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America at War Since 9/11
6 Jun 2017 … The headlines arrive in my inbox day after day: “US-led airstrikes in Syria killed hundreds of civilians, UN panel says.” “Pentagon wants to declare more parts of world as temporary battlefields.” “The US was supposed to leave Afghanistan by 2017. Continue reading
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The Non-Nuclear Option
9 Sep 2016 … Hillary Clinton hasn’t said much about the most urgent threat to human civilization. No, not Donald Trump. Nuclear weapons. She did say this about Trump on June 2: “[Trump] is not someone who should ever have the nuclear codes. It’s Continue reading
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That Night the Lights Went Out
7 Jul 2017 … The summer of 1977 was long, hot and bizarre, and not simply because of the massive blackout. The city was still trying to pull itself from near-bankruptcy, just two years after the New York Daily News had reported the federal Continue reading
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The Politics of Swimming in 2016
9 Sep 2016 … When I go swimming – every day, for whatever part of an hour best suits my mood and muscles – I slip into another zone, a blue bubble of silence that restores my soul while it expands my horizons. Nothing Continue reading
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The War on the Poor Is Already Underway
12 Dec 2016 … It was just a little over two months ago that the Census Bureau reported the very good news that real median household incomes had increased by 5.2 percent from 2014 to 2015, and that the poverty rate had fallen by Continue reading
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The Party’s Over
7 Jul 2020 … Advisors noted that Trump was paying close attention to leading Republicans backing out of the convention, and was worried attendance would be thin. Cancelling because of the pandemic let him stake out a leadership position on an issue where polling Continue reading
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Paul Manafort in the Spotlight Again
9 Sep 2020 … The fifth volume of the Senate Intelligence Report came out on August 18 and, in the storm of other news, has gotten less attention than it should have. According to Republicans—as well as the Democrats on the committee—in 2016, Trump’s Continue reading
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Jorge Ramos
10 Oct 2012 … Jorge Ramos is often referred to as the Walter Cronkite of Spanish-language news. Along with María Elena Salinas, he co-anchors Univision’s evening newscast Noticiero Univision. The Miami Herald reported that in Miami, Los Angeles, and Houston, Noticiero Univision “consistently beats Continue reading
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Your Turn: Red Alert — The First Amendment Is in Danger
6 Jun 2017 … In a recent article for BillMoyers.com, "Red Alert: The First Amendment Is in Danger," Bernard Weisberger wrote that Donald Trump is threatening freedom of the press in America with frequent attacks on the media. In Trump's eyes, Weisberger writes, "the Continue reading
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Morning Reads: Nevada GOP Voters Caucus, Will Trump’s Blue-Collar Support Keep Growing?
2 Feb 2016 … Good morning! Here’s your daily digest of money-and-politics news and the headlines of the day. Continue reading