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Trump’s breakdown Slavery Abolition

Trump’s breakdown

Altitude is a column by POLITICO founding editor John Harris, offering weekly perspective on politics in a moment of radical disruption. Before Herbert Hoover earned a reputation as a tragic failure, he had a reputation for heroic success — a can-do businessman who arrived in the presidency with no previous…
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April 1, 2020
Misunderstanding Global Protests Venezuela

Misunderstanding Global Protests

During the past several years, large-scale protests by citizens against their governments have erupted all over the world. While some cases have not been very surprising—like the latest outbreak of massive demonstrations in France against proposed pension reforms—many others caught the world off guard, like those in Algeria, Egypt, and…
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April 1, 2020
NATO says its role not hit by virus as Russia drills troops NATO

NATO says its role not hit by virus as Russia drills troops

BRUSSELS (AP) — NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said Wednesday that the organization’s security capabilities have not been diminished by the coronavirus, amid suspicion that Russia might try to use the impact of disease to probe the military alliance’s defenses.NATO acknowledges that cases of the disease have surfaced among personnel deployed…
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April 1, 2020
Climate strikers blast EPA suspension of pollution laws: ‘How are we supposed to protect our lungs?’ Greta Thunberg

Climate strikers blast EPA suspension of pollution laws: ‘How are we supposed to protect our lungs?’

As our nation passed the grim benchmark last Thursday with the world’s most confirmed cases of COVID-19, the Environmental Protection Agency quietly announced its new policy to relax oversight for water or air violations at power plants and other industrial operations. Global climate strikers, led by Swedish activist Greta Thunberg, didn’t let it…
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April 1, 2020