World / November 17, 2023 San Francisco’s Potemkin Village For President Biden’s meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping at the APEC summit in San Francisco this week, Governor Gavin Newsom transformed the city into a façade of prosperity. Chris Lehmann Ad Policy World leaders during a group photo at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in…
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World / November 17, 2023 Israel’s Ludicrous Propaganda Wins Over the Only Audience That Counts Why make an effort to be credible if you’re going to be uncritically echoed by White House and the Western press? Jeet Heer Ad Policy In a video released by the Israel Defense Forces, a military spokesman holds up a…
Politics Today 11:28 am If Only AR-15 Murder-Scene Photos Would Bring About an Assault Weapons Ban If Only AR-15 Murder-Scene Photos Would Bring About an Assault Weapons Ban Washington Post leaders thought they were doing right by showing the carnage those weapons of war create. But we already knew that. Joan Walsh November 17, 2023…
Dale Houghton is given a 12-week suspended jail term for mocking the young Sunderland fan’s death.
2 minutes ago About sharing AS Byatt, pictured in 2011, won the Booker Prize for her 1990 novel Possession By Steven McIntosh Entertainment reporter Novelist, critic and poet Dame AS Byatt has died at the age of 87, her publisher has announced. The renowned writer, whose full name was Antonia Susan Byatt, won the Booker…
33 minutes ago About sharing Ashling Murphy’s murder caused widespread shock and prompted vigils across Ireland and the UK By Aoife Moore BBC News NI Dublin reporter The man convicted of murdering Irish schoolteacher Ashling Murphy has been handed a whole life sentence. Jozef Puska, 33, from Lynally Grove in Mucklagh, County Offaly, was found…
1 hour ago About sharing An IDF-supplied photo shows Israeli soldiers inside the Al-Shifa hospital complex in Gaza City By Jeremy Bowen BBC international editor It is now days since Israeli forces entered Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City, and what appears to be happening on Friday is that they are continuing their search for evidence…
November 17, 2023 Biden Doesn’t Need Congress for His Plan to Support Domestic Workers For the first time, the Department of Labor is offering sample agreements for domestic workers and their employers to clarify expectations and protect workers’ rights. Sara Luterman Ad Policy Lidia Vilorio, a home health aide, spends time cleaning for her patient…
Politics / November 17, 2023 The US and Israel Think They Can Decide Gaza’s Future. Here’s Why They’re Wrong. Biden and Netanyahu are clinging to old imperial models about what to do with Gaza. But their plans are doomed to fail. Mohammad Alsaafin Ad Policy Benjamin Netanyahu meets with Joe Biden and Antony Blinken in…