Yazidis They Were Children When They Were Kidnapped By ISIS and Forced to Fight. What Happens Now That They're Home?TIME - Kimberly DozierThis story was produced in partnership with the Pulitzer Center. Raised in northern Iraq’s small Yezidi religious minority, S. was 9 years old when the so-called Islamic State killed his father and brother,
Democracy Why American Democracy Was So Easy to Destroyeand.co - umair haque As I perused the headlines today, I was amused and saddened — a strange feeling — to see endless articles lamenting the death of democracy in America. …
U.S. Politics Conservatives are conditioning us to accept the breakup of BritainBusiness Insider - Jim EdwardsBritish Conservatives are openly discussing whether Brexit will lead to the breakup of the country currently known as the United Kingdom. Some of them are becoming comfortable with the end of their nation
Imperialism (Why We Should All Celebrate) The End of American Empireeand.co - umair haque There’s a strange myth Americans are taught, which is also a simple one. It goes like this: having an empire is good for them, and good for the …
Kim Darroch Diplomats express solidarity with UK ambassador's verdict on TrumpCNN - By Nicole Gaouette, CNNWashington (CNN) — After Britain's ambassador to the US resigned Wednesday following personal attacks by President Donald Trump, one of the most powerful expressions of support for the UK envoy was only
World News How Norway turns criminals into good neighboursbbc.co.ukWhat is the point of sending someone to prison - retribution or rehabilitation? Twenty years ago, Norway moved away from a punitive "lock-up" approach and sharply cut reoffending rates. The BBC's Emma
Marriage The Case Against MarriageThe Atlantic - Mandy Len CatronWhat if marriage is not the social good that so many believe and want it to be? In America today, it’s easy to believe that marriage is a social good—that our lives and our communities are better when
Jeffrey Epstein I hope Jeffrey Epstein sings like a bird. And if some Democrats go down, so be itThe Guardian - Jill FilipovicThe wealthy and well-connected financier and registered sex offender was arrested this week in New York on accusations of child sex trafficking. He just may bring a lot of bad men – and a few bad women
Mitch McConnell Sen. Tina Smith: Mitch McConnell's leadership has been a big, fat wasteCNN - By Tina Smith(CNN) — I came to the United States Senate 18 months ago as an accidental senator; I never expected to gain the great honor of serving in Washington. I'll never have the seniority of lions of the Senate
Census An Executive Order Can’t Fix Trump’s Census ProblemThe Atlantic - Peter M. ShanePresidents who want to shape the world unilaterally must face four inconvenient legal truths. President Donald Trump’s announcement that he will consider using an executive order to get a citizenship on
Reforestation How planting trees can improve water qualityfuturity.org - Sonia Fernandez-UCSB New research offers a hard link between reforestation of marginal, degraded, or abandoned agricultural land and significant benefits in water quality. …
Politics There is no 'right' v 'left': it is Trump and the oligarchs against the restThe GuardianThe president is the puppet master so Americans of all persuasions must look behind him, to where the real danger lies I keep hearing that the Democratic party has moved “left” and that Democratic candidates
Donald Trump Trump's bad, sad Independence Day showmanship -macleans.ca - Anne Kingston Anne Kingston: And we’re about to relive the Inauguration attendance lies again, too. Did Donald Trump—or any of his aides—tune into the Handmaid’s …
News Best way to fight climate change? Plant a trillion treesAssociated Press - By SETH BORENSTEIN, AP Science WriterWASHINGTON (AP) — The most effective way to fight global warming is to plant lots of trees, a study says. A trillion of them, maybe more. And there's enough room, Swiss scientists say. Even with existing
U.S. Politics Government Watchdog Finds Squalid Conditions in Border CentersThe New York Times - By ZOLAN KANNO-YOUNGSWASHINGTON — Overcrowded, squalid conditions are more widespread at migrant centers along the southern border than initially revealed, the Department of Homeland Security’s independent watchdog said Tuesday.
Making a wood chip mushroom gardenmilkwood.net - Kirsten Bradley A mushroom garden is a low cost, DIY way to increase the diversity of your home-grown produce, as well as your overall resilience. It’s also …
Russia What Does Putin Really Want?The New York Times - By SARAH A. TOPOLOn a warm late-May afternoon, I took a taxi to the outskirts of the Russian capital to the Moscow State Institute of International Relations, known by its Russian acronym, Mgimo. Flags marked the entrance
Steven Pinker Steven Pinker on What a Broad Education Should Entailfs.blog Harvard’s great biologist/psychologist Steven Pinker is one of my favorites, even though I’m just starting to get into his work. What makes him great …
Bengal This vanishing forest protects the coasts—and lives—of two countriesNational Geographic - Peter SchwartzsteinRising waters and illicit logging are killing the trees in the Sundarbans, the natural wall that protects the India-Bangladesh coast. It was when the body of a long-dead friend surfaced near her front
Politics 'Disturbing picture': Judge says census question might have discriminatory motiveNBC News - Associated PressActivists assert a deceased GOP strategist's emails show a proposed citizenship question was meant to restrict Democrats' and Latinos' political power. BALTIMORE — New evidence paints a "disturbing picture"
Trump International Hotels Trump adds to his endless parade of corruption and conflicts of interestThe Washington Post - By Editorial BoardSEEMINGLY EVERY day, a new report emerges about the corruption that taints the Trump presidency, and has tainted it from the beginning. The president’s refusal to distance himself from his family business
USATF She’s 103 and Just Ran the 100-Meter Dash. Her Life Advice? ‘Look for Magic Moments’The New York Times - By SARAH MERVOSHTwo years ago, at the age of 101, Julia Hawkins set a record. A running record. She ran the 100-meter dash, finishing with a time of 39.62 seconds. They called her the “Hurricane.” This week, at the age
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Julian CastroJulián Castro taunts Trump with perfect one-word send-off he’ll give him and Melania after he boots them from the Whiterawstory.com - Matthew Chapman ‘Prosecute the case!’: Kamala Harris delivers impassioned indictment of Trump’s ‘rap sheet’ On Saturday, Sen. Kamala Harris (D-CA) raised the roof at …
FlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoLos Angeles City Council West Hollywood City Council votes to have Trump’s Walk of Fame star removedthehill.com - Aris Folley The West Hollywood City Council voted Monday night to approve a proposal calling for President Trump’s star to be removed from the Hollywood Walk of …
Eliot Engel The House committee quietly racking up oversight wins against TrumpPOLITICO - By ANDREW DESIDERIOThe House Foreign Affairs Committee's bipartisan, low-profile oversight of the Trump administration has secured a handful of victories. House Democrats are largely pursuing flashy, partisan, made-for-TV
Donald Trump Trump is afraid he’ll lose reelection, and he’s in a fury over itThe Washington Post - By Greg SargentIt’s fairly standard stuff for campaigns to project outward confidence, to keep supporters energized. But President Trump and his propagandists often go to extraordinary lengths to create the almost cultlike
FBI Trump accidentally undercuts his own “deep state” FBI conspiracy theoryVox - Aaron RuparDuring an interview with ABC’s George Stephanopoulos that aired in full on Sunday, President Donald Trump accidentally undercut the conspiracy theory he’s been pushing about how the Obama-era FBI leadership
Mitch McConnell Tobacco's 'Special Friend': What Internal Documents Say About Mitch McConnellNPR - Tom DreisbachSenate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., says one of his "highest priorities" is to take on the leading cause of preventable death in the United States: smoking. McConnell has sponsored a bill, with
