Politics

Anything to do with Politics

Abbie @Abbie - almost 5 years ago

On the Frontier, the Lubumbashi Biennial Makes Art From Obstacles

On the Frontier, the Lubumbashi Biennial Makes Art From ObstaclesLUBUMBASHI, Democratic Republic of Congo — This hot, dry metropolis may seem an unlikely art center. It is a thousand miles from the capital, Kinshasa, on the southern edge of an enormous, unwieldy country t...continued

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Alexandro @Alexandro - about 5 years ago

Climate Strike N.Y.C.: Teachers Barred From Attending Protest

Teachers in New York City Barred From Attending Climate Protest[Live coverage of the climate strike in New York City.]Hanna and Kian Joulaee, twins and fifth graders at Public School 10 in Brooklyn, spent Wednesday night decorating signs and T-shirts for a rally in Red Ho...continued

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Bart @Bart - almost 3 years ago

Analysis: Why Trump won't save Democrats in 2022

Tying Republican candidates to former President Donald Trump won't save Democrats from a midterm Armageddon, according to one prominent party pollster.

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Hannah @Hannah - over 4 years ago

FOREX-Dollar edges lower as markets eye U.S. politics, Fed minutes - reuters.com

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The dollar traded lower on Monday morning after weak results from a regional manufacturing survey added to doubts sowed by grim data last week that the U.S. recovery is on shaky grounds.FILE PHOTO: A woman counts U.S. dollar bills at her home in Bueno...continued

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Alexander @Alexander - over 4 years ago

FOREX-Dollar in the doldrums; US politics, Fed minutes eyed - Reuters

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Jerrold @Jerrold - over 4 years ago

FOREX-Dollar edges lower as markets eye U.S. politics, Fed minutes - Reuters UK

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Madalyn @Madalyn - over 4 years ago

Dollar in the doldrums; U.S. politics, Fed minutes eyed - Reuters India

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Clarissa @Clarissa - almost 3 years ago

Democrats Decried Dark Money in Politics, but Used It to Defeat Trump

A New York Times analysis reveals how the left outdid the right at raising and spending millions from undisclosed donors to defeat Donald Trump and win power in Washington.

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Priscilla @Priscilla - over 3 years ago

Timing Is Everything, Biden Says, and ‘Politics Is the Art of the Possible’

In his first formal news conference since taking office, President Biden offered an early glimpse of the man who inhabits the Oval Office and his approach to the presidency.

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Zetta @Zetta - 11 months ago

India's Flooded Farmlands Mask a Water Crisis Deep Underground

India consumes more groundwater. That's testing India's ability to feed itself and much of the world. From a report: The South Asian nation is already the world's largest guzzler of groundwater. Cheap power has encouraged routine overreliance on finite riches…

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Leda @Leda - about 3 years ago

Analysis: A truly awful week for Joe Biden

This is a week President Joe Biden would like to forget. But Republicans won't let that happen anytime soon.

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Jarod @Jarod - over 3 years ago

Hong Kong teachers' union to disband due to 'drastic' political situation - Reuters UK

Hong Kong's largest teachers' union said on Tuesday it would disband, days after it was criticised by Chinese state media and the city's Education Bureau severed ties, accusing the group of helping to infiltrate schools with politics.

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Bart @Bart - almost 3 years ago

The Rittenhouse Trial Becomes an Avenue for Political Fund-Raising

As the jury deliberates, fund-raising emails from both supporters and critics increasingly are reflecting how much the case has become a political touchstone.

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Alexander @Alexander - over 4 years ago

Taylor Swift calls out Donald Trump for stoking white supremacy, promises to vote him out

Taylor Swift, a mega-celebrity once known for being politics-averse, was blunt in a scathing criticism of President Donald Trump on Friday. She slammed the commander-in-chief's response to the protests over Minneapolis police killing George Floyd, a black man."After stoki...continued

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Bart @Bart - 11 months ago

Tom Smothers, Half of Music-Comedy Duo Smothers Brothers, Dies at 86

With his younger brother, Dick, Smothers satirized folk music and politics in the 1960s

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Kraig @Kraig - almost 4 years ago

Amazon film recounts epic meeting of Cassius Clay, Sam Cooke, Malcolm X, Jim Brown - Reuters

Imagine a time more than 50 years ago when four of the biggest Black American celebrities in the world met up and spent hours discussing race, religion and politics?

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Cyril @Cyril - 11 months ago

How Moms for Liberty co-founder Bridget Ziegler, a supporter of 'parental rights' in schools, got...

Bridget and Christian Ziegler are embroiled in a sex scandal that may cost them their positions in Florida politics, as well as their moral high ground.

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Erik @Erik - about 5 years ago

France says we'll only extend Brexit if British politics shift

France says we'll only extend Brexit if British politics shiftPARIS (Reuters) - France could discuss giving London an extension on its deadline for leaving the European Union if there was a political shift in Britain allowing a different type of dialogue on Brexit, a Fren...continued

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Kraig @Kraig - over 3 years ago

Alice and the Mayor review – can the left survive the crisis of modern politics?

Fabrice Luchini is a fading politician railing against leftwing malaise in Nicolas Pariser’s ambitious, frustrating dramaNicolas Pariser’s second film is a much-needed attempt to address the woes of the modern left: a conceptual exhaustion in the face of ever…

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Elody @Elody - about 3 years ago

After the 9/11 Attacks, Boston Found a Focus for Its Anger

Terrorists boarded two planes in Boston and flew them into the World Trade Center. Massachusetts zeroed in on its top airport official, who has never quite recovered.

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Grayce @Grayce - 7 months ago

Google's CEO says its workplace isn't a place to 'fight over disruptive issues or debate politics'

Google CEO Sundar Pichai's message to workers is loud and clear: Don't bring politics into the workplace.

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Arvid @Arvid - over 3 years ago

Diving-Mexico's Marrufo jumps from the springboard to politics - Reuters

Olympic diving veteran Rommel Pacheco Marrufo will launch himself off the springboard in the 3m finals on Tuesday hoping for a gold medal to end to his fourth and final Olympics before pursuing his new dream to become a politician.

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Marie @Marie - over 2 years ago

Analysis: This Republican senator has a very weird theory for why Russia invaded Ukraine

Tommy Tuberville thinks he knows why Vladimir Putin invaded Ukraine.

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Gregoria @Gregoria - almost 5 years ago

Analysis: Trump's war on toilets (and sinks and showers and dishwashers)

Donald Tump 2020 rally: President makes war on toilets (and sinks and showers and dishwashers)"But sinks, toilets and showers. You don't get any water. They put restrictors on and now they made them permanent. People used to take them out. They put restrictors on. Try goi...continued

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Abbie @Abbie - over 3 years ago

'Leave the trenches behind', Chile´s Pinera appeals to new constitution architects - Reuters

Chile's President Sebastian Pinera on Tuesday appealed to the ideologically-diverse 155 men and women elected last month to draft the country's new constitution to abandon the "politics of the trenches" to engage in open dialogue and reach agreements.

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