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Slavery Abolition

Curtis Hill: Why George Washington is the president who towers over all others in stature and importance

How Mount Rushmore came to beThere is more to Mount Rushmore’s 60-foot heads of presidents George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt, and Abraham Lincoln than meets the eye. Find out what makes this american national treasure so special.Although renamed in popular culture as "Presidents’ Day," the federal holiday we celebrate the…

bubmagFebruary 17, 2020

Facial Recognition Surveillance Technology Should Be Suspended in the US Says Coalition of 40 Privacy and Free Speech Groups

Facial recognition surveillance technology is a hot-button issue that pulls together several major social concerns; privacy, profiling, authoritarianism and free expression. As both camera hardware and facial recognition software technologies advance to the point that a person can be added to a database and then located in a crowd in…

bubmagFebruary 17, 2020

Barack Obama

What It’s Like To Cook For The President

The White House kitchen isn’t like any other kitchen in America. As a matter of fact, there are many kitchens inside the historic building. Ever wonder what it’s like to cook in one of those kitchens?We spoke to three people who have first-hand experience cooking in the White House and…

bubmagFebruary 17, 2020

Climate Change

Climate change: Why trains are not as green as you thought

Did you know TNW Conference has a track fully dedicated to exploring how tech can help achieve the global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) this year? Check out the full ‘Sustainable Societies‘ program here. The 2020s will have to involve some very big decisions about transport – the UK’s most polluting…

bubmagFebruary 17, 2020

Riots

Burning tires and sore feet: Lagos bristles under bike ban

By Angela Ukomadu and Nneka ChileLAGOS (Reuters) - It is dark when Abisoye Adeniyi leaves home on the packed Lagos mainland, weaving through cars and minibuses. She reaches her bus stop as the sun rises.The 23-year-old Nigerian lawyer used to hop on a motorbike – known locally as an okada…

bubmagFebruary 17, 2020

Black Thursday

Weekly Climate and Energy News Roundup #399

Quote of the Week: “”Laws are made for men of ordinary understanding and should, therefore, be construed by the ordinary rules of common sense. Their meaning is not to be sought for in metaphysical subtleties which may make anything mean everything or nothing at pleasure.” —Thomas Jefferson (1823) Number of…

bubmagFebruary 17, 2020

Boeing 737max

USTR Revises $7.5 Billion Award Implementation Against EU In Airbus Case

Increasing The Additional Duty Rate Imposed On Aircraft Imported From The EU To 15 Percent Under President Trump's leadership, the United States won the largest award in WTO history on October 2, 2019 when it was authorized to take countermeasures on $7.5 billion in goods after a victory in its…

bubmagFebruary 17, 2020

Jerusalem Controversy

Jews and Chinese Officials Gather at Western Wall to Pray for End to Coronavirus

TEL AVIV – Hundreds of worshipers gathered at the Western Wall in Jerusalem on Sunday to pray for the recovery of people afflicted by coronavirus and to ask God to stop the outbreak of the disease. The event was led by Chief Rabbi of Safed and president of the Rabbinical Community…

bubmagFebruary 17, 2020

NASDAQ

DP World to Delist From Nasdaq Dubai, Return to Private Ownership

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bubmagFebruary 17, 2020

Little Italy

The Wing cofounder Lauren Kassan starts her Wednesdays with therapy

Since Lauren Kassan and Audrey Gelman launched The Wing in 2016, the women’s coworking space and social club has attracted a high-profile set of members and fans—not to mention ample attention from the media—and has raised more than $117 million in venture capital funding. The Wing is on track to have…

bubmagFebruary 17, 2020

Curtis Hill: Why George Washington is the president who towers over all others in stature and importance

What It’s Like To Cook For The President

Climate change: Why trains are not as green as you thought

Burning tires and sore feet: Lagos bristles under bike ban

Weekly Climate and Energy News Roundup #399

USTR Revises $7.5 Billion Award Implementation Against EU In Airbus Case

Jews and Chinese Officials Gather at Western Wall to Pray for End to Coronavirus

DP World to Delist From Nasdaq Dubai, Return to Private Ownership

The Wing cofounder Lauren Kassan starts her Wednesdays with therapy

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