Audrey Anderson World5 hours agoNearly £40k donated for boy who lost finger fleeing school bullieswalesonline.co.uk - Conor GogartyDonations have flooded in for a boy whose finger had to be amputated after he allegedly fled an attack by school bullies. Shantal Bailey has raised …
Audrey Anderson World3 hours agoOp-Ed: Mass shooters aren’t mentally ill people who suddenly snap. They decide to killverified_publisherLos Angeles Times - Mark FollmanIn the aftermath of major mass shootings, politicians and pundits depict the killers as crazed monsters and blame mental illness as the fundamental cause. The same story has played out since last Saturday’s horrific massacre at a supermarket in Buffalo, N.Y., where an 18-year-old allegedly …
Audrey Anderson World8 hours agoHow goods made with forced labor end up in your local American storeverified_publisherNPR - Emily FengFar out in China's western region of Xinjiang, authorities have imprisoned thousands of people from the Uyghur ethnic minority without legal justification. They've also coerced thousands of Uyghurs into state or factory jobs. China says these efforts are their attempts to combat terrorism in the …
Audrey Anderson World1 hour agoWhy Australians Must Vote on Election Dayverified_publisherThe New York Times - Victoria KimAfter Australia’s 2016 federal election, a parliamentary committee urged the country’s election commission to investigate the worryingly low voter turnout, saying the trend may signal trouble for the health of its democracy. The turnout in question: 91 percent. In the U.S. presidential election that …
Audrey Anderson World10 hours agoSugarcoating World War II as the ‘Good War’ Is a Terrible MistakeThe Daily Beast - James A. WarrenPerpetuating the nonsense myths of the greatest generation who saved democracy in WWII distorts history and teaches all the wrong lessons. No doubt …
Audrey Anderson World12 hours agoIn unusual step, US military aircraft will transport first pallets of baby formula to USverified_publisherCNN - Kaitlan CollinsThe first flights of the Biden administration's latest effort to expedite baby formula delivery to the US amid a nationwide shortage will include US military aircraft, a White House official says.
