America First "White Identity Politics" and white backlash: How we wound up with a racist in the White HouseSalon - Chauncey DeVegaToday's Republican Party is the largest, most powerful and most dangerous white racist organization in the United States -- if not the world. Donald Trump, the president of the United States, is its leader.
United States This is what today's America looks like. The squad is usThe GuardianWe should all be grateful to the four women of color who are offering moral and political guidance to a nation goaded by its commander-in-chief On Monday, the best of the United States of America was full
World News What happens when parts of South Asia become unlivable? The climate crisis is already displacing millionsCNN - Analysis by James Griffiths, CNN(CNN) — Almost six million people are under threat from rising flood waters across South Asia, where hundreds of thousands of people have already been displaced as a result of heavy monsoon rains. The
U.S. House of Representatives After House rebukes his remarks as racist, Trump says congresswomen are worsetimesofisrael.com - By TOI staff and Agencies US President Donald Trump on Tuesday shrugged off a rebuke by the US House of Representatives, which condemned remarks he made about four …
Military History Whoops: A Russian MiG-31 Shot down One of Its Buddiesnationalinterest.org It has now emerged that the twin-engine fighter was brought down by another MiG-31 which fired an R-33 air-to-air missile mistakenly. A report …
Opioid Crisis DEA database: Where the pain pills wentThe Washington Post - By The Washington PostFor the first time, a database maintained by the Drug Enforcement Administration that tracks the path of every single pain pill sold in the United States — by manufacturers and distributors to pharmacies
Liberal View ‘Trump ain’t playing 3D chess’: CNN polling analyst blows up myth that president’s racism is smart strategyrawstory.com - Matthew Chapman Trump’s racist tweets hurt him with most voters — but helped him with Republicans: polls Polls are now in on President Donald Trump's vicious, racist …
Eric Trump Eric Trump: ‘95 percent’ of Americans agree with my fatherPOLITICO - By QUINT FORGEYEric Trump on Wednesday heralded his father, President Donald Trump, as “the greatest fighter in the world,” and claimed that “95 percent” of people in the U.S. support his political message even as the
Matteo Salvini Italy's Matteo Salvini shows the danger of Trump's racist tweetsQuartz - Annalisa MerelliRussian operatives seeking to influence the world’s elections appear to have a new beneficiary: Matteo Salvini, Italy’s deputy prime minister. A damning recording released by Buzzfeed suggests Salvini
Republicans Here's the real reason Trump is attacking 'the squad': he's scaredThe Guardian - Joshua LeiferAfter less than a year in office, the members of the Squad have greatly expanded the realm of political possibility in the United States What distinguishes them [the Squad] as much as who they are is they
Ilhan Omar President Trump accuses Rep. Omar of supporting al-QaedaThe Washington Post - By Salvador Rizzo“I look at Omar. I don’t know. I never met her. I hear the way she talks about al-Qaeda. Al-Qaeda has killed many Americans. She said, ‘You can hold your chest out, you can — when I think of America, when
FlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoWorld News Shock video comes back to haunt Donald Trump as he insists he's not racistnzherald.co.nz - Shannon Molloy As he defends a series of controversial tweets and insists he's not racist, a jaw-dropping video of Donald Trump has just emerged. Donald Trump …
Iran Trump’s better deal with Iran looks a lot like Obama’sPOLITICO - By NAHAL TOOSITrump has repeatedly urged Iran to negotiate, saying that Tehran’s nuclear ambitions are his chief concern, talking points that experts say echo the 2015 deal. Donald Trump has long trashed the 2015 Iran
Jeffrey Epstein Tape shows Donald Trump and Jeffrey Epstein discussing women at 1992 partyNBC News - Jack BohrerThe November 1992 tape in the NBC archives shows Trump with Epstein more than a decade before Epstein pleaded guilty to felony prostitution charges in Florida. The footage shows two wealthy men laughing
U.S. Senate In rare rebuke, dozens of Republicans hit Trump over 'racist' tweetsReuters - By Jonas Ekblom and Jan WolfeWASHINGTON (Reuters) - After initial hesitation, a growing number of Republicans in the U.S. Congress - including almost half the Ohio delegation in the House - have openly criticized President Donald
FlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoWorld News US House condemns Trump attacks on congresswomen as racistbbc.co.uk The US House of Representatives has voted to condemn President Donald Trump after a series of attacks aimed at four congresswomen.
Glenn Greenwald Brazil must reveal investigations into journalist Glenn Greenwald, court saysThe Guardian - Associated Press in Rio de JaneiroBrazil’s top court has ordered the country’s justice ministry to reveal whether there are any investigations into the US journalist Glenn Greenwald, whose online news site has published material critical
World News Merkel: The steady woman whose shaking has touched a nationbbc.co.uk - By Damien McGuinness Angela Merkel celebrates her 65th birthday on Wednesday, but despite speculation about her health she intends to stay chancellor until the end of her current term in 2021.
World News Top French minister resigns after reports of lavish lifestyle - Los Angeles TimesLos Angeles Times - Associated PressThe No. 2 official in the French government resigned Tuesday following media reports that he has been living a lavish lifestyle at taxpayer expense, including hosting lobster and Champagne soirees and
FlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoWorld News 'The Squad' condemn Trump's 'racist' tweets in CBS interviewbbc.co.ukDemocratic congresswomen targeted by President Trump's tweets have condemned them in an interview with CBS's This Morning show. Rashida Tlaib called the US president "the biggest bully [she's] ever had
Kellyanne Conway Kellyanne Conway inadvertently reminds America of our history of hostility to immigrantsThe Washington Post - By Philip BumpFor some reason — well, for an obvious reason — White House adviser Kellyanne Conway on Tuesday decided to ask a White House reporter about his ethnic background. The reporter, Andrew Feinberg, had asked
Politics In rare rebuke, dozens of Republicans hit Trump over 'racist' tweetsReuters - Jonas EkblomWASHINGTON (Reuters) - After initial hesitation, a growing number of Republicans in the U.S. Congress - including almost half the Ohio delegation in the House - have openly criticized President Donald
World Politics Renegotiating the Columbia River Treaty, six decades laterhcn.org - Brad Udall, Douglas Kenney and John Fleck Reckoning with History is an ongoing series that seeks to understand the legacies of the past and to put the West’s present moment in perspective. On …
Donald Trump Trump calls on Republicans to oppose House resolution condemning Twitter attackglobalnews.ca - By Alan Fram, Darlene Superville and Jill Colvin U.S. President Donald Trump called on fellow Republicans Tuesday to stick with him, “not show weakness” and oppose a House resolution condemning his …
Liberal View GOP strategist Tara Setmayer says Republicans will defend Trump until he uses the N-wordrawstory.com - David Edwards Republican strategist Tara Setmayer told a CNN panel that the only way the GOP is going to be willing to stand up to President Donald Trump is if he …
Insurance What is it we really ‘like’? Our insurance or our health care?The Washington Post - By Letters to the EditorIn his July 7 op-ed criticizing the Democratic candidates’ take on health-care reform, “Democratic candidates are being too silly,” George F. Will repeated the widely touted sentiment that most Americans
Apollo Missions Apollo in 50 numbers: OdditiesBBC Future - Richard HollinghamNot all of the equipment carried into space was cutting edge and expensive. Some of the more humble odds and ends even prevented disaster. The second American in space, Gus Grissom, named his Mercury Liberty
Human Geography 31 surprising locations where property values are tipped to riseyahoo.com - Lucy Dean Satellite and regional cities are the winners of Australia’s property decline, new research reveals, with Australians heading out of the major cities …
Environment ‘Off-the-charts’ heat to affect millions in U.S. in coming decadesNational Geographic - Stephen LeahyWithin 60 years, hot days in the U.S. could be so intense that the current heat index can’t measure them. In less than 20 years, millions of people in the United States could be exposed to dangerous “off-the-charts”
Iran Israel has almost as many religious restrictions as Iran, report saystimesofisrael.com - By Ben Sales JTA — When it comes to restrictions on religious freedom, Israel is in the company of countries like Saudi Arabia, Syria and Iran, a new report …
America First "White Identity Politics" and white backlash: How we wound up with a racist in the White HouseSalon - Chauncey DeVegaToday's Republican Party is the largest, most powerful and most dangerous white racist organization in the United States -- if not the world. Donald Trump, the president of the United States, is its leader.
United States This is what today's America looks like. The squad is usThe GuardianWe should all be grateful to the four women of color who are offering moral and political guidance to a nation goaded by its commander-in-chief On Monday, the best of the United States of America was full
World News What happens when parts of South Asia become unlivable? The climate crisis is already displacing millionsCNN - Analysis by James Griffiths, CNN(CNN) — Almost six million people are under threat from rising flood waters across South Asia, where hundreds of thousands of people have already been displaced as a result of heavy monsoon rains. The
U.S. House of Representatives After House rebukes his remarks as racist, Trump says congresswomen are worsetimesofisrael.com - By TOI staff and Agencies US President Donald Trump on Tuesday shrugged off a rebuke by the US House of Representatives, which condemned remarks he made about four …
Military History Whoops: A Russian MiG-31 Shot down One of Its Buddiesnationalinterest.org It has now emerged that the twin-engine fighter was brought down by another MiG-31 which fired an R-33 air-to-air missile mistakenly. A report …
Opioid Crisis DEA database: Where the pain pills wentThe Washington Post - By The Washington PostFor the first time, a database maintained by the Drug Enforcement Administration that tracks the path of every single pain pill sold in the United States — by manufacturers and distributors to pharmacies
Liberal View ‘Trump ain’t playing 3D chess’: CNN polling analyst blows up myth that president’s racism is smart strategyrawstory.com - Matthew Chapman Trump’s racist tweets hurt him with most voters — but helped him with Republicans: polls Polls are now in on President Donald Trump's vicious, racist …
Eric Trump Eric Trump: ‘95 percent’ of Americans agree with my fatherPOLITICO - By QUINT FORGEYEric Trump on Wednesday heralded his father, President Donald Trump, as “the greatest fighter in the world,” and claimed that “95 percent” of people in the U.S. support his political message even as the
Matteo Salvini Italy's Matteo Salvini shows the danger of Trump's racist tweetsQuartz - Annalisa MerelliRussian operatives seeking to influence the world’s elections appear to have a new beneficiary: Matteo Salvini, Italy’s deputy prime minister. A damning recording released by Buzzfeed suggests Salvini
Republicans Here's the real reason Trump is attacking 'the squad': he's scaredThe Guardian - Joshua LeiferAfter less than a year in office, the members of the Squad have greatly expanded the realm of political possibility in the United States What distinguishes them [the Squad] as much as who they are is they
Ilhan Omar President Trump accuses Rep. Omar of supporting al-QaedaThe Washington Post - By Salvador Rizzo“I look at Omar. I don’t know. I never met her. I hear the way she talks about al-Qaeda. Al-Qaeda has killed many Americans. She said, ‘You can hold your chest out, you can — when I think of America, when
FlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoWorld News Shock video comes back to haunt Donald Trump as he insists he's not racistnzherald.co.nz - Shannon Molloy As he defends a series of controversial tweets and insists he's not racist, a jaw-dropping video of Donald Trump has just emerged. Donald Trump …
Iran Trump’s better deal with Iran looks a lot like Obama’sPOLITICO - By NAHAL TOOSITrump has repeatedly urged Iran to negotiate, saying that Tehran’s nuclear ambitions are his chief concern, talking points that experts say echo the 2015 deal. Donald Trump has long trashed the 2015 Iran
Jeffrey Epstein Tape shows Donald Trump and Jeffrey Epstein discussing women at 1992 partyNBC News - Jack BohrerThe November 1992 tape in the NBC archives shows Trump with Epstein more than a decade before Epstein pleaded guilty to felony prostitution charges in Florida. The footage shows two wealthy men laughing
U.S. Senate In rare rebuke, dozens of Republicans hit Trump over 'racist' tweetsReuters - By Jonas Ekblom and Jan WolfeWASHINGTON (Reuters) - After initial hesitation, a growing number of Republicans in the U.S. Congress - including almost half the Ohio delegation in the House - have openly criticized President Donald
FlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoWorld News US House condemns Trump attacks on congresswomen as racistbbc.co.uk The US House of Representatives has voted to condemn President Donald Trump after a series of attacks aimed at four congresswomen.
Glenn Greenwald Brazil must reveal investigations into journalist Glenn Greenwald, court saysThe Guardian - Associated Press in Rio de JaneiroBrazil’s top court has ordered the country’s justice ministry to reveal whether there are any investigations into the US journalist Glenn Greenwald, whose online news site has published material critical
World News Merkel: The steady woman whose shaking has touched a nationbbc.co.uk - By Damien McGuinness Angela Merkel celebrates her 65th birthday on Wednesday, but despite speculation about her health she intends to stay chancellor until the end of her current term in 2021.
World News Top French minister resigns after reports of lavish lifestyle - Los Angeles TimesLos Angeles Times - Associated PressThe No. 2 official in the French government resigned Tuesday following media reports that he has been living a lavish lifestyle at taxpayer expense, including hosting lobster and Champagne soirees and
FlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoWorld News 'The Squad' condemn Trump's 'racist' tweets in CBS interviewbbc.co.ukDemocratic congresswomen targeted by President Trump's tweets have condemned them in an interview with CBS's This Morning show. Rashida Tlaib called the US president "the biggest bully [she's] ever had
Kellyanne Conway Kellyanne Conway inadvertently reminds America of our history of hostility to immigrantsThe Washington Post - By Philip BumpFor some reason — well, for an obvious reason — White House adviser Kellyanne Conway on Tuesday decided to ask a White House reporter about his ethnic background. The reporter, Andrew Feinberg, had asked
Politics In rare rebuke, dozens of Republicans hit Trump over 'racist' tweetsReuters - Jonas EkblomWASHINGTON (Reuters) - After initial hesitation, a growing number of Republicans in the U.S. Congress - including almost half the Ohio delegation in the House - have openly criticized President Donald
World Politics Renegotiating the Columbia River Treaty, six decades laterhcn.org - Brad Udall, Douglas Kenney and John Fleck Reckoning with History is an ongoing series that seeks to understand the legacies of the past and to put the West’s present moment in perspective. On …
Donald Trump Trump calls on Republicans to oppose House resolution condemning Twitter attackglobalnews.ca - By Alan Fram, Darlene Superville and Jill Colvin U.S. President Donald Trump called on fellow Republicans Tuesday to stick with him, “not show weakness” and oppose a House resolution condemning his …
Liberal View GOP strategist Tara Setmayer says Republicans will defend Trump until he uses the N-wordrawstory.com - David Edwards Republican strategist Tara Setmayer told a CNN panel that the only way the GOP is going to be willing to stand up to President Donald Trump is if he …
Insurance What is it we really ‘like’? Our insurance or our health care?The Washington Post - By Letters to the EditorIn his July 7 op-ed criticizing the Democratic candidates’ take on health-care reform, “Democratic candidates are being too silly,” George F. Will repeated the widely touted sentiment that most Americans
Apollo Missions Apollo in 50 numbers: OdditiesBBC Future - Richard HollinghamNot all of the equipment carried into space was cutting edge and expensive. Some of the more humble odds and ends even prevented disaster. The second American in space, Gus Grissom, named his Mercury Liberty
Human Geography 31 surprising locations where property values are tipped to riseyahoo.com - Lucy Dean Satellite and regional cities are the winners of Australia’s property decline, new research reveals, with Australians heading out of the major cities …
Environment ‘Off-the-charts’ heat to affect millions in U.S. in coming decadesNational Geographic - Stephen LeahyWithin 60 years, hot days in the U.S. could be so intense that the current heat index can’t measure them. In less than 20 years, millions of people in the United States could be exposed to dangerous “off-the-charts”
Iran Israel has almost as many religious restrictions as Iran, report saystimesofisrael.com - By Ben Sales JTA — When it comes to restrictions on religious freedom, Israel is in the company of countries like Saudi Arabia, Syria and Iran, a new report …
