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Elody
@Elody -
over 5 years ago
How the Stress of Separation and Detention Changes the Lives of Children
How the Stress of Separation and Detention Changes the Lives of ChildrenThe horrific accounts of the conditions under which immigrant children are being held has focussed outrage and attention on the Trump Administration’s actions and agenda. But any future reversal of po...continued
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Garnet
@Garnet -
over 5 years ago
Before They Failed “The Squad,” Democrats Failed Other Women Of Color
How “The Squad” Is Forcing Democrats To Confront Long-Ignored RacismSince the election of “the Squad” — a group of first-year Democrats including Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Rashida Tlaib, Ayanna Pressley, and Ilhan Omar — the media, especially the right-wing media, has spe...continued
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George
@George -
over 5 years ago
Aircraft Regulators Will Join Forces to Restore Boeing 737 Max to Service
Aircraft Regulators Will Join Forces to Restore Boeing 737 Max to Service(Bloomberg) -- Four of the world’s leading aircraft regulators have agreed in principle to coordinate in restoring Boeing Co.’s 737 Max to service once they’re confident that technical updates and ne...continued
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Torey
@Torey -
over 5 years ago
Julian Castro’s 2020 presidential campaign and policies, explained
Julian Castro’s 2020 presidential campaign and policies, explainedFormer San Antonio mayor and Housing and Urban Development Secretary Julián Castro is running for president.Building off the success of a pre-kindergarten program he introduced as mayor, Castro has promised...continued
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Eleanora
@Eleanora -
almost 5 years ago
The Fallout From Citizens United Shaped the Decade in Countless Outrageous Ways
Citizens United shaped the decade in countless outrageous ways.Read the rest of Slate’s coverage of the end of the decade.In 2010, the largest reported individual contributors to federal campaigns in American politics were Robert and Doylene Perry, owners of Perry Homes, ...continued
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Manley
@Manley -
over 5 years ago
The Medical Journals’ Sell-Out—Getting Paid to Play
The Medical Journals’ Sell-Out—Getting Paid to Play – Collective EvolutionChild sex abuse among the global elite is extremely rampant. This no doubt makes those who aren’t really aware of it wonder: Why is this not more well-known? Well, the answer to that is simple, it’s...continued
14 minutes read
Torey
@Torey -
over 5 years ago
5 Kinds of Stupidity That Investors Really Need to Avoid
5 Kinds of Stupidity That Investors Really Need to Avoid -- The Motley FoolIf you've ever encountered a brilliant author who refused to deal with balancing their checkbook or a scientific genius who couldn't manage interpersonal relationships, then you probably already un...continued
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Erik
@Erik -
over 5 years ago
Erdogan Is Finally Losing His Grip on Turkey (Video)
Erdogan Is Finally Losing His Grip on Turkey (Video)President Erdogan had forced new elections after his party lost in March and now the governing party lost control of all Turkey’s major cities. Watch Baris Karaagac discuss Ekrem Imamoglu’s victory in Istanbul’s mayoral ...continued
14 minutes read
Cynthia
@Cynthia -
over 1 year ago
Labour says it will set up a charging commission to ensure more cases go to trial – UK politics live
The party says its aim is to speed up the prosecution process because the time taken to charge suspects is getting longerGood morning. In August, as “normal” political news dries up, journalists are more dependent than usual on what the political parties are …
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Jeffrey
@Jeffrey -
over 5 years ago
The Trump Organization’s problem with possible money laundering
Over the past two decades, investing in luxury real estate has become one of the go-to means of laundering dirty money. It’s happening almost everywhere real estate is appreciating quickly: Manhattan, Paris, Malibu, London, Miami, and Hawaii are all targets, as well as ev...continued
13 minutes read
Elvie
@Elvie -
over 5 years ago
Tor.com Reviewers’ Choice: The Best Books of 2019—So Far
Tor.com Reviewers’ Choice: The Best Books of 2019—So FarWe’re halfway through the year, and we have a lot of favorite new reads already. Our reviewers each picked a lot of best-books-so-far, and they almost all picked different books! This year’s highlights run the gamut ...continued
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Cynthia
@Cynthia -
over 3 years ago
No cults, no politics, no ghouls: how China censors the video game world
China’s video game market is the world’s biggest. International developers want in on it – but its rules on what is acceptable are growing increasingly harsh. Is it worth the compromise?In the years after it was founded in 1999, the Swedish video game company…
26 minutes read
Sandrine
@Sandrine -
over 5 years ago
Attacks on Rep. Omar are rooted in the belief that ‘America is for white people’
Attacks on Rep. Omar are rooted in the belief that ‘America is for white people’ – Alternet.orgOn Thursday, President Trump attempted to distance himself from the racist chant of “send her back” about Minnesota Congresswoman Ilhan Omar at a Trump campaign rally Wednesday ...continued
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Jerrold
@Jerrold -
over 5 years ago
A List of Great Things to Do This July
A List of Great Things to Do This JulyApollo’s Muse: The Moon in the Age of Photography at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York: July 3 – September 22, 2019July 20, 2019 marks 50 years since Apollo 11 landed and Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin became the first humans t...continued
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Iva
@Iva -
over 5 years ago
The Middle East Is Now Split Between Red States and Blue States
The Middle East Is Now Split Between Red States and Blue States – Foreign PolicySen. Arthur Vandenberg, the Republican chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee in the late 1940s, is said to have declared that partisan politics must stop “at the water’s edge.” Fe...continued
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Muriel
@Muriel -
over 1 year ago
Voters head to polls in three byelections seen as test of Rishi Sunak’s premiership – UK politics...
Voters are picking new MPs in the constituencies of Somerton and Frome, Uxbridge and South Ruislip, and Selby and AinstyPolls have opened in three parliamentary seats where byelections are being held, with Rishi Sunak braced for an electoral test of his premi…
25 minutes read
Delia
@Delia -
over 5 years ago
The Dangerous Truth about Trump’s Racism: White Power, Elite Rule, and Justified Privilege
The Dangerous Truth about Trump’s Racism: White Power, Elite Rule, and Justified PrivilegeLast week, President Trump set off a political firestorm that sent shock waves across the US and the world when he tweeted that four non-white progressive congresswomen—Reps. Alexand...continued
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Angus
@Angus -
over 5 years ago
Former Maine governor's final year in office included 39 days in Florida, $33,000 trip to Montenegro
Former Maine governor's final year in office included 39 days in Florida, $33,000 trip to MontenegroPORTLAND, Maine (Tribune News Service) — Last August, then-Gov. Paul LePage had a serious cardiac event in Canada.Not until the next day did anybody outside his inner circl...continued
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Ericka
@Ericka -
over 5 years ago
The dangerous truth about Trump’s racism: White power, elite rule and justified privilege
White power, elite rule and justified privilege – Alternet.orgLast week, President Trump set off a political firestorm that sent shock waves across the US and the world when he tweeted that four non-white progressive congresswomen—Reps. Alexandria Ocasio Cortez, Rashida T...continued
11 minutes read
Anderson
@Anderson -
5 days ago
Eva Longoria says her family no longer lives in 'dystopian' US
The Desperate Housewives star acknowledged most Americans were not as "privileged" to "get to escape".
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Garnet
@Garnet -
over 5 years ago
How Cyber Weapons Are Changing the Landscape of Modern Warfare
How Cyber Weapons Are Changing the Landscape of Modern WarfareIn the weeks before two Japanese and Norwegian oil tankers were attacked, on June 13th, in the Gulf of Oman—acts which the United States attributes to Iran—American military strategists were planning a cyberatt...continued
13 minutes read
Priscilla
@Priscilla -
over 1 year ago
Congress has authority to regulate Supreme court, says liberal justice Kagan – US politics live
Elena Kagan told judicial conference that supreme court should be subject to checks and balanceGood morning, US politics blog readers. Donald Trump came and went from Washington DC yesterday after pleading not guilty to charges related to trying to overturn t…
23 minutes read
Marie
@Marie -
over 5 years ago
Erdogan, Cyprus and the Future of NATO
Erdogan, Cyprus and the Future of NATOIn recent weeks a dramatic escalation of tension around Turkish oil drilling rig presence in the disputed Exclusive Enterprise Zone surrounding EU member state Cyprus is taking place. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is claiming...continued
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Ryleigh
@Ryleigh -
over 5 years ago
‘They are concentration camps’
‘They are concentration camps’‘They are concentration camps,’ Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said of the immigration detention centres on the southern border of the US. Right-wingers angrily replied that she was either simply wrong, or making trivialising comparisons between me...continued
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Mariano
@Mariano -
over 5 years ago
The most anticipated comics through the end of 2019
The most anticipated comics through the end of 2019: Marcel, DC, & moreLike Hollywood before it, the American comics industry is defined by the summer event — and these days it’s the summer event that stretches all the way to September, or even the following March.But...continued
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