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Barack Obama

It’s a Question No One Says They Want to Ask. But the Women Running for President Keep Hearing It.

I dont think she can win. And Im sorry to have to say that. She is a woman and she is black, said Shantell Smith, 32, from Greenville, S.C., who is supporting Ms. Harris. As a black woman myself, I think that as much as we would like to believe…

bubmagJuly 3, 2019

Yellow Vests

A Little Honesty May Help the Green New Deal

Wind turbines, Columbia Gorge. Photo: Jeffrey St. Clair. The Washington Post had two columns last week that told us much more than their authors likely intended. The first was a piece by E.J. Dionne, that told readers about the need to tame capitalism, becau…

bubmagJuly 3, 2019

Venezuela

Macron emerges victorious as a new EU leadership rejects Brexit and anti-EU populism

In a stunning reaffirmation of core European values, the next European leadership team will by led by women and men who are strongly committed to European partnership and opposed to the anti-European ideology of Boris Johnson, Viktor Orban, Matteo Salvini and…

bubmagJuly 3, 2019

Christianity

Summer 2019: the 10 essential art exhibitions

From Taki to Tal R, Christianity to the Moon, our critic picks 10 unmissable shows for July and August Takis The biggest ever British exhibition for the 93-year-old Greek pioneer of sound art and electronic art, whose electro-magnetic sculptures evoke the s…

bubmagJuly 3, 2019

Belt and Road

Pakistan lauds US branding of Baloch fighters as ‘terrorists’

Pakistan has welcomed a decision by the United States to designate an armed separatist group in the country's southwestern province of Balochistan as "global terrorists". The Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) was on Tuesday listed as a Specially Designated Global…

bubmagJuly 3, 2019

Unwelcome Refugees

An Airstrike Hit a Migrant Detention Center in Libya, Killing at Least 40 People

(BENGHAZI, Libya) — An airstrike hit a detention center for migrants in the Libyan capital early Wednesday, killing at least 40 people and wounding dozens, officials in the country’s U.N.-supported government said. The airstrike was likely to raise further c…

bubmagJuly 3, 2019

Unwelcome Refugees

Sea-Watch hails Italian court’s decision to free Carola Rackete

A charity running a rescue ship in the Mediterranean Sea has hailed an Italian court's decision to free captain Carola Rackete, days after she was arrested for docking with 40 migrants on board her vessel in defiance of a ban by Italy's government. "We are r…

bubmagJuly 3, 2019

Little Italy

Here’s Everything That’s Open and Closed on July 4th 2019

For many Americans, the 4th of July is a holiday filled with backyard cookouts, visits to nearby bodies of water, block parties and most importantly, fireworks. These summertime festivities require plenty of preparation and shopping, and seeing as it is a fed…

bubmagJuly 3, 2019

Little Italy

Here’s Everything That’s Open and Closed on July 4th 2019

For many Americans, the 4th of July is a holiday filled with backyard cookouts, visits to nearby bodies of water, block parties and most importantly, fireworks. These summertime festivities require plenty of preparation and shopping, and seeing as it is a fed…

bubmagJuly 3, 2019

AR-15

Setting Sights on the AR-15: After Las Vegas Shooting, Lawyers Target Gun Companies – The New York Times

AR-15-style rifles are designed for modification and accessorization, with parts that can be removed and added to improve the core product. One of the components that can be modified is the stock of the gun. In the Las Vegas shooting, the gunman used AR-15-s…

bubmagJuly 3, 2019

It’s a Question No One Says They Want to Ask. But the Women Running for President Keep Hearing It.

A Little Honesty May Help the Green New Deal

Macron emerges victorious as a new EU leadership rejects Brexit and anti-EU populism

Summer 2019: the 10 essential art exhibitions

Pakistan lauds US branding of Baloch fighters as ‘terrorists’

An Airstrike Hit a Migrant Detention Center in Libya, Killing at Least 40 People

Sea-Watch hails Italian court’s decision to free Carola Rackete

Here’s Everything That’s Open and Closed on July 4th 2019

Here’s Everything That’s Open and Closed on July 4th 2019

Setting Sights on the AR-15: After Las Vegas Shooting, Lawyers Target Gun Companies – The New York Times

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