appear to be numbered.

The world’s oldest profession wants some respect. Sex workers are calling for their occupation to be decriminalized. They imagine a world where they can secure house or car loans based on their work, but that can’t happen until the world stops viewing prostitution as a crime and sees it as a job like any other.