Politics & environs articles - May 18, 2018

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Miners’ black lung fund running dry after GOP cuts coal tax

 

March 20, 2019 9:34 AM CDT By Dylan Lovan

 

 

 

 

Retired coal miner John Robinson uses a nebulizer during his daily breathing treatments for black lung disease on Thursday, Jan. 24, in Coeburn, Va. Robinson was 47 when he was diagnosed with black lung disease, part of a new generation of black lung sufferers who are contracting the deadly disease at younger ages. | Dylan Lovan / AP

 

 

 

https://www.peoplesworld.org/article/black-lung-fund-for-miners-running-dry-after-gop-cuts-coal-company-tax/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Butcher’s dozen: The crimes of Bloody Sunday 47 years on

 

March 20, 2019 9:11 AM CDT By Jenny Farrell

 

 

 

 

British soldiers take cover behind their armored cars as they use gas against demonstrators in Derry on Bloody Sunday, January 30, 1972. | Public Archives

 

 

 

https://www.peoplesworld.org/article/butchers-dozen-the-crimes-of-bloody-sunday-47-years-on/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Judges give workers wins over anti-union right wingers

 

March 20, 2019 12:02 PM CDT By Mark Gruenberg

 

 

 

 

Communication Workers of America/Flickr

 

 

 

https://www.peoplesworld.org/article/judges-give-workers-wins-over-anti-union-right-wingers/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Maryland heading for $15 minimum wage, despite GOP Gov. Hogan

 

March 20, 2019 12:19 PM CDT By Mark Gruenberg

 

 

 

 

Fibonacci Blue/Flickr (CC)

 

 

 

https://www.peoplesworld.org/article/maryland-heading-for-15-minimum-wage-despite-gop-gov-hogan/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bargaining for the Common Good: Teachers’ unions craft demands for whole community

 

March 20, 2019 2:21 PM CDT By Joseph A. McCartin

 

 

 

 

Students are welcomed with high-fives and hugs by teachers upon their return to Evelyn Thurman Gratts Elementary School in downtown Los Angeles, Wednesday, Jan. 23, after the teachers strike. | Richard Vogel / AP

 

 

 

https://www.peoplesworld.org/article/bargaining-for-the-common-good-teachers-unions-craft-demands-for-whole-community/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Native Americans say movement to end ‘redface’ is slow

 

March 18, 2019 11:55 AM CDT By Felicia Fonseca

 

 

 

 

Native Americans protest the use of redface. | Tony Avelar/AP

 

 

 

https://www.peoplesworld.org/article/native-americans-say-movement-to-end-redface-is-slow/

 

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Venezuela in crisis: All the latest updates

 

Venezuelans and the world await the next moves by two adversaries maneuvering for an edge in the power struggle

 

 

7 hours ago

 

 

 

 

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/01/venezuela-crisis-latest-updates-190123205835912.html

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Hamas violently suppresses Gaza economic protests

 

Gaza’s rulers, who back Israeli border protests, accused of using force against dissent

 

 

Oliver Holmes in Jerusalem

Thu 21 Mar 2019 10.44 GMT

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/mar/21/hamas-violently-suppresses-gaza-economic-israeli-border-protests

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Lives are ruined by shame and stigma. LGBT lessons in schools are vital

 

Forget the parent protests. Children need to be taught that their identities are valid – and Andrea Leadsom needs to apologise

 

 

Wed 20 Mar 2019 17.17 GMT Last modified on Wed 20 Mar 2019 17.22 GMT

Hannah Jane Parkinson

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/mar/20/lives-shame-lgbt-lessons-schools-parent-protests

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

UN Libya envoy hopes reconciliation talks will bring stability

 

Ghassan Salamé warns conference failure will bring more violence to divided country

 

 

Patrick Wintour Diplomatic editor

Thu 21 Mar 2019 06.00 GMT

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/mar/21/un-libya-envoy-hopes-reconciliation-talks-will-bring-stability

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

'New bizarre low': Trump faces backlash after reviving McCain attacks

 

Republicans such as Lindsey Graham and Mitt Romney defended the late senator after the president said he ‘never liked’ him

 

 

Sabrina Siddiqui

Wed 20 Mar 2019 21.59 GMT Last modified on Thu 21 Mar 2019 10.42 GMT

 

 

 

Vid

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/mar/20/donald-trump-john-mccain-attack

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

US judge halts hundreds of drilling projects in groundbreaking climate change ruling

 

In a rebuke of the Trump administration’s ‘energy-first’ agenda, a judge rules greenhouse gas emissions must be considered

 

 

Cassidy Randall in Missoula, Montana

Wed 20 Mar 2019 22.08 GMT

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/mar/20/judge-halts-drilling-climate-change-trump-administration

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

'He's not a bad person, but …' Justin Trudeau voters lament scandal

 

In the Canadian prime minister’s Montreal base the Lavscam imbroglio has taken a toll on previously staunch support

 

 

Martin Patriquin in Montreal

Thu 21 Mar 2019 10.00 GMT

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/mar/21/hes-not-a-bad-person-but-justin-trudeau-voters-lament-scandal

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Juan Guaidó says Venezuelan agents arrested his chief of staff

 

Venezuelan opposition leader says Roberto Marrero was ‘kidnapped’ before dawn

 

 

Reuters in Caracas

Thu 21 Mar 2019 12.04 GMT Last modified on Thu 21 Mar 2019 13.06 GMT

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/mar/21/juan-guaido-claims-venezuela-intelligence-agents-arrested-chief-of-staff-roberto-marrero

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Chicago's Democratic socialists on brink of transforming city's politics

 

Six Democratic socialists may join city council this year, reflecting the progressive momentum in national politics

 

 

Eric Lutz in Chicago

Thu 21 Mar 2019 06.00 GMT Last modified on Thu 21 Mar 2019 06.02 GMT

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/mar/21/chicago-democratic-socialists-city-council-rossana-rodriguez

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Reparations: Democrats renew debate over how to heal the legacy of slavery

 

Discussion about the issue among 2020 presidential candidates marks a significant contrast to previous campaign cycles

 

 

Oliver Laughland in Charleston, South Carolina and Hubert Adjei-Kontoh in New York

Thu 21 Mar 2019 05.00 GMT

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/mar/21/reparations-democrats-2020-slavery

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash-less? Cash only? You've got to be crazy to reject any form of payment

 

New Jersey just banned businesses from not accepting cash. But this is not a legal issue – it’s about customer service

 

 

Thu 21 Mar 2019 10.00 GMT

By  Gene Marks

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2019/mar/21/cash-less-cash-only-payments

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Most people want higher taxes on rich to support poor – OECD

 

‘Deeply troubling’ survey of 21 countries finds 60% believe they are not getting ‘fair share’

 

 

Rupert Neate Wealth correspondent

Tue 19 Mar 2019 20.02 GMT

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2019/mar/19/most-people-want-higher-taxes-on-rich-to-support-poor-oecd

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Alarm over leaked US database targeting journalists and immigration activists

 

Secret database listed 59 advocates and journalists tied to the migrant caravan, according to leaked documents

 

 

Amanda Holpuch and Lauren Aratani in New York

Wed 20 Mar 2019 07.00 GMT

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/mar/20/leaked-database-targeting-journalists-immigration-activists

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Chile: retired soldiers sentenced over 1986 attack on activists burned alive

 

Carmen Gloria Quintana and Rodrigo Rojas were beaten, sprayed with petrol and set alight in attack that left Rojas dead

 

Staff and agencies

Thu 21 Mar 2019 21.13 GMT Last modified on Thu 21 Mar 2019 21.52 GMT

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/mar/21/chile-soldiers-activists-attack-rodrigo-rojas-carmen-quintana

 

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_dictatorship_of_Chile_(1973–1990)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Trump says US will recognize Israel's sovereignty over Golan Heights

 

Israel captured Golan Heights from Syria after war in 1967

 

Netanyahu responds on Twitter: ‘Thank you President Trump!’

 

 

Julian Borger in Washington

Thu 21 Mar 2019 19.35 GMT

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/mar/21/trump-us-golan-heights-israel-sovereignty

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Brazil’s former president Michel Temer arrested in corruption investigation

 

Temer arrested as part of Operation Car Wash, which led to the convictions of numerous members of Brazil’s political elite

 

 

Anna Jean Kaiser in Rio de Janeiro

Thu 21 Mar 2019 18.04 GMT

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/mar/21/brazils-former-president-michel-temer-arrested-in-corruption-investigation

Good....At last

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

German journalist who was held captive and gave birth in Syria speaks of her ordeal

 

Janina Findeisen, who went to Syria when seven months pregnant, was released with her son in September 2016

 

 

Philip Oltermann in Berlin

Thu 21 Mar 2019 19.01 GMT

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/mar/21/german-journalist-who-was-held-captive-and-gave-birth-in-syria-speaks-of-her-ordeal

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Viktor Orbán's party suspended from centre-right EPP bloc

 

Move against Hungarian leader’s Fidesz follows aggressive anti-EU campaign

 

 

Jennifer Rankin in Brussels

Wed 20 Mar 2019 20.00 GMT

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/mar/20/manfred-weber-calls-for-freezing-of-hungarian-partys-voting-rights

 

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Media response to college admissions scandal reveals challenge of class struggle

 

March 21, 2019 2:45 PM CDT By Tim Libretti

 

 

 

 

U.S. Attorney for District of Massachusetts Andrew Lelling announces indictments in a sweeping college admissions bribery scandal, during a news conference, Tuesday, March 12, in Boston. | AP

 

 

 

https://www.peoplesworld.org/article/media-response-to-college-admissions-scandal-reveals-challenge-of-class-struggle/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Facebook settles CWA, ACLU lawsuit on bias vs. women, minorities

 

March 21, 2019 12:51 PM CDT By Mark Gruenberg

 

 

 

 

https://www.peoplesworld.org/article/facebook-settles-cwa-aclu-lawsuit-on-bias-vs-women-minorities/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Study finds racial gap between who causes air pollution and who breathes it

 

March 18, 2019 1:56 PM CDT By Olivia Rosane

 

 

 

 

Smokestacks near an oil refinery are seen in front of the Utah State Capitol as an inversion settles over Salt Lake City. A new study says African-Americans and Hispanics breathe in far more deadly air pollution than they are responsible for making. | Rick Bowmer/AP

 

 

 

https://www.peoplesworld.org/article/study-finds-racial-gap-between-who-causes-air-pollution-and-who-breathes-it/

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Isis defeated, US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces announce

 

Kurdish-led group says last of militants cleared from stronghold of Baghuz

 

 

Bethan McKernan in Istanbul

Sat 23 Mar 2019 07.28 GMT

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/mar/23/isis-defeated-us-backed-syrian-democratic-forces-announce

 

Awesome.......

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Italy and China in plan for new Silk Road-style trade network

 

Xi Jinping visits Rome as Italy becomes first G7 country to back Belt and Road initiative

 

 

Angela Giuffrida

Sat 23 Mar 2019 14.21 GMT Last modified on Sat 23 Mar 2019 14.22 GMT

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/mar/23/italy-china-new-silk-road-belt-and-road-g7

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mueller report: Trump camp celebrates but danger is not past yet

 

The special counsel will make no more indictments but his work, if made public, could yet damn the president and open new lines of inquiry

 

 

David Smith in Washington

Sat 23 Mar 2019 12.16 GMT

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/mar/23/mueller-report-donald-trump-latest-news-collusion-russia

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Franco’s shadow: reburial battle sees Spain confront its darkest days

 

Past and future collide as nationalist Vox party gears up for success in next month’s general election while exhumation of dictator draws closer

 

 

Sam Jones

Sat 23 Mar 2019 14.00 GMT

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/mar/23/franco-ghost-exhumatiob-spain-elections-far-right-vox-party

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francisco_Franco

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

'A nightmare': flight attendant with Daca status held after flying for work

 

Selene Saavedra Roman, who came to US when she was three, released after Hillar.y Clinton drew attention to her plight

 

 

Sarah Betancourt

Sat 23 Mar 2019 11.17 GMT First published on Sat 23 Mar 2019 05.00 GMT

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/mar/22/daca-dreamer-selene-saavedra-roman-flight-attendant

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Israel's Netanyahu to play Trump card in tight election

 

PM gets Washington photo ops after Trump recognises Israeli sovereignty over Golan Heights

 

 

Oliver Holmes in Jerusalem and Julian Borger in Washington

Sat 23 Mar 2019 10.00 GMT

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/mar/23/israel-netanyahu-election-trump-golan-heights

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Donald Trump and Xi Jinping are missing a trick over trade

 

US-Japan agreement on structural reforms in 1990 could be model for current China talks

 

 

Fri 22 Mar 2019 19.04 GMT First published on Fri 22 Mar 2019 17.54 GMT

Jeffrey Frankel

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2019/mar/22/donald-trump-and-xi-jinping-miss-a-trick-over-trade

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The face of American socialism before Bernie Sanders? Eugene Debs

 

It is impossible to understand the appeal of socialism in America today without looking at its past. And that inevitably leads to Debs

 

 

Paul Buhle and Mari Jo Buhle

Sat 23 Mar 2019 14.38 GMT

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/mar/23/american-socialism-bernie-sanders-eugene-debs

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Trump to lift 'not necessary' North Korea sanctions, White House confirms

 

• US had blacklisted Chinese shipping companies on Thursday
• ‘Trump likes Kim and doesn’t think these are necessary’

 

Staff and agencies in Washington

Fri 22 Mar 2019 21.22 GMT

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/mar/22/donald-trump-lifts-latest-sanctions-north-korea

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Congress awaits Mueller conclusions as Democrats push for report's release

 

Attorney general William Barr to release ‘principal conclusions’

 

Trump allies claim victory over Democrats and media

 

 

Martin Pengelly in New York

Sat 23 Mar 2019 15.24 GMT

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/mar/23/mueller-report-trump-latest-news-congress-william-barr

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

More than 4 million sign Brexit petition to revoke article 50

 

Online petition sparks conspiracy theories on both sides of the debate

 

 

Sarah Marsh

Sat 23 Mar 2019 10.23 GMT Last modified on Sat 23 Mar 2019 12.35 GMT

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/mar/23/more-than-4-million-people-sign-petition-to-revoke-article-50-brexit

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

German police arrest 10 people on suspicion of terror plot

 

Suspects aged between 20 and 42 detained after police raids in Frankfurt region

 

 

Reuters in Berlin

Fri 22 Mar 2019 21.47 GMT

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/mar/22/german-police-arrest-10-people-on-suspicion-of-planning-terror-attack-frankfurt

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Trump's Federal Reserve pick linked to indicted boyfriend of Russian agent

 

Stephen Moore created a controversial political group with Paul Erickson, who is charged with fraud and whose girlfriend, Maria Butina, pleaded guilty to infiltrating the conservative movement

 

 

Jon Swaine in New York

Fri 22 Mar 2019 23.27 GMT

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2019/mar/22/stephen-moore-federal-reserve-paul-erickson-maria-butina

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pittsburgh braced for protests after acquittal of officer who shot black teen

 

• Michael Rosfeld found not guilty of homicide
• Antwon Rose II, 17, ran from unlicensed taxi

 

Associated Press in Pittsburgh

Sat 23 Mar 2019 11.48 GMT

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/mar/23/pittsburgh-antwon-rose-ii-officer-acquitted-protests

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bernie Sanders, Kamala Harris react to completion of Trump-Russia inquiry – video

 

Following the submission of special counsel Robert Mueller's Trump-Russia investigation findings to the attorney general, William Barr, high-profile senators including Bernie Sanders, Kamala Harris and Chuck Schumer are demanding that.......

 

 

Source: NBC/Reuters/AP

Sat 23 Mar 2019 11.36 GMT

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/video/2019/mar/23/bernie-sanders-kamala-harris-react-to-completion-of-trump-russia-inquiry-video

 

 

 

 

 

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Mueller report: Trump and America wait for Barr to disclose findings

 

President in Florida as wait for news enters second day

 

 

Oliver Laughland and Martin Pengelly in New York

Sun 24 Mar 2019 16.36 GMT

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/mar/24/mueller-report-donald-trump-william-barr

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Venezuela opposition fears crackdown after Maduro threatens arrests

 

Embattled president hints that Juan Guaidó and allies are in his sights

 

Tom Phillips in Caracas

Sun 24 Mar 2019 17.54 GMT

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/mar/24/venezuela-opposition-fears-crackdown-maduro-threatens-arrests

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The B-Team: are Beto, Biden and Bernie the best Democrats can offer?

 

The party is diverse but it has a problem – beating Trump – and it may be that a straight white man is best placed to help

 

 

Josh Wood in Plymouth, New Hampshire

Sun 24 Mar 2019 10.00 GMT

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/mar/24/beto-o-rourke-joe-biden-bernie-sanders-democrats-2020

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The European Union has bigger problems to deal with than Brexit

 

The next recession will expose the eurozone as a half-baked project in need of leadership

 

 

Sun 24 Mar 2019 12.09 GMT Last modified on Sun 24 Mar 2019 17.10 GMT

By  Larry Elliott

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2019/mar/24/the-europe-union-has-bigger-problems-to-deal-with-than-brexit

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Kirsten Gillibrand calls Trump a 'coward' in New York speech

 

In major speech as presidential candidate at Trump hotel, senator says president ‘tearing apart the moral fabric of our country’

 

 

Associated Press in New York

Sun 24 Mar 2019 17.29 GMT

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/mar/24/kirsten-gillibrand-speech-trump-coward

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

'This is blood money': Tate shuns Sacklers – and others urged to follow

 

Pressure builds on other institutions to disavow Sackler family over OxyContin, powerful painkiller linked to opioid deaths

 

 

Joanna Walters in New York

Sun 24 Mar 2019 15.55 GMT

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2019/mar/24/sackler-money-tate-modern-art-nan-goldin-oxycontin

 

 

 

 

 

 

Kushner, Inc review: Jared, Ivanka Trump and the rise of the American kakistocracy

 

Vicky Ward has produced a damning depiction, a lethal amalgam of Page Six-like dish and firsthand investigative reporting

 

 

Lloyd Green

Sun 24 Mar 2019 05.00 GMT Last modified on Sun 24 Mar 2019 05.09 GMT

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/mar/24/kushner-inc-review-vicky-ward-jared-ivanka-trump-kakistocracy

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Republican Bill Weld on challenging Trump: ‘It’s going to be a lot of fun'

 

The ex-governor of Massachusetts is the sole Republican set to take on Trump, and he’s striking a chord with some conservatives

 

 

Ed Pilkington in Nashua, New Hampshire

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/mar/23/bill-weld-interview-trump-republican-2020-challenger

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

It's Mueller time but don't forget: Trump has undermined the very idea of America

 

Partisan fury over the special counsel’s report may obscure the ways the president has damaged our democracy

 

 

Sun 24 Mar 2019 05.00 GMT Last modified on Sun 24 Mar 2019 18.34 GMT

By  Robert Reich

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/mar/24/robert-mueller-report-donald-trump

 

 

 

 

 

Monsanto: Roundup substantial factor in man’s cancer, jury finds in key verdict

 

Federal jury’s decision in case of man who said he used weedkiller for decades could affect hundreds of other plaintiffs

 

 

Sam Levin in San Francisco

Tue 19 Mar 2019 22.09 GMT

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2019/mar/19/monsanto-trial-roundup-verdict-edwin-hardeman-cancer

 

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Death of second Parkland student being investigated, police say

 

Police say, ‘It hasn’t been confirmed as a suicide’

 

Second death of a Parkland survivor in about a week

 

 

Guardian staff

Mon 25 Mar 2019 00.53 GMT First published on Sun 24 Mar 2019 19.17 GMT

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/mar/24/parkland-student-second-death

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

What happens after rich kids bribe their way into college? I teach them

 

A professor at an elite US school says an influx of unskilled and entitled students is monopolizing faculty time: ‘they will eat you alive’

 

 

Anonymous

Mon 25 Mar 2019 10.00 GMT Last modified on Mon 25 Mar 2019 13.01 GMT

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/mar/25/what-happens-after-rich-kids-bribe-their-way-into-college-i-teach-them

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mueller report: Trump claims 'total exoneration' as Democrats regroup – live

 

Washington awakes to aftermath of Barr letter to Congress

 

 

Erin Durkin in New York

Mon 25 Mar 2019 14.33 GMT

 

 

Key events

 

• 1h ago Conway calls for Schiff's resignation
• 2h ago Report 'does not exonerate' Trump
• 2h ago Russia responds to Mueller report
• 2h ago Trump tweets response to Mueller report findings
• 2h ago Sarah Sanders: Trump 'more than happy' for release of Mueller report
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Live feed

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2019/mar/25/mueller-report-trump-total-exoneration-democrats-latest-news

 

 

 

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Mueller Finds No Trump-Russia Coordination, But “Does Not Exonerate” Trump of Obstruction of Justice

 

March 25, 2019

 

 

 

https://www.democracynow.org/2019/3/25/no_collusion_mueller_finds_no_trump

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Human Rights Attorney to Trump: “Israel Is Not Interested in the Golan Heights for Security”

 

March 22, 2019

 

 

 

 

https://www.democracynow.org/2019/3/22/human_rights_attorney_to_trump_israel

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Wisconsin court blocks Republican power grab

 

March 22, 2019 10:32 AM CDT By Dominique Paul Noth

 

 

 

 

https://www.peoplesworld.org/article/wisconsin-court-blocks-republican-power-grab/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Immigration Myths vs. Facts: CPUSA battles misinformation as new legislation is filed

 

March 22, 2019 10:08 AM CDT By Emile Schepers

 

 

 

 

https://www.peoplesworld.org/article/immigration-myths-vs-facts-cpusa-battles-misinformation-as-new-legislation-is-filed/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

GOP won more seats in 2018 than suggested by vote share

 

March 22, 2019 11:24 AM CDT By David A. Lieb

 

 

 

 

Sophomore political-science major Kylah Guion stands in the middle of Laurel Street in Greensboro, N.C., on Tuesday, March 19, 2019. Gerrymandering has cut the campus of North Carolina A&T University in half, with this street as the dividing line between the 6th Congressional District on her left and the 13th District on her right, both represented by Republicans. “It’s hard to explain to students who are already skeptical about the voting process ... that the state intentionally diluted their power in voting by putting this line back here in between our campus,” she says. | Allen G. Breed/AP

 

 

 

https://www.peoplesworld.org/article/gop-won-more-seats-in-2018-than-suggested-by-vote-share/

[umbertino]

Michael Avenatti, ex-lawyer for Stormy Daniels, arrested on extortion charges

 

Avenatti charged with attempting to extort millions from Nike, and also charged with wire and bank fraud in separate case

 

 

Erin Durkin in New York

Mon 25 Mar 2019 17.33 GMT

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/mar/25/michael-avenatti-extortion-arrested-charged-nike

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

'No more hope': fresh blackout leaves half of Venezuela without power

 

Fourteen of country’s 23 states affected just weeks after the country’s worst power failure in history

 

 

Tom Phillips in Caracas

Mon 25 Mar 2019 19.58 GMT Last modified on Mon 25 Mar 2019 20.28 GMT

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/mar/25/venezuela-new-blackout-half-country-no-power-maduro

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Trump set to weaponize Mueller report in war on Democrats and media

 

Findings play into the president’s narrative of ‘no collusion’ as he embraces the role of victim

 

 

David Smith in Washington

Mon 25 Mar 2019 18.42 GMT

 

 

Vid & pics

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/mar/25/donald-trump-mueller-report-no-collusion-weaponize-democrats-media

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Father of Sandy Hook victim has killed himself, police say

 

Jeremy Richman, 49, was the father of first-grader Avielle Richman, who was killed in the Sandy Hook attack

 

 

Associated Press

Mon 25 Mar 2019 19.21 GMT Last modified on Mon 25 Mar 2019 21.06 GMT

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/mar/25/father-of-young-sandy-hook-victim-has-killed-himself-police-say

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Woman who sheltered Edward Snowden is granted asylum in Canada

 

• Vanessa Rodel and daughter due to arrive from Hong Kong
• Rodel hosted the former CIA analyst in her apartment in 2013

 

 

AFP in Ottawa

Mon 25 Mar 2019 20.06 GMT

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/mar/25/vanessa-rodel-helped-edward-snowden-asylum-canada

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

'Coal is on the way out': study finds fossil fuel now pricier than solar or wind

 

Around 75% of coal production is more expensive than renewables, with industry out-competed on cost by 2025

 

 

Oliver Milman in New York

Mon 25 Mar 2019 11.00 GMT

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/mar/25/coal-more-expensive-wind-solar-us-energy-study

[umbertino]

Kansas governor vetoes GOP tax bill to benefit big business

 

March 25, 2019 3:25 PM CDT By John Hanna

 

 

 

 

Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly plans to expand Medicaid and says a GOP tax relief bill would eliminate the funds needed. | Chris Neal / The Topeka Capital-Journal via AP

 

 

 

https://www.peoplesworld.org/article/kansas-governor-vetoes-gop-tax-bill-to-benefit-big-business/

[umbertino]

Refugees report brutal and routine sexual violence in Libya

 

Abuse often filmed and sent to victims’ relatives, Women’s Refugee Commission finds

 

 

Patrick Wintour Diplomatic editor

Mon 25 Mar 2019 16.10 GMT

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/mar/25/refugees-face-routine-sexual-violence-in-libyan-detention-centres-report

[umbertino]

Pentagon reallocates $1bn to help fund Trump's border wall

 

• Money to be used for 57 miles of 18ft-high fencing, CNN reports
• Democrats say transfer of funds is ‘theft’ from armed forces

 

 

Adam Gabbatt in New York

Tue 26 Mar 2019 14.20 GMT

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/mar/26/pentagon-reallocates-1bn-trump-border-wall-us-mexico

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[umbertino]

Unionists informationally picket Michelle Obama book tour event

 

March 26, 2019 11:15 AM CDT By Mark Gruenberg

 

 

 

 

IATSE photo

 

 

 

https://www.peoplesworld.org/article/unionists-informationally-picket-michelle-obama-book-tour-event/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Medicaid saved my family—Why do Republicans want to get rid of it?

 

March 26, 2019 2:22 PM CDT By Katy Moreno

 

 

 

 

In a March 8 photo, Karma Islas, 2, is held by her mother Maria Islas of Dallas as she gets a shot for a vaccine at the Dallas County Health & Human Services immunization clinic. | Vernon Bryant / The Dallas Morning News via AP

 

 

 

https://www.peoplesworld.org/article/medicaid-saved-my-family-why-do-republicans-want-to-get-rid-of-it/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Editorial: Stop waiting for Mueller’s report to save us

 

March 26, 2019 1:12 PM CDT By People’s World Editorial Board

 

 

 

 

FBI Director Robert Mueller testifies before the Senate Intelligence Committee in Washington, March 12, 2013. | Susan Walsh / AP

 

 

 

https://www.peoplesworld.org/article/editorial-stop-waiting-for-muellers-report-to-save-us/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[umbertino]

Secretive group seeking to oust Kim Jong-un claim North Korea embassy raid

 

Cheollima Civil Defence says it carried out daring raid on Madrid building in February

 

 

Justin McCurry in Osaka

Wed 27 Mar 2019 03.50 GMT

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/mar/27/secretive-group-seeking-to-topple-kim-jong-un-says-it-carried-out-north-korea-embassy-raid-spain

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

EU cannot betray 'increasing majority' who want UK to remain, says Tusk

 

EC president hails those who marched against Brexit and millions who petitioned to revoke article 50

 

 

Daniel Boffey in Brussels

Wed 27 Mar 2019 09.30 GMT

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/mar/27/donald-tusk-majority-uk-stay-eu-article-50-brexit

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Calls grow in Algeria for Abdelaziz Bouteflika to be declared unfit to lead

 

Triggering of constitutional process could lead to ousting of the ailing president

 

 

Jon Henley and agencies

Wed 27 Mar 2019 10.31 GMT

 

 

Vid

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/mar/26/algerian-army-chief-wants-president-declared-unfit-to-lead

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fury as Bolsonaro orders Brazil army to mark 55th anniversary of military coup

 

• Defence ministry told to hold ‘appropriate commemorations’
• Widespread death and torture under regime that lasted 21 years

 

Dom Phillips in Rio de Janeiro

Wed 27 Mar 2019 08.00 GMT

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/mar/27/brazil-bolsonaro-military-coup-1964

 

Effing unbelievable and shameful....He should immediately be removed ( and tried)

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1964_Brazilian_coup_d'état

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Austrian authorities raid far-right group over alleged links to Christchurch shooter

 

Home of far-right ‘Identitarian’ raided after he received a large donation from a person sharing the same surname as Christchurch suspect

 

 

Associated Press

Tue 26 Mar 2019 19.39 GMT Last modified on Tue 26 Mar 2019 20.07 GMT

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/mar/27/austrian-police-raid-far-right-group-allegedly-linked-to-christchurch-shooter

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Macron meets Xi Jinping to strengthen EU-China relationship

 

French president invited Angela Merkel to talks with Chinese leader in Paris

 

 

Kim Willsher in Paris

Tue 26 Mar 2019 16.33 GMT

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/mar/26/emmanuel-macron-meets-chinese-leader-in-attempt-to-strengthen-ties

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

'Outrageous' and 'disgusting': segregated playground sparks fury

 

Jeremy Corbyn, James Brokenshire and Sadiq Khan criticise Henley Homes for excluding social housing residents from playground

 

 

Harriet Grant and Aamna Mohdin

Tue 26 Mar 2019 19.14 GMT

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2019/mar/26/outrageous-and-disgusting-segregated-playground-sparks-fury

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

US efforts to rebuild Afghanistan beset by 'theft and abuse from security forces'

 

Government watchdog reveals contract workers subjected to assault and unlawful detention, with property confiscated

 

 

Rod Austin

Tue 26 Mar 2019 13.54 GMT

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2019/mar/26/us-rebuild-afghanistan-beset-by-theft-abuse-from-security-forces

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Spanish court: FBI was offered stolen data by North Korean embassy intruder

 

One of 10 people who entered consulate by force in February contacted FBI, high court says

 

 

Emma Graham-Harrison

Tue 26 Mar 2019 18.06 GMT

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/mar/26/spanish-court-fbi-was-offered-stolen-data-by-north-korea-embassy-intruder

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Trump’s spiritual adviser: relationship with president is ‘assignment’ from God

 

Paula White says her role has transformed into an unofficial advisory to the president, as well as being his personal pastor

 

 

Jessica Glenza

Wed 27 Mar 2019 07.00 GMT Last modified on Wed 27 Mar 2019 07.02 GMT

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/mar/27/trump-spiritual-adviser-relationship-with-president-direct-assignment-from-god

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Spike in tweets about 'embarrassment' under Trump, study finds

 

Scientists analysed millions of US Twitter posts to find 45% rise in references in 13 months

 

 

Ian Sample Science editor

Wed 27 Mar 2019 07.00 GMT

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/mar/27/tweets-embarrassment-donald-trump-us-election-twitter-study

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mueller could never have saved us from Trump. That's what politics is for

 

Being unfit for office is not a crime. It will be up to the American people to absorb and act on that insight

 

 

Wed 27 Mar 2019 10.00 GMT Last modified on Wed 27 Mar 2019 10.02 GMT

By  Lawrence Douglas

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/mar/27/mueller-politics-no-savior

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Trump administration pushes to completely gut Obamacare in dramatic escalation

 

Government shifts from previous aim to strike down parts of the ACA, endangering healthcare for millions of Americans

 

 

Erin Durkin in New York

Tue 26 Mar 2019 14.46 GMT

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/mar/26/trump-administration-pushes-to-completely-gut-obamacare-in-dramatic-escalation

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

FBI releases documents on Trump Organization after years of resistance

 

A pair of subpoenas for testimony to a federal grand jury in Manhattan were among the files released under Foia law

 

 

Jon Swaine in New York

Tue 26 Mar 2019 22.21 GMT

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/mar/26/fbi-releases-documents-trump-organization

 

 

 

 

[umbertino]

OxyContin Maker Purdue Pharma to Pay $270 Million Legal Settlement That Will Fund Addiction Center

 

March 27, 2019

 

 

 

https://www.democracynow.org/2019/3/27/oxycontin_maker_purdue_pharma_to_pay

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

“The Opioid Crisis Isn’t White”: How the Lethal Epidemic Affects Communities of Color

 

March 27, 2019

 

 

 

https://www.democracynow.org/2019/3/27/the_opioid_crisis_isnt_white_how

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dems debate Medicare for All; Trump trashes healthcare for 20 million

 

March 27, 2019 12:06 PM CDT By Mark Gruenberg

 

 

 

 

National Nurses United have led the fight for Medicare for All, staging demonstrations and lobbying politicians since the organization began in 2009. (Photo: National Nurses United/Flickr/cc)

 

 

 

https://www.peoplesworld.org/article/as-dems-debate-medicare-for-all-trump-trashes-healthcare-for-20-million/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Left, right, or center—In European elections, who knows?

 

March 27, 2019 10:10 AM CDT By Conn Hallinan

 

 

 

 

A poster mocking Hungary's anti-immigrant Prime Minister Viktor Orban is seen during an anti-government march in central Budapest, Hungary, Dec. 21, 2018. Thousands of people marched in anti-government protests upset over labor law changes, increasing corruption, and limits on academic freedom under Orban's nationalist government. | Marko Drobnjakovic / AP

 

 

 

https://www.peoplesworld.org/article/left-right-or-center-in-european-elections-who-knows/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A worker’s story launches major labor law reform effort in Congress

 

March 27, 2019 1:19 PM CDT By Mark Gruenberg

 

 

 

 

Congresswoman Frederica Wilson [D-FL] chairing the Education and Labor Committee’s Health, Employment, Labor and Pensions subcommittee healing on labor law reform on March 26, 2019. | Labor Union Report

 

 

 

https://www.peoplesworld.org/article/a-workers-story-launches-major-labor-law-reform-effort-in-congress/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Parliament seizes control of Brexit as a million people call for second referendum

 

March 27, 2019 12:22 PM CDT By Al Neal

 

 

 

 

An effigy of British Prime Minister Theresa May is wheeled through Trafalgar Square during a People's Vote anti-Brexit march in London, Saturday, March 23. The march, organized by the People's Vote campaign, called for a final vote on any proposed Brexit deal. | Tim Ireland / AP

 

 

 

https://www.peoplesworld.org/article/parliament-seizes-control-of-brexit-as-a-million-people-call-for-second-referendum/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[umbertino]

Venezuela: Maduro blames blackout on sniper and tells people to pray

 

Venezuelan leader claimed in a broadcast the latest outage was caused by mercenaries ‘sent by the coup-mongering right’

 

 

Tom Phillips in Caracas and Joe Parkin Daniels in Bogotá

Thu 28 Mar 2019 15.08 GMT

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/mar/28/venezuela-blackout-latest-news-maduro-sniper-prayers

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

US fundamentalists spent £38m on European politics

 

Rightwing Christian groups donated $50m in the past 10 years, says OpenDemocracy

 

 

David Pegg

Thu 28 Mar 2019 15.35 GMT Last modified on Thu 28 Mar 2019 15.38 GMT

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/mar/28/us-fundamentalists-spent-38m-on-european-politics

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Russia acknowledges presence of troops in Venezuela

 

Deployment said to be for military consultations and not linked to possible operations

 

 

Andrew Roth in Moscow

Thu 28 Mar 2019 14.55 GMT

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/mar/28/russian-troops-landed-caracas-talks-venezuela-envoy-military

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

To fight racism, we need to think beyond reparations

 

We need a political revolution to truly bring democracy and equality to the United States – reparations won’t cut it

 

 

Thu 28 Mar 2019 12.13 GMT Last modified on Thu 28 Mar 2019 14.56 GMT

Bhaskar Sunkara

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/mar/28/racism-reparations-democratic-candidates

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Turkey may be the spark that sets fire to the world economy

 

Erdoğan’s costly move against currency speculators could prove to have major ripple effects

 

 

Wed 27 Mar 2019 18.41 GMT Last modified on Wed 27 Mar 2019 22.21 GMT

By  Larry Elliott

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/mar/27/turkey-may-be-the-spark-that-lights-a-fire-in-the-world-economy

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Panic buttons for mass shootings go on sale in the US

 

Israeli startup Gabriel aims to sell fire alarm-style sensors to public venues such as schools and places of worship

 

 

Oliver Holmes

Thu 28 Mar 2019 09.00 GMT Last modified on Thu 28 Mar 2019 09.02 GMT

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/mar/28/us-mass-shootings-panic-buttons-on-sale

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Confronting racism is not about the needs and feelings of white people

 

Too often whites at discussions on race decide for themselves what will be discussed, what they will hear, what they will learn. And it is their space. All spaces are

 

 

Thu 28 Mar 2019 06.00 GMT Last modified on Thu 28 Mar 2019 15.02 GMT

Ijeoma Oluo

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/mar/28/confronting-racism-is-not-about-the-needs-and-feelings-of-white-people

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Judge blocks work requirements for Medicaid in Arkansas and Kentucky

 

Judge strikes blow to Trump administration, citing unresolved obstacles to getting healthcare in the states

 

 

Associated Press

Thu 28 Mar 2019 02.14 GMT Last modified on Thu 28 Mar 2019 14.32 GMT

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/mar/27/medicaid-arksansas-kentucky-work-requirements

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mueller report 'more than 300 pages', raising questions over four-page summary – live

 

Attorney general Barr wrote four-page summary in two days

 

Trump hints in Hannity interview he has considered pardons

 

 

Adam Gabbatt in New York

Thu 28 Mar 2019 16.38 GMT

 

Key events

 

• 51m ago Mueller report 'more than 300 pages' – report
• 3h ago Trump won't rule out pardons for convicted associates
• 4h ago Republicans in turmoil over Trump's healthcare push
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Live feed

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2019/mar/28/trump-latest-news-today-healthcare-republicans-obamacare-politics-live-updates

 

 

 

 

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Steve Bannon: the full Euronews interview (2018)

 

 

 

[umbertino]

Google is an unlikely messenger between Trump and Cuba, insider says

 

Havana manager says company has acted as go-between and that Cubans trust Google more than the Trump administration

 

 

Stephanie Kirchgaessnerin Washington

Fri 29 Mar 2019 14.28 GMT

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2019/mar/29/google-is-an-unlikely-messenger-between-trump-and-cuba-insider-says

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Trump’s revenge? Why an eight-year media grudge may be about to get settled

 

The president reportedly hasn’t refused his White House correspondents’ dinner invitation yet – and may be planning a ‘victory lap’ over the Mueller report

 

 

Sam Wolfson

Fri 29 Mar 2019 12.47 GMT Last modified on Fri 29 Mar 2019 13.01 GMT

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/mar/29/trump-white-house-correspondents-dinner-media-grudge

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gaza border protests: 190 killed and 28,000 injured in a year of bloodshed

 

Using UN data we explore who has been affected, how they were injured and what life is like in Gaza today

 

 

Oliver Holmes and Josh Holder

Fri 29 Mar 2019 07.00 GMT

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/ng-interactive/2019/mar/29/a-year-of-bloodshed-at-gaza-border-protests

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Border crisis: US failure to respond to migration surge has created chaos

 

El Paso officials, aid workers and churches are scrambling to find shelter and legal counsel for a surge of Central American migrants

 

 

Amanda Holpuch in New York and Nina Lakhani in Mexico City

Fri 29 Mar 2019 15.16 GMT

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/mar/29/us-mexico-border-immigration-chaos

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

War has broken Yemen. A new route to peace is needed, now

 

The UN needs to understand Yemen better. Its peace process so far has been too simplistic and short-term

 

 

Fri 29 Mar 2019 10.50 GMT Last modified on Fri 29 Mar 2019 12.26 GMT

Hisham Al-Omeisy

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/mar/29/war-yemen-peace-un

 

 

 

 

 

 

Venezuelan Government Bars Opposition Leader Juan Guaidó From Holding Public Office for 15 Years

 

By Jorge Rueda / AP

Updated: March 28, 2019 9:38 PM ET

 

 

 

http://time.com/5560708/juan-guaido-barred-public-office-venezuela/

 

Edited March 29, 2019 by umbertino

[umbertino]

Corporations are endangering Americans. Trump doesn't care

 

From Boeing to Monsanto and beyond: this week has revealed the tip of the iceberg of regulatory neglect

 

 

Sat 30 Mar 2019 10.00 GMT Last modified on Sat 30 Mar 2019 15.22 GMT

By  Robert Reich

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/mar/30/corporations-endanger-american-facebook-boeing-monsanto-trump

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

College bribery scandal: professors respond to our anonymous column

 

We published one professor’s account of student entitlement, and the response from readers was enormous. Here, we share replies from other educators

 

• What happens after rich kids bribe their way into college? I teach them

 

Sat 30 Mar 2019 10.00 GMT

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/mar/30/college-bribery-scandal-professors-respond-to-our-anonymous-column

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

‘This is Trump’s party’: Republicans eager to knock back 2020 challengers

 

Republican National Committee is said to be taking extra steps to discourage “#NeverTrump” movement ahead of primary election

 

 

David Smith in Washington and Ed Pilkington in Nashua, New Hampshire

Sat 30 Mar 2019 06.00 GMT

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/mar/30/trump-2020-election-republicans-primary-rivals

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones blames 'psychosis' for Sandy Hook claims

 

Infowars host blamed his mental state on the ‘trauma of the media and the corporations lying’, according to a deposition

 

 

Associated Press in Austin

Sat 30 Mar 2019 14.05 GMT

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/mar/30/alex-jones-sandy-hook-claims-psychosis

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ocasio-Cortez says Green New Deal critics are making 'fools of themselves'

 

Congresswoman hit back at Republicans who claim her resolution would cause ‘genocide’ and the end of hamburgers

 

 

Oliver Milman in New York

Sat 30 Mar 2019 16.29 GMT

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/mar/30/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-green-new-deal-republicans

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mueller report release: Democrats demand full report by early April - as it happened

 

Barr sent a letter to Congress on status of sharing his findings on Trump

 

President heads to Florida to witness environmental problems

 

 

 

Lois Beckett in Oakland (now), Joanna Walters in New York (earlier)

Sat 30 Mar 2019 00.17 GMT

 

 

Key events

 

• 21h ago Leading House Democrats still demanding attorney general hand over full Mueller report by April 2
• 21h ago Joe Biden subject of New York magazine article about "awkward kiss", uninvited intimacies
• 22h ago Trump gives news conference at Mar-a-Lago
• 22h ago Trump says 'very good likelihood' he will close the Southern border next week
• 23h ago Congresswoman Veronica Escobar to hold press conference in El Paso on border crisis
• 23h ago Attorney General William Barr will not allow Donald Trump to assert privilege over the report
• 23h ago Attorney general William Barr says Mueller report - parts redacted - to Congress by mid-April or before

 

 

Live feed

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2019/mar/29/trump-news-today-latest-live-updates-democrats-mueller-report-economy

 

[umbertino]

Mulvaney: only 'something dramatic' will stop Trump closing Mexico border

 

• Move could have severe consequences for US economy
• US citizens who cross border for work or family fear hardship

 

Guardian staff and agencies

Sun 31 Mar 2019 19.36 BST

 

 

 

Cars wait to cross the bridge that connects the cities of El Paso and Ciudad Juarez, on Friday

Photograph: Hérika Martínez/AFP/Getty Images

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/mar/31/mulvaney-trump-us-mexico-border

[umbertino]

Erdoğan’s grip on Turkey slips as opposition makes election gains

 

Local elections viewed as referendum on president’s handling of economic crisis

 

 

Bethan McKernan in Istanbul

Mon 1 Apr 2019 16.30 BST

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/apr/01/erdogan-party-loses-ankara-in-turkish-local-elections-blow

 

Good he's losing the big cities in local elections

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TV comic leads first round of Ukraine's presidential election

 

Volodymyr Zelenskiy has 30.2% of vote, beating Petro Poroshenko and ex-PM Yulia Tymoshenko

 

 

Andrew Roth in Kyiv

Mon 1 Apr 2019 07.59 BST

 

 

Vid

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/mar/31/ukrainians-vote-in-election-that-could-see-tv-comic-take-the-presidency

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

US woman kidnapped in Afghanistan tells court how she escaped ex-husband

 

Caitlan Coleman testified Joshua Boyle said she could only leave the bedroom with his permission, reminding her of their captivity

 

 

Leyland Cecco in Ottawa

Mon 1 Apr 2019 20.18 BST

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/apr/01/caitlan-coleman-joshua-boyle-taliban-hostage-couple-court-escape

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Venezuela: Maduro calls on armed groups to keep order amid electricity rationing

 

President announces 30-day rationing plan and says pro-government colectivos must ‘defend the peace of every block’

 

 

Tom Phillips Latin America correspondent

Mon 1 Apr 2019 16.09 BST

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/apr/01/maduro-venezuela-colectivos-electricity-power-rationing

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Algeria's president, Abdelaziz Bouteflika, to step down by 28 April

 

Bouteflika, 82, has faced protests and pressure from army demanding end to his 20-year rule

 

 

Ruth Michaelson

Mon 1 Apr 2019 17.47 BST Last modified on Mon 1 Apr 2019 20.10 BST

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/apr/01/algerias-president-abdelaziz-bouteflika-to-step-down-by-28-april

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

White House reversed more than 25 security clearance denials, says whistleblower – live

 

Security adviser Tricia Newbold made revelation last month

 

House Democrats to subpoena full Mueller report

 

 

 

Sam Levin in San Francisco (now) and Sabrina Siddiqui in Washington (earlier)

Mon 1 Apr 2019 22.13 BST

 

 

 

Key events

 

• 45m ago Bernie Sanders rejects calls to expand supreme court
• 2h ago Senate Dems to introduce constitutional amendment to abolish electoral college
• 2h ago Virginia lieutenant governor's accuser gives first TV interview
• 2h ago Trump weighing 'border czar' amid immigration debate
• 2h ago Beto O'Rourke promises mandatory town halls for cabinet officials
• 3h ago Senate braces for showdown over disaster relief
• 3h ago AOC raises more then $90,000 in 24 hours for progressive Dems
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Live feed

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2019/apr/01/donald-trump-latest-news-mueller-report-border-politics-live

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Los Angeles to clear up to 50,000 old marijuana convictions using algorithms

 

Voters approved eliminating some pot-related crimes and clearing old convictions when they legalized adult marijuana use in 2016

 

 

Associated Press

Mon 1 Apr 2019 21.15 BST

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/apr/01/california-marijuana-convictions-wiped-out-code-for-america

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[umbertino]

A Palestinian boy with a gun to his head asked if I was OK. I still think about him

 

On a bus in the West Bank, fearing for our lives, this 13-year-old boy taught me the true power of empathy

 

 

Tue 2 Apr 2019 11.41 BST Last modified on Tue 2 Apr 2019 13.37 BST

By  Tariq Jordan

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/apr/02/palestinian-boy-west-bank-soldiers-empathy

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bernie Sanders raises $18.2m in early 2020 presidential campaign fundraising

 

Vermont senator’s initial haul expected to be the largest of candidates who have entered the crowded Democratic field so far

 

 

Lauren Gambino in Washington and agencies

Tue 2 Apr 2019 17.24 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/apr/02/bernie-sanders-fundraising-2020-campaign-first-quarter

 

 

 

 

 

 

Congresswoman gives emotional House speech on her gender-nonconforming child

 

Pramila Jayapal celebrated her child’s ‘newfound freedom’ and urged legislators to enact protections for LGBTQ people

 

 

Sam Levin in San Francisco

Tue 2 Apr 2019 20.59 BST

 

 

 

Vid

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/apr/02/pramila-jayapal-speech-equality-act-gender-nonconforming-child

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

America's vaccination crisis is a symptom of our broken society

 

How can we join together to defeat measles when we don’t share a reality?

 

 

Tue 2 Apr 2019 11.00 BST Last modified on Tue 2 Apr 2019 20.24 BST

Meghan O'Rourke

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/society/commentisfree/2019/apr/02/america-anti-vaxx-movement-crisis-broken-society

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Google staff condemn treatment of temp workers in 'historic' show of solidarity

 

Google issues new ‘minimum standards’ for temps after more than 900 employees sign letter criticizing abrupt firing

 

 

Julia Carrie Wong in San Francisco

Tue 2 Apr 2019 21.12 BST

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2019/apr/02/google-workers-sign-letter-temp-contractors-protest

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Egypt killed tourists with US weapons. An American survivor wants justice

 

April Corley was with a tour group when military fired upon them with rockets. Now she’s asking the US to halt the sale of more weaponry to Egypt

 

 

Ruth Michaelson in Cairo

Tue 2 Apr 2019 07.00 BST

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/apr/01/egypt-military-tourist-attack-white-desert

[umbertino]

UN calls for food aid for starving North Koreans despite sanctions

 

Exclusive: western donors urged to ‘put children before politics’ in face of food shortfall

 

 

Daniel Boffey in Brussels

Wed 3 Apr 2019 14.22 BST

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/apr/03/un-calls-on-white-house-to-aid-north-korea-despite-standoff

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Venezuela: Juan Guaidó stripped of parliamentary immunity

 

Nicolás Maduro’s constituent assembly removes protection, opening the door for arrest of man backed by dozens of countries as interim leader

 

 

Tom Phillips and Patricia Torres in Caracas

Wed 3 Apr 2019 03.48 BST

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/apr/03/venezuela-juan-guaido-stripped-of-parliamentary-immunity

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Felicity Huffman and Lori Loughlin in court to face admissions scam charges

 

Pair among others charged in scheme in which, authorities say, parents paid consultant to fake children’s college test scores

 

 

Associated Press in Boston

Wed 3 Apr 2019 13.43 BST

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/apr/03/felicity-huffman-lori-loughlin-college-admissions-scam

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bouteflika's departure is just the beginning of Algeria's struggle

 

Protesters hail president’s downfall but oligarchic, elitist governmental system remains

 

 

Simon Tisdall

Wed 3 Apr 2019 13.29 BST Last modified on Wed 3 Apr 2019 16.29 BST

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/apr/03/algeria-bouteflika-departure-just-beginning-struggle-elitist-government-system-remains

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I fought South African apartheid. I see the same brutal policies in Israel

 

I was shut down in South Africa for speaking out, and I’m disturbed that the same is happening to critics of Israel now

 

 

Wed 3 Apr 2019 10.00 BST Last modified on Wed 3 Apr 2019 12.46 BST

By  Ronnie Kasrils  (fmr. leading member of the African National Congress during the apartheid era and former government minister)

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/apr/03/israel-treatment-palestinians-apartheid-south-africa

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Turkish democracy is the winner in these momentous local elections

 

By toppling the AKP in Ankara and Istanbul, the opposition has shown that Erdoğan’s ruling party is not an invincible force

 

 

Wed 3 Apr 2019 10.30 BST Last modified on Wed 3 Apr 2019 15.18 BST

Sinan Ülgen

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/apr/03/turkey-democracy-local-elections-akp-erdogan

 

Good......

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Top Democrat: 'inevitable' Mueller will testify before Congress – live

 

Adam Schiff says Americans ‘have every right’ to see Trump-Russia report as Democrats approve subpoena of full document

 

 

Erin Durkin

Wed 3 Apr 2019 16.42 BST

 

 

Key events

 

• 1h ago House Judiciary Committee approves subpoena for Mueller report
• 2h ago House Judiciary Committee debates subpoena for Mueller report
• 3h ago Kushner prepares plan to increase legal immigration

 

Live feed

 

 

 

Vid

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2019/apr/03/trump-news-today-latest-us-politics-biden-jared-kushner-mar-a-lago-border-immigration-updates

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The US-Mexico border: two sides that are united by fear of Trump’s closure

 

With about $82bn in trade crossing between El Paso and Juarez yearly, businesses on both sides would suffer if the border closes

 

 

 

Wed 3 Apr 2019 07.00 BST

by Ed Pilkington in El Paso, Texas, and Cuidad Juárez, Mexico

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/apr/02/the-us-mexico-border-two-sides-that-are-united-by-fear-of-trumps-closure

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Damage from Trump unilateralism is 'criminal' – ex-US adviser

 

Transatlantic relationships in jeopardy and president playing on citizens’ fears, warns ex-diplomat William Burns

 

 

Patrick Wintour Diplomatic editor

Wed 3 Apr 2019 16.44 BST

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/apr/03/corrosive-damage-from-trump-unilateralism-is-criminal-us-adviser

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Please, Europe – treat the skills of refugees like me as an asset

 

Being an Afghan asylum seeker in Norway showed me how difficult it is for us to fulfil our potential

 

 

Wed 3 Apr 2019 06.00 BST Last modified on Wed 3 Apr 2019 10.24 BST

Hasina Shirzad

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/apr/03/please-europe-skills-refugees-asset-afghan-asylum-seeker-norway

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Lori Lightfoot wins landslide victory to become Chicago's first black female mayor

 

Former head of city’s police board also becomes first openly LGBT mayor, and defeated Toni Preckwinkle, who was seen as the favorite to win

 

 

Eric Lutz in Chicago

Wed 3 Apr 2019 16.26 BST First published on Wed 3 Apr 2019 02.17 BST

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/apr/02/chicago-lori-lightfoot-elected-first-black-female-mayor

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Trump is capturing the judiciary at an alarming rate

 

Judges confirmed by the president – 92 to date – have shown loyalty to their party which seeks to roll back decades of progress

 

 

Wed 3 Apr 2019 11.00 BST Last modified on Wed 3 Apr 2019 15.14 BST

Shira A Scheindlin

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/apr/03/trump-capturing-judiciary-alarming-rate

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Trump wants to distract us from the Mueller report. We can't let him

 

As the president targets healthcare and immigration, Democrats must stand firm in seeking Mueller’s full findings

 

 

Wed 3 Apr 2019 12.00 BST Last modified on Wed 3 Apr 2019 15.06 BST

Andrew Gawthorpe

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/apr/03/mueller-report-donald-trump-distractions

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Venezuela's slums are turning on Maduro – but Guaidó faces uphill battle

 

The support of barrios like Petare may be key to overcoming Maduro. But not all residents are sold on his challenger

 

 

Tom Phillips and Patricia Torres in Caracas

Wed 3 Apr 2019 07.00 BST

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/apr/03/venezuela-maduro-slums-guaido-petare

 

[umbertino]

UN chief urges restraint as Libyan army leader plans Tripoli assault

 

António Guterres voices deep concern after Khalifa Haftar announces troop movements

 

 

Patrick Wintour Diplomatic editor

Thu 4 Apr 2019 10.49 BST

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/apr/04/un-chief-urges-restraint-as-libyan-army-leader-plans-tripoli-assault

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Why the populist wave is setting the tone for Democratic candidates

 

Some moderate candidates have held back from populism, others have stretched the definition, but many are adopting the redefined populist rhetoric

 

 

Paul Lewis in New Hampshire

Thu 4 Apr 2019 08.00 BST

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/apr/04/why-the-populist-wave-is-setting-the-tone-for-democratic-candidates

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Europe is a dysfunctional family, but divorce is not the answer

 

Brexit is not inevitable. For the sake of our children, let’s stay and fight for a better EU, before we do more damage

 

 

Thu 4 Apr 2019 11.45 BST First published on Thu 4 Apr 2019 07.00 BST

Michael Morpurgo

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/apr/04/europe-family-brexit-children-eu

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Why did Trump say his dad was German?

 

It is a particularly Trumpian move to deny your father’s Bronx birth while also denying your predecessor’s Hawaiian birth

 

 

Thu 4 Apr 2019 11.00 BST Last modified on Thu 4 Apr 2019 14.31 BST

By  Richard Wolffe

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/apr/04/trump-dad-germany-lies-orange-stories

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mueller report was more damaging than Barr revealed, officials say – live

 

Attorney general failed to properly convey findings of Trump-Russia report, New York Times reports

 

 

Adam Gabbatt in New York

Thu 4 Apr 2019 16.14 BST

 

 

Key events

 

• 30m ago Trump may announce trade summit with Chinese president – reports

 

Live feed

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2019/apr/04/trump-news-today-tax-returns-mueller-report-joe-biden-latest-live-updates

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Saudi Arabia's first nuclear reactor nearly finished, sparking fears over safeguards

 

Riyadh has so far resisted international watchdog’s requests to accept a strict inspection regime

 

 

Julian Borger in Washington

Thu 4 Apr 2019 06.00 BST

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/apr/04/saudi-arabias-first-nuclear-reactor-nearly-finished-sparking-fears-over-safeguards

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Turkey's purchase of Russian missile system 'defies Nato'

 

Disunity at 70th anniversary gathering of alliance as Turkish foreign minister criticises Trump

 

 

Agence France-Presse in Washington

Wed 3 Apr 2019 20.14 BST

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/apr/03/turkeys-purchase-of-russian-missile-system-defies-nato

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

To build the wall, or not to build? On the Texas border, residents take sides

 

For some, the wall would cut off generations of family and traditions; for others, it would be a means to ‘keep trouble out’

 

 

Ed Vulliamy in San Ygnacio, Texas

Thu 4 Apr 2019 11.00 BST

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/apr/04/trump-mexico-texas-border-wall

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

US union seeks $100m in largest wage theft case involving federal contractor

 

Labor department is reviewing several complaints against General Dynamics, which operates call centers across the US

 

 

Michael Sainato

Thu 4 Apr 2019 08.00 BST Last modified on Thu 4 Apr 2019 15.01 BST

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/apr/04/us-union-seeks-100m-back-wages-federal-contractor

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

House Democrats formally demand Trump's tax returns from IRS

 

Chairman of ways and means committee says request for six years of returns is ‘within our rights’

 

 

Sabrina Siddiqui in Washington

Thu 4 Apr 2019 00.37 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/apr/03/trump-tax-returns-house-democrats-irs

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Trump asks journalists to look into the 'oranges' of the Mueller investigation – video

 

During a meeting with the secretary general of Nato, US President Donald Trump continued his retaliation against the concluded Mueller investigation by calling for the media to look into its 'oranges', meaning origins.......

 

 

Wed 3 Apr 2019 01.25 BST Last modified on Wed 3 Apr 2019 11.26 BST

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/video/2019/apr/03/trump-asks-journalists-to-look-into-the-oranges-of-the-mueller-investigation-video