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Liberal View
Lindsey Graham scolds civil rights leaders for giving Republicans low ratings -- and it quickly backfires
rawstory.com - Travis Gettys
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) complained that conservatives consistently got poor grades on social justice issues — and a pair of civil rights activists …
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Opinion (UK)
White people assume niceness is the answer to racial inequality. It's not
The Guardian - Robin diAngelo
How often will a white person accused of racism gather as evidence to the contrary friends and colleagues to testify to their niceness I am white. As an academic, consultant and writer on white racial
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Books
The Two Faces of Suicide
The New Yorker - Barrett Swanson
A new book stresses the biological causes of self-destruction. But what about the social ones? On April 14th, 2014, around four o’clock in the morning, Victoria McLeod, a seventeen-year-old girl from Zealand,
CityLab
Border Security
Trump's Border Wall Is a Monument to White Supremacy - CityLab
CityLab
Perspective Like Confederate Monuments, Trump’s Border Wall Is Really About Racism The president’s vision of a massive wall along the Mexican border is fundamentally about propaganda and oppression, not
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Southern Poverty Law Center
Southern Poverty Law Center Slapped with Racketeering Suit Over ‘False Hate Group Designation’
lawandcrime.com - Matt Naham
The Center for Immigration Studies (CIS) has filed a lawsuit against the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), claiming that SPLC operators Richard …
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Ofsted
Childcare workers are poorly qualified, underpaid and struggling to recruit more staff, research suggests.
inews.co.uk - Albert Evans
The Early Years Workforce in England report, published on Thursday, reveals that those in the childcare sector face increasing financial pressures …
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Human Interest
Men Offended by Gillette’s New Ad Are Missing Its Most Important Message
slate.com - Melinda Wenner Moyer
Bullying and bigotry among kids are getting worse. If we want to teach children decency, men need to change the way they treat others now.
New Statesmanadded this to New Statesman
Opinion (UK)
Uncovering the facts of the Scottish clearances
newstatesman.com - By Kathleen Jamie
The clearances were not only a Highland episode, but one that occurred the length and breadth of the country. When I asked my hairdresser if she’d …
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Conservative View
OPINION: Cultural Marxism Is Infecting The American Psychological Association
dailycaller.com - Rabbi Aryeh Spero
Institutions that used to be beyond politics have become infected by the cultural Marxism, which attacks the family, traditions and the classic …
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Venezuela
Cybercriminals Are Taking Advantage of Venezuela's Economic Crisis
VICE - Melanio Escobar
Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp social engineering scams have become common in the country. A version of this article originally appeared on VICE en Español. Venezuela is currently home to one of the
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Southern Poverty Law Center
Chicago Women's March Canceled, But There Are Other Events Taking Place Instead
Romper - Rachel Spalding
A new tradition for some families over the past several years has been attending the local Women's March in their towns. But this year, the Women’s …
NBC News
Politics
Exclusive: MoveOn's leaders step down ahead of 2020
NBC News - By Alex Seitz-Wald
The progressive group has become a nexus of the anti-Trump "resistance" movement, but its leaders say they want to make room for new blood. WASHINGTON — One of the largest progressive groups in the country
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BSP
How Handshake With Akhilesh Creates a Big Social Engineering Headache for Mayawati
news18.com - Badri Narayan |
The alliance has been formed between two leaders, and a major challenge for both the parties will be to take the message to the grassroots-level …
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Computers
Hackers are scoring with ransomware that attacks its previous victims
Digital Trends - Arif Bacchus
Hackers are targetting computers with ransomware that scours a previously infected network in order to pinpoint and attack and enterprises with big …
Vancouver
Vancouver keeping a close eye on Seattle viaduct construction
citynews1130.com - by Andrea MacPherson and Bailey Nicholson
VANCOUER (NEWS 1130) — While Seattle’s Alaskan Way viaduct is being demolished, Vancouver engineers are taking note. The City of Vancouver has sent a …
Sociology
3Q: American Intimacy in Times of Escalating Inequality
thesocietypages.org - Virginia Rutter and Stephanie Coontz at Council on Contemporary Families
photo by mastertux via pixabayA short interview with Stephanie Coontz by Virginia Rutter on a new CCF study.VR: You edited the new brief report on …
Seeking Alpha
Government Bonds
The Crisis Of Argentina And How To Reduce Country Risk
Seeking Alpha - Mises Institute
By Daniel Lacalle Argentina maintains a high country risk. In fact, it is currently the second-highest in Latin America and the third of the emerging …
TIME
Antonio Guterres
One in Three United Nations Staffers Say They Experienced Sexual Harassment in the Last Two Years
TIME - By Edith M. Lederer / AP
(UNITED NATIONS) — A survey of sexual harassment within the far-flung United Nations system found that a third of respondents experienced at least …
Conservative View
A Century Later, the Versailles Treaty Still Haunts Our World
theamericanconservative.com - Doug Bandow
It was supposed to end World War I and usher in a new era of peace. Instead it nearly broke the West. A century ago, the peace conference convened …
Jewish Culture
Sarah Silverman on the Women's March: 'I'm Heartbroken'
heyalma.com - www.heyalma.com
In light of the anti-Semitism controversy enveloping the Women’s March (read up here), many Jewish women have decided not to attend. (Even if you …
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Gender Discrimination
If We Forget Appalachia's Radical History, We Will Misunderstand Its Future
psmag.com - Kim Kelly
In her new book, Jessica Wilkerson tells the stories of the radical mountain women who laid the groundwork for ensuing generations of Appalachian …
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Transgender
Killings of transgender people in the US saw another high year
CNN - By Jen Christensen, CNN
(CNN) — For decades, every year she's been active in the transgender community, Isa Noyola has attended a funeral for a friend. As deputy director at the Transgender Law Center based in Oakland, California,
Asheville
Women's March founder as MLK keynote speech at UNC Asheville
iheart.com - Pete Kaliner
As the number of people and organizations abandoning the Women's March over anti-Semitism grows, one of the founders of the movement is still set to …
African-American News
Health Disparities By Race And Class: Why Both Matter
healthaffairs.org - www.healthaffairs.org
More than a decade ago Vicente Navarro drew attention to the apparent tension between a race-based account of health disparities versus the …
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Sofabed
the magenta tiny house is a kitsch interpretation of compact living
designboom.com - kieron marchese
promoted as an answer to the affordable housing crisis and a desirable alternative to traditional homes and mortgage, the tiny house movement …
African-American News
The worst victims of marijuana laws deserve to profit from decriminalization
stlamerican.com - Charles Jaco For The St. Louis American
When the Medical Cannabis Business Conference and Expo rolls into St. Louis’ Union Station Monday, March 11 and Tuesday, March 12, the speakers, …
The Hindu Groupadded this to The Hindu
Joseph Stalin
CM questions Stalin’s motive for village outreach
thehindu.com - Staff Reporter
Chief Minister Edappadi K. Palaniswami on Wednesday alleged DMK president M.K. Stalin was visiting villages [as part his ‘Ooratchi Sabhai’ road show] …
U.S. Politics
DAHL: Education Is Quickly Becoming Propaganda In Our Primary And Secondary Schools
dailywire.com - Ziva Dahl
Academics have hijacked our universities into conformance with the Marxist view that all events involve class struggle. Every issue is seen through …
Southampton
Church Allows Nude Worship
iheart.com - Temple
The member of a Southeastern Virginia church walk into the church fully dressed and immediately strip naked upon entry. During church last Sunday, …
Childhood Obesity
Homeless people in NI ‘20 times more likely to die from drug misuse’
newsletter.co.uk - www.newsletter.co.uk
Homeless people are 20 times more likely to die from drug misuse, health authorities in Northern Ireland have said.A new nursing campaign has been …