MarketWatchPolitics History’s warning: A society that will not reform may have a revolution instead MarketWatch - By Daniel Chirot SEATTLE, Wash. (Project Syndicate) — The best-known modern revolutions have invariably been preceded by increasing polarization and an inability to …
Fox Newsflipped into Top StoriesSteve Scalise Steve Scalise: 'no place in politics for violence,' both sides of aisle need to take stand Fox News - Julia MustoDemocrats and Republicans both need to call out violence within their own parties, Rep. Steve Scalise, R-La., urged Saturday. Earlier this week, Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison tweeted that he
The Washington PostPolitics Algerians have been protesting for a year. Here’s what you need to know. The Washington Post - M. Tahir KilavuzOver the past year, the leaderless protest movement (known as the Hirak) succeeded in toppling Bouteflika and the imprisonment of major figures from his regime, including several prime ministers. Peaceful
The Independentflipped into VoicesPolitics Keir Starmer: Our radical socialist tradition must remain at the heart of Labour independent.co.uk - Keir Starmer My socialism is rooted in a burning desire to stand up for the powerless against the powerful. When I see inequality and injustice, I want to put it …
Liberal View The Movement to Replace Neoliberalism Has Lost a Battle, But We Can Still Win the War | The Smirking Chimp smirkingchimp.com - by Antonia Jennings | February 22, 2020 - 6:41am Get ready for a decade of unprecedented change at an unprecedented pace. Our overlapping and interrelated environmental, justice and democratic …
Outlook Magazineflipped into Outlook IndiaAmit Shah Talk with friends, family in your native language: Amit Shah to youths outlookindia.com - New Delhi, Feb 22 (PTI) Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Saturday appealed to the youths of the country to speak in their own language while communicating with friends and family and said a country''s culture is safe only when its languages are safe. Shah also said India is only country in the world which is united by its culture. He said the country has many languages and dialects, 7-8 languages …
Icon version of the Flipboard logoSamantha Power 'Powered' Out: Samantha Power Misunderstood Her Role nationalinterest.org IN THE closing paragraph of her forward to her memoir, The Education of an Idealist, Samantha Power warns that “Some may interpret this book’s title …
Politics The ICC Takes Time Limits Seriously! (If You’re Palestinian) opiniojuris.org Last Thursday, Pre-Trial Chamber I issued its decision concerning which states, individuals ,and organizations will be permitted to submit …
Politics The conversations we Jews will need to have timesofisrael.com - Moshe-Mordechai van Zuiden The beliefs that many of us had constructed about our community, this nation and ourselves appear to be coming undone! For the baby-boomer …
The Washington Postflipped into OpinionsOpinion Thanks for defending democracy, Mike Pompeo. So when will Trump change his policies? The Washington Post - Michael McFaulHe was responding to a widespread sense of pessimism. It has become commonplace to argue that the values of “the West” are losing ground around the world. The Chinese Communist Party has provided a successful
NBC Newsflipped into PoliticsPolitics Will Bernie Sanders' long-ago praise of Socialist regimes hurt Democrats in November? NBC News - By Ken DilanianIf Sanders is the nominee, some Democrats worry Trump will hammer him on his long-buried words in defense of governments in Nicaragua, Cuba and the USSR. WASHINGTON — In October 1985, a few months after
GQEzra Klein Why Can’t Democrats and Republicans Agree on Almost Anything Anymore? GQ - Clay SkipperA Q+A with Ezra Klein about his book Why We’re Polarized, how we came to this moment of extreme partisanship, and why psychology may be as important as policy in getting us out. Early on in his newly Why
CNNflipped into Top StoriesOpinion Germany's far right shows its true strength: feeding political chaos CNN - Opinion by Emily SchultheisBERLIN (CNN) — It only took one vote in one state parliament for Germany's populist far right to break a decades-long political taboo, topple Chancellor Angela Merkel's chosen successor and trigger a crisis
TIMEPolitics 'You Never Find Quiet Except Under a Tyranny.' Congress Has Always Been Partisan and That's a Good Thing. TIME - Fergus M. BordewichIn the throes of the worst crisis in American history, the Civil War, Democrats in Congress repeatedly attacked Abraham Lincoln as a “tyrant” and even his fellow Republicans questioned his competence investigated
Washington State Politics Efforts to expel Rep. Shea from Washington Legislature ended khq.com - www.khq.com SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — Efforts to expel a controversial state representative from the Washington Legislature are likely over after no Republicans …
The Washington PostPolitics Sanders and Trump supporters have this quality in common. So do other populist voters. The Washington Post - Bert N. BakkerPopulist rhetoric like this pits the good virtuous people against a corrupt and condescending political elite. It’s used by politicians of all ideological colors and can be a fruitful electoral strategy.
Women's Basketball On the black women suffragists who sparked and continue the voting rights movement jhu.edu - By Rachel Wallach The 19th Amendment barring states from denying voting rights based on sex was passed a century ago, but the movement failed to address the broad …
Pakistan Algerians flood streets to mark movement’s first birthday dawn.com - AFP ALGIERS: Algerians flooded the capital’s streets on Friday to mark the first anniversary of a protest movement that has forced the president to quit …
Evangelos Avramakisflipped into DIGITAL CATALYSTSInternet Many Tech Experts Say Digital Disruption Will Hurt Democracy pewresearch.org - Janna Anderson The years of almost unfettered enthusiasm about the benefits of the internet have been followed by a period of techlash as users worry about the …
European News The EU needs an Afghanistan policy neweurope.eu - By Raphaella Stavrinou For more than 40 years, Afghanistan has been a symbol of a state traumatised and destroyed by war. Since the Soviet Union’s invasion in 1979 to the …
Regina, SK Fingas: U.S. political system shows us what not to do leaderpost.com - Jocelyn Bennett, Saskatoon StarPhoenix One of the long-recognized weaknesses of Saskatchewan’s political system is our utter lack of control over the influence of big money. Read More
Economics Right Now: For a second-place party, the CPC is awfully intellectually complacent nationalpost.com - National Post Read More
Penn State THON 2020: Best Hats On The Concourse onwardstate.com - Colleen Nersten Hats are the added accessory that can top off any THON outfit. We compiled a list of the craziest, coolest, most creative hats throughout the entire …
Politics Politics of violence must end: Jagdeep Dhankhar hindustantimes.com - Pramod Giri Hours after expressing satisfaction at easing of relation with the West Bengal government, governor Jagdeep Dhankhar on Friday said the politics of …
Politics Holding Egypt Accountable for the Death of Moustafa Kassem Under International Law opiniojuris.org [Todd Carney is a student at Harvard Law School. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Political Science and Public Communications. He has also worked in …
New Brunswick (Canada) Poli Sci Prof Reacts To Health-Care Reform Reversal country94.ca - Brad Perry J.P. Lewis is a political science professor at the University of New Brunswick in Saint John, N.B. (Submitted) Politicians were seemingly caught off …
Stylist MagazineAlexandria Ocasio-Cortez Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez was asked to explain why people don’t like her. She had the best response Stylist Magazine - Jessica Rapana There is – and perhaps will always be – a dedicated group of people who don’t know Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez personally, and nonetheless hate her. And …
The Washington PostPolitics Trump tweets that he’s America’s chief law enforcement officer. That’s only true if others let him be. The Washington Post - William D. AdlerMeanwhile, Trump has been publicly criticizing the Justice Department and FBI for only investigating his allies and not holding his political opponents accountable for their potential misdeeds. Trump,
NBC DFWflipped into Dallas-Fort Worth NewsText Messaging Bombarded by Political Texts? Here’s How Campaigns Get Your Info nbcdfw.com - Vince Sims Text messaging seems to be the new way political campaigns are trying to reach voters. "Yeah I've been getting text messages," voter Cedrick May said. …
VoxPolitics Identity politics isn’t hurting liberalism. It’s saving it. Vox - Zack BeauchampAmerican liberalism is in desperate need of renewal. Its ideas too often feel stale, its nostrums unsuited to beating back the authoritarian populist tide. Yet there is an opportunity for revival — if
