Politics
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Gregoria @Gregoria - over 3 years ago
Edtech startups and VCs rally around a memo of their own
Outschool founder Amir Nathoo has a message to the edtech sector, which recently found itself under a spotlight thanks to the pandemic: Add your voice, and don’t try to always appear neutral. The founder of the unicorn business penned a statement, co-signed b…
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Iva @Iva - 12 months ago
Dune: Spice Wars review — A fun way to build desert power
Dune: Spice Wars is a fun strategy game that mixes politics and combat in equal measure, though the controls can take a bit to get used to.
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Jessika @Jessika - almost 5 years ago
Veteran U.S. political and economics journalist William Greider dies
Veteran U.S. political and economics journalist William Greider dies(Reuters) - Veteran journalist William Greider, who wrote and reported on politics and economics for The Washington Post, Rolling Stone and The Nation, among several other prestigious names in U.S. media,...continued
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Ryleigh @Ryleigh - 7 months ago
Ryûsuke Hamaguchi wants you to watch his new movie at least twice
The Japanese director sat down with The Verge to talk about his new film, Evil Does Not Exist, and how the reception of Drive My Car has changed expectations of his work.
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Elaina @Elaina - over 3 years ago
10 Things in Politics: Wall Street says economy's about to roar back
Summary List PlacementGood morning! Welcome back to 10 Things in Politics. Sign up here to get this newsletter in your inbox each day. Send your tips and thoughts to [email protected] or tweet me @BrentGriffiths. Here's what you need to know: Wa…
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Kristina @Kristina - about 5 years ago
Analysis: Republicans' circus strategy on impeachment
Republicans' 'circus strategy' on impeachment"Roughly two-dozen House Republicans on Wednesday stormed a closed-door deposition in secure House Intelligence Committee spaces to rail against the Democratic-led impeachment inquiry , a political stunt ratcheting up the GOP ...continued
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Geovany @Geovany - about 2 months ago
The Springfield pet-eating hoax was not the only immigration lie Vance spouted tonight
During the vice presidential debate, JD Vance followed his weirdest, most viral falsehood with a litany of banal lies about immigration, asylum, deportation, and more.
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Dayton @Dayton - almost 3 years ago
The market's Black Friday freakout about the new variant shows how a reactionary Wall Street rule...
When Wall Street talks, the public and the government listen. But when the market changes its mind, it's often too late to change wheels in motion.
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Marjory @Marjory - over 3 years ago
Private Insurance Wins in Democrats’ First Try at Expanding Health Coverage
‘Medicare for all’ and the public option were hot topics during primary season, but the politics of passing those “gets tricky really fast.”
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Garnet @Garnet - over 5 years ago
Ethiopian leader sobs at service for murdered military chief
Ethiopian leader sobs at service for murdered military chiefMembers of the Ethiopian military shed a tear during a state ceremony for assassinated army chief Gen. Seare Mekonnen, at the Millennium Hall in the capital Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Tuesday, June 25, 2019.ADDIS ABAB...continued
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Gregoria @Gregoria - about 2 years ago
Can Mexico’s 43 missing students get justice at last – or will politics prevail?
A new report has suggested high-level government involvement in the 2014 disappearance of members of a rural teacher training collegeWhen Clemente Rodríguez imagines seeing his only son Christian again, he envisions an encounter on a Mexican beach, or a chanc…
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Monserrat @Monserrat - over 3 years ago
How Pyer Moss Is Disrupting French Couture
Kerby Jean-Raymond of Pyer Moss reinvents the oldest form of French fashion with politics, humor and a Black Panther.
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Abbie @Abbie - over 5 years ago
Ross Perot Dies After Five-Month Battle With Leukemia
Ross Perot Dies After Five-Month Battle With LeukemiaRoss Perot, the two-time third-party presidential candidate, died at 89 after battling leukemia for five months. Perot was diagnosed with leukemia in February and was able to celebrate his 89th birthday in June.“Obvious...continued
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Moises @Moises - over 5 years ago
Identity politics: Rename West Bengal to 'Bangla', says Trinamool MP
Identity politics: Rename West Bengal to 'Bangla', says Trinamool MPTrinamool CongressRajya Sabha member Sukhendu Sekhar Roy on Thursday demanded in the House that West Bengalbe renamed Banglain three languages — Bengali, English, and Hindi — in deference to Bengali ident...continued
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Muriel @Muriel - over 4 years ago
Analysis: Chris Cillizza's winners and losers from Super Tuesday II
(CNN) Voters went to the polls in six states across the country Tuesday night , with the results cementing the new reality in the 2020 Democratic race: Joe Biden is the clear front-runner and Bernie Sanders is fighting for his political life.Biden swept to wins in Missour...continued
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Joe @Joe - 6 months ago
Will coalition turn domineering Modi into a humbler leader?
Will Narendra Modi, who has dominated Indian politics for a decade, be able to run a coalition government?
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Giles @Giles - over 4 years ago
The Times Can’t Stop Pretending Trump Is a Normal President
President Donald Trump in the Oval Office on April 10. Al Drago - Pool/Getty ImagesSlate is making its coronavirus coverage free for all readers. Subscribe to support our journalism. Start your free trial.The most alarming sentence in the New York Times’ write-up of the p...continued
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Giles @Giles - over 5 years ago
Politics Killed the NYC Triathlon This Year
Politics Killed the NYC Triathlon This Year – TriathleteThe race made the right decision in canceling anyway. Here’s why.New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio was feeling the heat last weekend when constituents and the state’s governor criticized him for campaigning for the ...continued
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Geovany @Geovany - over 5 years ago
Box Office: 'Spider-Man: Far From Home' Superhero Fatigues Past $111 Million Overseas
Box Office: 'Spider-Man: Far From Home' Superhero Fatigues Past $111 Million OverseasSony's Spider-Man: Far From Homegot off to a dynamite start in China this weekend, earning $97.5 million in its first three days of release. That's the third-biggest MCU debut ever in Chi...continued
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Maida @Maida - about 5 years ago
As Elizabeth Warren Rises, the G.O.P. Deploys an Old Tactic
As Elizabeth Warren Rises, the G.O.P. Deploys an Old TacticMr. Trump has slurred Ms. Warren for years over her ancestry claims, and the personal attacks on her come out of the Trump playbook from 2016 that targeted both Republicans and Mrs. Clinton. Michael Steel, a Repub...continued
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Jimmy @Jimmy - about 5 years ago
Trump says being president has cost him $2 billion to $5 billion
Trump says being president has cost him $2 billion to $5 billionWASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday that being president has cost him between $2 billion and $5 billion that he would have made if he had continued running his business instead o...continued
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Maida @Maida - about 1 year ago
Politics in the Classroom
To the Editors: I read with interest Erin Maglaque’s complimentary review of my recent book, Political Meritocracy in Renaissance Italy: The Virtuous Republic of Francesco Patrizi of Siena [NYR, September 21]. Her main point of disagreement, which seems to is…
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Ismael @Ismael - almost 4 years ago
Who Was Ashli Babbitt? Woman Killed in Capitol Embraced Trump, QAnon
After 14 years in the military, Ashli Babbitt bought a pool supply company and delved into far-right politics.
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Allene @Allene - over 3 years ago
Looking Beyond the Ayatollah to the Treasures of Iran
The organizers of a major London exhibition wanted to put politics aside and showcase the country’s rich 5,000-year-old culture. But politics kept getting in the way.
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