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Florida: Search under way for 39 people missing after suspected human smuggling boat capsizes as one survivor found
A search is under way off the Florida coast after a boat capsized reportedly with 40 people on board in…
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Biden’s administration is in shambles. It’s not entirely his fault
A year into his term, the Biden administration is in shambles. Osita Nwanevu The Guardian Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema’s…
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This Happened Here: The Fascist Trump Presidency as Living American History
To speak of “fascism” in American political discourse has long been one of the great taboos of political life –…
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Kamala Harris one year: Where did it go wrong for her?
But her first year as vice-president has been far from a smooth ride. Anthony Zurcher BBC The job has not…
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Do Uyghur Lives Matter to Americans?
In 2024, you can appoint any American citizen to one term as president, so long as your choice has…
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I Was There.
I was in the room, as they say, where it happened. Michael Moore I was, at 11-years old, a witness…
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Remembering Martin Luther King Jr.: 5 things I’ve learned curating the MLK Collection at Morehouse College
Few archives of historical papers compare with the importance of the Morehouse King Collection. Vicki Crawford The Conversation Aside from…
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If America really is ‘back’, it needs to set an example on human rights and charity in Afghanistan
Now with sanctions and boycotts it is inflicting even more suffering. Alison Broinowski Pearls and Irritations Yet it continues to…
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The late poet and civil rights activist, Maya Angelou, becomes first African American woman to appear on a US quarter dollar coin
As an author and civil rights activist, Angelou is the first in a group of women who will appear on…
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The Myth of Regulating Finance
Regulation is simply inadequate to the task. Milton Ezrati The National Interest TODAY’S FINANCIAL markets will inevitably suffer another crash.…
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Ukraine-Russia crisis: US refuses to draw down troops
Top diplomat Antony Blinken said Russia is pushing a “false narrative” to justify troop deployments on Ukraine’s border. Deutsche Welle…
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Sidney Poitier – Hollywood’s first Black leading man reflected the civil rights movement on screen
Their guest, he said, was his “soul brother.” Aram Goudsouzian The Conversation “He has carved for himself an imperishable niche…
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How Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes went from the cover of Forbes to being found guilty on charges of fraud
And Elizabeth Holmes was confident. Jordan Hayne with wires ABC News It was an apparently unshakable belief in her product…
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On Russia, NATO cannot fold
Putin has tried this before, but we cannot negotiate down the barrel of a gun. Anders Fogh Rasmussen is former…
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US could be under rightwing dictator by 2030, Canadian professor warns
The US could be under a rightwing dictatorship by 2030, a Canadian political science professor has warned, urging his country…
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Life after COVID: most people don’t want a return to normal – they want a fairer, more sustainable future
But it will not last forever. Authors The Conversation When the COVID outbreak is over, what do we want the…
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