Top U.S. & World Headlines — February 2, 2018
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View ArticleBarbara Hannigan: NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert
Jan. 26, 2018 | Tom Huizenga — In these days of wireless earbuds, streams and podcasts, the notion of people gathering to hear a lone classical singer (with a pianist) perform densely structured art...
View ArticleWorkers discuss UAW corruption scandal at WSWS Autoworker Newsletter call-in...
Workers discuss UAW corruption scandal at WSWS Autoworker Newsletter call-in meeting By our reporters 2 February 2018 Dozens of autoworkers participated in a call-in meeting called by the World...
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From Facebook to Policebook
From Facebook to Policebook 2 February 2018 On Wednesday, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg posted a notice outlining extraordinary plans by the social media company to monitor all the postings and...
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The Enduring Shame of Guantanamo
From the Archive: In his State of the Union address Tuesday, President Trump announced that he had signed an executive order to keep the U.S. detention facility at Guantanamo Bay open. On this...
View ArticleSometimes, Impact Isn’t All It’s Cracked Up To Be
Get Email Updates from ProPublica Illinois Few things get journalists — especially investigative journalists — more jazzed than impact. That is, when we write a story that leads to reform or sparks a...
View ArticleAflac CEO Dan Amos Pushes Back Against ‘False Allegations’ In Conference Call...
On a conference call announcing earnings for the fourth quarter of 2017 on Thursday, Aflac CEO Dan Amos defended his company against a series of allegations reported by The Intercept in a trio of...
View ArticleManchester is not a 'radical city', Salford is – of housing, Labour, and...
As the Corbynistas besiege the New Labour diehards, as in other Labour-run councils, the main battleground is housing. Meanwhile, Salford is pursuing a genuinely radical path. Picture caption:...
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Many Pakistani Migrants Feared Drowned Off Libyan Coast
The International Organization for Migration (IOM) says at least 90 people are feared dead after a boat carrying migrants capsized in the Mediterranean Sea. “At least 90 migrants are reported to have...
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Contributors To Russian News Agency Convicted Of Inciting Hate In Belarus
MINSK — A Belarusian court has convicted three journalists of hate crimes over articles they wrote for a Russian news agency, ruling that the stories risked inciting ethnic discord by belittling...
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The rise of Russia’s vice squad
Developments in Russia’s intellectual community confirm that the worst Soviet practices and institutions are being restored. They have no place in Russia today – yet they’ve already become entrenched...
View ArticleThe Controversial New 'Skinny Pill'– Ventricles of Luv
The Controversial New ‘Skinny Pill’ – Ventricles of Luv
View ArticleBrett Dennen: Already Gone
One of the nicest guys in the music world, Brett Dennen is a pillar of creativity and positive vibes. He hasn’t been on the road for a while so he wrote some rocking new songs to share on an extensive...
View ArticleLiberal Totalitarianism and the Trump Diversion
The ongoing political circus in the capital of the world’s most powerful empire opens almost daily with a new act each day showcasing an even more bizarre and more revealing display of the internal...
View ArticleThe Trey Gowdy Retirement
I’ve had a busy few days at other sites. I did this piece (on the dossier) at Politico and had an enjoyable appearance on Democracy Now this morning. I want to highlight something I discussed on DN...
View ArticleThis Immigrant Left the U.S. To Seek Asylum In Canada And Regrets It (HBO)
Jose Castillo is an undocumented immigrant, who after 15 years in the U.S. uprooted his family, hid them in the basement of a church in Buffalo, and snuck them across the border to Canada to seek...
View ArticleTop U.S. & World Headlines — February 1, 2018
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Tens of thousands of German industrial workers on strike
Tens of thousands of German industrial workers on strike By our reporters 1 February 2018 One-day strikes by industrial workers in Germany’s automotive, metal and electrical industry began on...
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