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[ January 9, 2019 ] White right? How demographics is changing US politics Politics
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[ January 9, 2019 ] Fact check: How many people are enslaved in the world today? Foreign Focus
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Venezuelans want Maduro out, but most would oppose foreign military intervention

After democratic elections, protest and dialogue failed to resolve Venezuela’s political crisis, some international leaders proposed a more drastic measure to seek political change. David Smilde, Tulane University Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro, who has led [...]
EcoNews

Listening to nature: How sound can help us understand environmental change

Imagine this with a sound track – sunset near Turtle Rock, Joshua Tree National Park. NPS / Hannah Schwalbe Garth Paine, Arizona State University Our hearing tells us of a car approaching from behind, unseen, [...]
Foreign Focus

Fact check: How many people are enslaved in the world today?

We may never know the true number of persons enslaved today but sound estimates can help make sure they don’t remain invisible. By Monti Datta, University of Richmond Modern slavery is a crime against humanity. [...]
Money

Do We Really Need Billionaires?

Three billionaire families–the Kochs, the Mercers, and the Adelsons–played a central role in bankrolling the Republican Party’s shift to the far Right and its takeover of federal and state offices. By Lawrence Wittner, Common Cause In [...]
Politics

‘Time to Play Hardball’: Progressives Pressure Senate Democrats to Stonewall All Bills That Don’t End Trump Shutdown

“Every day this senseless and manufactured crisis drags on, real families with very real bills are harmed and millions are denied the vital services we deserve.” by Jake Johnson, Common Dreams With Senate Majority Leader Mitch [...]

White right? How demographics is changing US politics

January 9, 2019 Comments Off on White right? How demographics is changing US politics

Mirroring the decline in fortunes of the “angry white male” who supported President Trump is the declining fortunes of the Republican Party. By Monica Duffy Toft, Tufts University When Donald Trump was campaigning to become [...]
‘Time to Play Hardball’: Progressives Pressure Senate Democrats to Stonewall All Bills That Don’t End Trump Shutdown

January 9, 2019 Comments Off on ‘Time to Play Hardball’: Progressives Pressure Senate Democrats to Stonewall All Bills That Don’t End Trump Shutdown
Democrats, Says Ocasio-Cortez, Have Compromised Away “Too Much of Who We’re Supposed to Be”

January 7, 2019 Comments Off on Democrats, Says Ocasio-Cortez, Have Compromised Away “Too Much of Who We’re Supposed to Be”
Government shutdown and shrinking foreign estimation of America

October 23, 2013 Comments Off on Government shutdown and shrinking foreign estimation of America

Many hate crimes never make it into the FBI’s database

January 7, 2019 Comments Off on Many hate crimes never make it into the FBI’s database

Many hate crimes never make it into the FBI’s database A small memorial for Srinivas Kuchibhotla outside Austins Bar and Grill in Olathe, Kansas. AP Photo/Orlin Wagner Sophie Bjork-James, Vanderbilt University The FBI’s latest numbers [...]
Supreme Court reconsiders separation of church and state

November 8, 2013 Comments Off on Supreme Court reconsiders separation of church and state
Jilted lover’s chem attack case reaches Supreme Court

November 8, 2013 Comments Off on Jilted lover’s chem attack case reaches Supreme Court
Texting judge quits following scandal

October 30, 2013 Comments Off on Texting judge quits following scandal

Do We Really Need Billionaires?

January 9, 2019 Comments Off on Do We Really Need Billionaires?

Three billionaire families–the Kochs, the Mercers, and the Adelsons–played a central role in bankrolling the Republican Party’s shift to the far Right and its takeover of federal and state offices. By Lawrence Wittner, Common Cause In [...]
New billionaires list: decline of the West and intensified inequality

November 1, 2013 Comments Off on New billionaires list: decline of the West and intensified inequality
Washington considers cutting budget on backs of senior citizens

November 1, 2013 Comments Off on Washington considers cutting budget on backs of senior citizens

Venezuelans want Maduro out, but most would oppose foreign military intervention

January 9, 2019 Comments Off on Venezuelans want Maduro out, but most would oppose foreign military intervention

After democratic elections, protest and dialogue failed to resolve Venezuela’s political crisis, some international leaders proposed a more drastic measure to seek political change. David Smilde, Tulane University Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro, who has led [...]
Fact check: How many people are enslaved in the world today?

January 9, 2019 Comments Off on Fact check: How many people are enslaved in the world today?
Will China’s moon landing launch a new space race?

January 7, 2019 Comments Off on Will China’s moon landing launch a new space race?

Movement prompts Facebook to ban gender-based hate speech

May 30, 2013 Comments Off on Movement prompts Facebook to ban gender-based hate speech

After a whirlwind campaign by women’s groups such as Women, Action and the Media (WAM), Facebook has agreed to end its policy of letting users post material that glorifies rape. WAM sent an open later [...]
GOP starts Hispanic outreach program with social media initiatives

May 28, 2013 Comments Off on GOP starts Hispanic outreach program with social media initiatives
Examining social media as evidence in the courtroom

May 16, 2013 Comments Off on Examining social media as evidence in the courtroom

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