40 minutes ago About sharing A secret report says Ray Adams, pictured in 2012, was cleared in an earlier corruption investigation after “fictitious” testimony from a police informant By Daniel De Simone Correspondent, BBC News A senior officer involved in the Stephen Lawrence murder case was corrupt, according to a secret Met Police report uncovered…
Mic Drop / November 14, 2023 Architects Must Refuse to Profit From the Ruins of Palestine Gaza is a site of human tragedy, not a prize of war. Kate Wagner Ad Policy A boy searches through buildings, destroyed during Israeli air raids in the southern Gaza Strip on November 10, 2023 in Khan Yunis, Gaza….
8 minutes ago About sharing By Noor Nanji, Zoe Conway & Dearbail Jordan BBC News McDonald’s has fired 18 workers since a BBC investigation uncovered hundreds of allegations of harassment at the restaurant chain, its UK boss has said. Alistair Macrow told MPs the firm had received 407 employee complaints since July and investigated 157…
17 minutes ago About sharing By Steven McIntosh & Emma Saunders BBC News The BBC has said a total of five complaints have been made about Russell Brand’s behaviour while he hosted radio shows between 2006 and 2008. Two of these complaints have been made in the last two months, since a review of his…
Books & the Arts / November 14, 2023 Make the Economy Scream The Chicago Boys and the tragedy of the Chilean coup. How Pinochet’s Chile Became a Laboratory for Neoliberalism A new book examines how a group of University of Chicago–trained economists sought to remake the Chilean economy in the aftermath of 1973. Vincent Bevins…
Politics / November 14, 2023 Senator John Fetterman Is a Progressive Icon, a Republican Hate Figure—and a Pro-Israel Pinup The Pennsylvania Democrat has long bucked convention on everything from legalizing marijuana to the Senate dress code. But his views on Israel/Palestine risk alienating his base. Ross Barkan Ad Policy Rabbi Jeffrey Myers, left, greets Pennsylvania…
November 14, 2023 How Israel Is Borrowing From the US Playbook in Vietnam Justifying civilian casualties has a long history. Branko Marcetic Ad Policy US Marines marching in Da Nang, Vietnam, 1965. (AP Photo / Courtesy of PBS) Since the start of Benjamin Netanyahu government’s war on Gaza four weeks ago, Israeli officials and Western…
Society / November 14, 2023 The Supreme Court’s New Ethics Code Won’t Stop the Luxury Vacations For all the hype, the high court’s flashy new ethics rules are little more than a PR stunt designed to take the heat off scandal-plagued justices. Elie Mystal Ad Policy Government watchdog Accountable.US shines a light on the facade…
34 minutes ago About sharing By Michelle Roberts Digital health editor All children in UK should be given a chickenpox vaccine at 12 and 18 months of age, advisers tell NHS. It will now be up to the government to decide whether to add it to the routine protective jabs that children are offered. Until…
27 minutes ago About sharing Rita Roberts was identified by her flower tattoo By Alice Cuddy BBC News A British woman has been identified more than 30 years after her murder in Belgium, following the launch of a landmark police campaign. Rita Roberts’ family spotted her distinctive tattoo in a BBC report, according to policing…