2020xIs capitalism dead? Yanis Varoufakis thinks it is – and he knows who killed ittheconversation.com - Christopher PollardYanis Varoufakis grew up during the Greek dictatorship of 1967-1974. He later became an economics professor and was briefly Greek finance minister in …
2020xThe Surprising Geography of Gun Violenceverified_publisherPOLITICO - By Colin WoodardAmerica’s regions are poles apart when it comes to gun deaths and the cultural and ideological forces that drive them. Listen to the southern right talk about violence in America and you’d think New York City was as dangerous as Bakhmut on Ukraine’s eastern front. In October, Florida’s Republican …
2020xCNN Exclusive: FBI investigation determined Chinese-made Huawei equipment could disrupt US nuclear arsenal communicationsverified_publisherCNN - By Katie Bo LillisWashington CNN — On paper, it looked like a fantastic deal. In 2017, the Chinese government was offering to spend $100 million to build an ornate Chinese garden at the National Arboretum in Washington DC. Complete with temples, pavilions and a 70-foot white pagoda, the project thrilled local …
2020xTrump's revengeAxios - Jonathan SwanPresident Donald Trump was attending the National Prayer Breakfast, but showing no sign of grace. Lips pursed, face alternating between anger and …
2020xSo where were the "good guys with guns"? Standing around doing jacks**t, as usualverified_publisherSalon - By Lucian K. Truscott IVNearly 10 years have passed since the last school shooting that killed as many children as were murdered in Uvalde, Texas, on Tuesday. That shooting, at the Sandy Hook elementary school in Newtown, Connecticut, took the lives of 20 children and six adults. It was supposed to be the mass shooting …