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Jamal Khashoggi warned Moroccan journalist before his arrest, says wife

 

Exclusive: Wife of jailed Taoufik Bouachrine says murdered Saudi critic knew her husband was in danger

 

Nick Hopkins

Thu 27 Jun 2019 16.09 BST Last modified on Thu 27 Jun 2019 17.36 BST

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

A young family left El Salvador for a better life. Their tragedy encapsulates the immigration crisis

 

A mother mourns her son and granddaughter, who drowned crossing the Rio Grande: ‘I feel a huge emptiness’ Warning: graphic image

 

 

Anna-Catherine Brigida in San Martín

Thu 27 Jun 2019 06.00 BST

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/jun/26/a-young-family-left-el-salvador-for-a-better-life-their-tragedy-focused-the-immigration-crisis

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Boris Johnson’s talk of ‘global Britain’ is about to look even more ridiculous

 

While the favourite to be Britain’s next prime minister feeds his public disinformation, the EU is homing in on a huge trade deal

 

Thu 27 Jun 2019 15.11 BST Last modified on Thu 27 Jun 2019 17.43 BST

Guy Verhofstadt  ( chief Brexit representative for the European parliament and a former prime minister of Belgium )
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Democratic 2020 candidates clash on healthcare, immigration and economy in first debate

 

Ten candidates took the stage for the first of back-to-back debates, and cast themselves in sharp contrast with Trump

 

Lauren Gambino in Miami

Thu 27 Jun 2019 06.43 BST

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/jun/25/democrats-2020-debates-candidates-biden-warren-sanders

 

 

 

 

Jared Kushner's 'deal of the century' fails to materialise in Bahrain

 

Senior adviser to Trump found no interest in his proposals for ending Israel/Palestine conflict

 

Martin Chulov Middle East correspondent

Wed 26 Jun 2019 19.58 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jun/26/jared-kushner-deal-of-the-century-israel-palestine-bahrain

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Trade war looms over G20 as Trump attacks India over tariffs - business live

 

Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial news, as US president blasts India for raising tariffs on American goods

 

Graeme Wearden

Thu 27 Jun 2019 17.32 BST First published on Thu 27 Jun 2019 07.54 BST

 
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https://www.theguardian.com/business/live/2019/jun/27/trade-wars-trump-india-tariffs-g20-china-economy-growth-business-live

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dalai Lama says Donald Trump has a 'lack of moral principle'

 

Tibetan spiritual leader also reiterates that his female successor must be ‘attractive’

 

Kate Lyons

Thu 27 Jun 2019 08.32 BST Last modified on Thu 27 Jun 2019 09.05 BST

 
 
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Angela Merkel seen shaking for second time in just over a week

 

German chancellor will travel to G20 despite visibly shaking at public event in Berlin

 

Philip Oltermann in Berlin

Thu 27 Jun 2019 09.29 BST

 

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https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jun/27/angela-merkel-seen-shaking-second-time-just-over-week-germany

 

 

 

 

US supreme court blocks 2020 census citizenship question – for now

 

Lower court ruling upheld in blow to Trump, but commerce department may have time to advance alternative reasoning

 

Oliver Laughland and Tom McCarthy in New York

Thu 27 Jun 2019 16.51 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/jun/27/census-citizenship-ruling-supreme-court-trump-question-verdict-2020

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The US hospitals suing the poor over bills they can't afford

 

Methodist University hospital in Tennessee is among facilities wielding courts as a hammer against struggling patients

 

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Thu 27 Jun 2019 10.00 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/jun/27/us-hospitals-lawsuits-medical-bills

 

 

 

 

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First Democratic debate features progressive stands on economy, immigration, health care

 

June 27, 2019 2:06 PM CDT By John Wojcik And Mark Gruenberg

 

 

 

https://www.peoplesworld.org/article/first-democratic-debate-features-progressive-stands-on-economy-immigration-health-care/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The truth about reparations: They’re a condemnation of U.S. capitalism

 

June 27, 2019 12:37 PM CDT By Chauncey K. Robinson

 

 

 

https://www.peoplesworld.org/article/the-truth-about-reparations-theyre-a-condemnation-of-u-s-capitalism/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Elon Musk’s compensation is 40,000 times more than average Tesla worker

 

June 27, 2019 1:47 PM CDT By Mark Gruenberg

 

 

 

https://www.peoplesworld.org/article/elon-musks-compensation-is-40000-times-more-than-average-tesla-worker/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A loss and a win: Supreme Court OKs gerrymandering, blocks census citizenship question

 

June 27, 2019 1:55 PM CDT By Mark Gruenberg

 

 

 

https://www.peoplesworld.org/article/a-loss-and-a-win-supreme-court-oks-gerrymandering-blocks-census-citizenship-question/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Turkey’s wounded Erdogan could be dangerous

 

June 26, 2019 2:54 PM CDT By Conn Hallinan

 

 

 

https://www.peoplesworld.org/article/turkeys-wounded-erdogan-could-be-dangerous/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Morsi, Egypt’s freely elected and imprisoned president, killed by regime

 

June 18, 2019 12:37 PM CDT By Aboulfotouh Kandil

 

 

 

https://www.peoplesworld.org/article/morsi-egypts-freely-elected-and-imprisoned-president-killed-by-regime/

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Putin is right about the collapse of liberal values– but the EU shares the blame

 

Rightwing demagogues across the world, including in Europe, go unchecked. Darkness threatens to engulf us all

 

Fri 28 Jun 2019 12.14 BST Last modified on Fri 28 Jun 2019 14.47 BST

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

‘If you pay, you’ll go’: Dadaab residents claim bribery is price of getting home

 

Somali people at Kenya’s sprawling refugee camp allege that UN staff want money for everything from food to repatriation

 

Sally Hayden

Fri 28 Jun 2019 07.00 BST Last modified on Fri 28 Jun 2019 09.45 BST

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Alabama: pregnant woman shot in stomach is charged in fetus's death

 

Marshae Jones was charged with manslaughter, while the woman accused of shooting her walks free, report says

 

Miranda Bryant

Thu 27 Jun 2019 21.18 BST Last modified on Fri 28 Jun 2019 00.57 BST

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

No country for old white men: Kamala Harris leads changing of the guard

 

The Democratic debates’ standouts have been Booker, Buttigieg, Castro, Harris and Warren – none a straight male Caucasian – while Joe Biden looked like this year’s Jeb Bush

 

David Smith in Miami

Fri 28 Jun 2019 06.19 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/jun/28/democratic-debate-kamala-harris-leads-changing-of-guard

 

 

 

 

 

German far-right group 'used police data to compile death list'

 

Activists linked to military and police suspected of preparing terror attack, reports say

 

Philip Oltermann in Berlin

Fri 28 Jun 2019 15.45 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jun/28/german-far-right-group-used-police-data-to-compile-death-list

 

 

 

 

 

Is this how American democracy is supposed to work? No it's not

 

In an excoriating dissent, Elena Kagan and the supreme court’s liberal justices accused the court’s majority of shirking its constitutional duty

 

Justice Elena Kagan

Thu 27 Jun 2019 18.08 BST Last modified on Thu 27 Jun 2019 18.47 BST

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Racial justice, health care, attacks on Trump mark the second debate

 

June 28, 2019 12:23 PM CDT By Mark Gruenberg And John Wojcik

 

 

 

Racial justice, health care, attacks on Trump mark the second debate
Democratic presidential candidate former vice president Joe Biden, left, Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., and Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., at the Democratic primary debate hosted by NBC News, Thursday, June 27, 2019, in Miami. | Wilfredo Lee / AP
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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'Nice man, terrible president': Trump fires back at Jimmy Carter

 

Trump: predecessor is ‘like the forgotten president’

 

Associated Press in Osaka

Sat 29 Jun 2019 15.35 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/jun/29/nice-man-terrible-president-trump-jimmy-carter

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

How Republican senators killed Oregon’s climate crisis bill

 

After legislators fled the state, rightwing groups pledged their support and protesters demonstrated outside the state house

 

Jason Wilson in Portland, Oregon

Sat 29 Jun 2019 07.00 BST

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/jun/28/how-republican-senators-killed-oregons-climate-crisis-bill

 

 

 

 

Trump proposes meeting with Kim Jong-un in demilitarised zone

 

North Korea says Trump’s invitation is a ‘very interesting suggestion’ but says there has been no ‘official proposal’

 

Justin McCurry in Osaka, Julian Borgerand Julia Carrie Wong

Sat 29 Jun 2019 00.38 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/jun/28/trump-kim-jong-un-meeting-south-korea

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Charlottesville: white supremacist gets life sentence for fatal car attack

 

  • James Alex Fields Jr drove a car into a crowd of protesters
  • White supremacist had attended far-right rally in Virginia city

 

Reuters

Fri 28 Jun 2019 20.35 BST First published on Fri 28 Jun 2019 19.34 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/jun/28/charlottesville-james-fields-life-sentence-heather-heyer-car-attack

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

‘People with no names’: the drowned migrants buried in pauper’s graves

 

As deaths in Rio Grande increase, Piedras Negras has buried unidentifiable bodies removed from water by first responders

 

Patrick Timmons in Piedras Negras

Sat 29 Jun 2019 06.00 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/jun/29/migrants-drowning-rio-grande-river-deaths-us-mexico-border

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Trump says Huawei can purchase from American suppliers

 

By Kathleen JoycePublished June 29, 2019

 

 

 

https://www.foxbusiness.com/technology/trump-says-huawei-can-purchase-from-american-suppliers

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One of the Internet’s Largest Pro-Trump Communities Quarantined Over Violent Threats

 

By Jared Holt | June 26, 2019 3:37 pm

 

 

 

http://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/one-of-the-internets-largest-pro-trump-communities-quarantined-over-violent-threats/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Lance Wallnau: ‘Jezebel Witchcraft’ Is Poisoning the Minds of Americans Against Trump

 

By Kyle Mantyla | June 28, 2019 1:03 pm

 

 

 

http://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/lance-wallnau-jezebel-witchcraft-is-poisoning-the-minds-of-americans-against-trump/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Religious Right Activists Meet the GOP’s Red New Scare

 

By Jared Holt | June 27, 2019 5:11 pm

 

 

 

http://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/religious-right-activists-meet-the-gops-red-new-scare/

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Trump’s drive to war with Iran intensifies by the day

 

July 1, 2019 10:16 AM CDT By Jane Green

 

 

 

https://www.peoplesworld.org/article/trumps-drive-to-war-with-iran-intensifies-by-the-day/

 

 

 

 

 

 

Senate fails to get 60 votes to stop war on Iran

 

July 1, 2019 11:32 AM CDT By Mark Gruenberg

 

 

 

https://www.peoplesworld.org/article/senate-fails-to-get-60-votes-to-stop-war-on-iran/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Trump is replacing federal workers with non-union temps

 

July 1, 2019 10:53 AM CDT By Mark Gruenberg

 

 

 

https://www.peoplesworld.org/article/trump-is-replacing-federal-workers-with-non-union-temps/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Alaska’s warming waters spell trouble for residents and wildlife

 

July 1, 2019 11:15 AM CDT By Jordan Davidson

 

 

 

https://www.peoplesworld.org/article/alaskas-warming-waters-spell-trouble-for-residents-and-wildlife/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Unity to save people and planet: Keynote to 31st convention CPUSA

 

July 1, 2019 11:42 AM CDT By John Bachtell

 

 

 

https://www.peoplesworld.org/article/unity-to-save-people-and-planet-keynote-to-31st-convention-cpusa/

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French doctors to end life support for man in right-to-die case

 

Vincent Lambert has been at centre of bitter family dispute since road accident 11 years ago

 

Angelique Chrisafis in Paris and Agence France-Presse in Lille

Tue 2 Jul 2019 16.08 BST

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jul/02/french-doctors-life-support-vincent-lamber-right-to-die

 

 

 

 

Syria accuses Israel of 'heinous aggression' after airstrikes

 

Syria accuses Israel of ‘practising state terrorism’ after strikes reported to have killed at least 15 people

 

Bethan McKernan Middle East correspondent

Tue 2 Jul 2019 11.53 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jul/02/syria-accuses-israel-of-heinous-aggression-after-airstrikes

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hong Kong protest: China says violent demonstrations 'totally intolerable'

 

Beijing’s liaison office says storming of parliament is ‘an extreme challenge’ to the rule of law

 

Verna Yu in Hong Kong

Tue 2 Jul 2019 07.19 BST

 

 

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https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jul/02/chinese-media-calls-for-zero-tolerance-after-violent-hong-kong-protess

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Climate change made European heatwave at least five times likelier

 

Searing heat shows crisis is ‘here and now’, say scientists, and worse than predicted

 

Damian Carrington Environment editor

Tue 2 Jul 2019 14.21 BST

 

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2019/jul/02/climate-change-european-heatwave-likelier

 

 

 

 

Germany slow to hear alarm bells in killing of Walter Lübcke

 

Calls for action to protect public servants and defend democracy as far right responds with aggression

 

Philip Oltermann in Berlin

Tue 2 Jul 2019 04.30 BST

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jul/02/germany-slow-to-hear-alarm-bells-in-killing-of-walter-lubcke

 

 

 

 

 

Fire kills 14 on Russian navy submersible

 

Deep-sea vessel was carrying out military survey in Russian waters, says defence ministry

 

Reuters in Moscow

Tue 2 Jul 2019 15.27 BST Last modified on Tue 2 Jul 2019 16.09 BST

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Salt Lake City offers glimpse of socialism, Mormon-style

 

Utah has one of the nation’s lowest rates of income inequality in part because of the Church of Latter-day Saints’ welfare system, but it also ranks dead last for economic equality for women

 

Kathleen McLaughlin

Tue 2 Jul 2019 06.00 BST

 

https://www.theguardian.com/global/2019/jul/02/salt-lake-city-socialism-mormon-style-utah

 

 

 

 

 

America's corporate activism: the rise of the CEO as social justice warrior

 

Corporations are stepping into the moral vacuum left by Republican officials. But their motives aren’t exactly altruistic

 

Tue 2 Jul 2019 07.00 BST Last modified on Tue 2 Jul 2019 13.34 BST

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Trump nepotism attacked after 'out-of-her-depth' Ivanka given key summit role

 

  • Experts say first daughter’s presence reflects gravely on US

 

David Smith in Washington

Mon 1 Jul 2019 19.32 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/jul/01/donald-trump-ivanka-g20-north-korea-nepotism

 

 

 

 

 

 

Buttigieg raises $24.8m, eclipsing Sanders as candidate cull looms

 

South Bend mayor receives contributions from more than 400,000, securing his spot on stage as outsider campaigns worry

 

Associated Press in South Bend, Indiana

Mon 1 Jul 2019 13.34 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/jul/01/pete-buttigieg-fundraising-second-quarter

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Enforcement of food and drug safety regulations nosedives under Trump

 

Number of ‘warning letters’ sent by FDA has fallen by 33% compared with the most recent equivalent period under Obama

 

Emily Holden in Washington

Tue 2 Jul 2019 16.47 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/jul/02/enforcement-food-drug-safety-regulations-trump

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

'He's their man': why do bikers love Trump so much?

 

At New Hampshire’s Laconia Motorcycle Week, the language is foul, the wardrobe is leather, and it is among these holdout rebels that Trump has found support

 

 

Josh Wood in Laconia, New Hampshire

Tue 2 Jul 2019 07.00 BST

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/jul/02/bikers-for-trump-support-laconia-motorcycle-week

 

 

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Brazilian diplomats 'disgusted' as Bolsonaro pulverizes foreign policy

 

Former ambassadors say far-right leader has cuddled up to rightwing nationalists, irked China, infuriated Middle Eastern partners, and jettisoned its position as climate crisis leader

 

Tom Phillips in São Paulo

Tue 25 Jun 2019 09.00 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jun/25/brazilian-diplomats-disgusted-bolsonaro-pulverizes-foreign-policy

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

'A bad trip': Jair Bolsonaro's first six months leave even the right dismayed

 

Protests, scandals, corruption claims, allegations of mafia links … ‘It’s the worst start to a presidency’ in decades, says pollster

 

Tom Phillips in São Paulo

Wed 3 Jul 2019 09.00 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jul/03/jair-bolsonaro-brazil-first-six-months-right-dismayed

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Homeland security chief orders inquiry into US border patrol Facebook group – live

 

Kevin McAleenan called report that officers allegedly belong to a secret group where they have made abusive statements ‘disturbing’

 

Tom McCarthy in New York

Wed 3 Jul 2019 16.27 BST

 

 

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https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2019/jul/03/trump-news-today-kamala-harris-biden-2020-fourth-of-july-dc-latest-updates

 

 

 

 

 

 

Family of Las Vegas shooting victim files lawsuit against gunmakers

 

Family of a woman killed in the 2017 massacre filed wrongful death lawsuit against eight gunmakers, including Colt

 

Associated Press

Wed 3 Jul 2019 13.03 BST Last modified on Wed 3 Jul 2019 14.35 BST

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Baked Alaska: record heat fuels wildfires and sends tourists to the beach

 

Capital Anchorage sees 80F weather with nearly 120 fires blazing across the state

 

Susie Cagle in San Francisco

Wed 3 Jul 2019 07.00 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/jul/02/alaska-heat-wildfires-climate-change

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

US produces far more waste and recycles far less of it than other developed countries

 

US represents 4% of the world’s population but produces 12% of municipal solid waste, a stark contrast with China and India

 

Emily Holden in Washington

Wed 3 Jul 2019 05.01 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/jul/02/us-plastic-waste-recycling

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

House lawmakers sue Trump administration for president's tax returns

 

Ways and means committee’s lawsuit is latest salvo in clash between Democrats and president

 

Guardian staff and agencies

Wed 3 Jul 2019 01.51 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/jul/02/trump-tax-returns-house-democrats-lawsuit

 

 

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Brazil: calls grow for Bolsonaro ally to quit after 'devastating' report on leaks

 

In new disclosures, conservative magazine Veja says Sergio Moro, who led Operation Car Wash, guilty of serious ‘irregularities’

 

Tom Phillips Latin America correspondent

Fri 5 Jul 2019 16.41 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jul/05/brazil-sergio-moro-jair-bolsonaro-justice-minister

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Outcry after reports Brazil plans to investigate Glenn Greenwald

 

Federal police reportedly asked money laundering unit to investigate the ‘financial activities’ of the US journalist

 

Dom Phillips in Rio de Janeiro

Wed 3 Jul 2019 19.41 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jul/03/brazil-glenn-greenwald-investigation-outcry-bar-association-journalists

 

 

 

 

 

 

Survivor of shipwreck off Tunisia describes vessel going down

 

Malian was one of four out of over 80 people on board who were rescued after raft sank

 

Lorenzo Tondo in Palermo

Fri 5 Jul 2019 17.45 BST

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jul/05/survivor-of-shipwreck-off-tunisia-describes-vessel-going-down

 

 

 

 

Alaska: temperatures rival Miami amid 'unprecedented' heatwave

 

Anchorage’s weather station recorded 90F on Thursday, breaking the previous record high of 85F

 

Edward Helmore in New York

Fri 5 Jul 2019 17.03 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/jul/05/alaska-heatwave-record-temperatures

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Border Agents Caught Posting Racist, Sexist Messages About Migrants & AOC in Secret Facebook Group

 

July 03, 2019

 

 

 

https://www.democracynow.org/2019/7/3/border_patrol_facebook_group_offensive_posts

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

An Hour with Noam Chomsky on Fascism, Nuclear Weapons, Climate Change, Julian Assange & More

 

July 05, 2019

 

 

https://www.democracynow.org/2019/7/5/an_hour_with_noam_chomsky_on

 

 

 

 

 

Ta-Nehisi Coates: Reparations Are Not Just About Slavery But Also Centuries of Theft & Racial Terror

 

July 04, 2019

 

 

 

https://www.democracynow.org/2019/7/4/ta_nehisi_coates_reparations_are_not

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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The crisis at the southern border: What you need to know

 

July 3, 2019 12:21 PM CDT By Special to People’s World

 

 

 

The crisis at the southern border: What you need to know
A young boy and his mother wait for a bus in Mexico on the other side of the border across from Nogales, Ariz., June 2019. | Al Neal / PW
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Trump’s prisons for migrant children are “torture chambers” – shut them down

 

June 26, 2019 10:07 AM CDT By Albert Bender

 

 

 

Trump’s prisons for migrant children are “torture chambers” – shut them down
In this June 23, 2018, file photo, an immigrant child looks out from a U.S. Border Patrol bus leaving as protesters block the street outside the U.S. Border Patrol Central Processing Center in McAllen, Texas. Conditions at child detention facilities are being described by health experts as tantamount to "torture chambers." | David J. Phillip / AP
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Langston Hughes: Let America be America again

 

July 3, 2019 2:43 PM CDT By Langston Hughes

 

 

 

https://www.peoplesworld.org/article/langston-hughes-let-america-be-america-again/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

First martyr of the American Revolution: Former slave Crispus Attucks

 

July 3, 2019 3:35 PM CDT By Chauncey K. Robinson

 

 

 

https://www.peoplesworld.org/article/first-martyr-of-the-american-revolution-former-slave-crispus-attucks/

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Syriza betrayed its principles – and the Greek people. Its days are numbered

 

Alexis Tsipras’s party promised to fight EU-imposed austerity, but instead embraced it. Sunday’s polls will punish them

 

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Resurgent centre-right party poised for victory in Greek election

 

Kyriakos Mitsotakis could end era of fragile coalitions with decisive win, polls suggest

 

Helena Smith

Fri 5 Jul 2019 10.41 BST Last modified on Fri 5 Jul 2019 17.55 BST

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Christchurch mosque killer’s theories seeping into mainstream, report warns

 

Call to tackle extreme white nationalist ideas propagating hatred and violence gaining traction on social media
 

Nosheen Iqbal and Mark Townsend

Sun 7 Jul 2019 08.00 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jul/07/christchurch-mosque-killer-ideas-mainstream-social-media

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

How Ifrah Ahmed, the girl from Mogadishu, took her FGM story to the world

 

As a Somali girl she underwent the horrific practice. Now a new film tells how she risked her life to end it
 

Donna Ferguson

Sun 7 Jul 2019 09.00 BST

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

California governor declares state of emergency after second earthquake

 

  • Gavin Newsom warns residents to be wary of new tremors
  • Damage from 7.1 quake could be worse, agency chief says
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Edward Helmore and agencies

Sun 7 Jul 2019 05.54 BST

 

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https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/jul/06/california-earthquake-latest-tremors-state-of-emergency

 

 

 

 

Tsipras rallies faithful but Greece is set to reject his radical dream

 

Charismatic prime minister was once a hero of progressives but is likely to lose election after years of political compromise
 

Helena Smith

Sun 7 Jul 2019 08.59 BST

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Donald Trump 'inept' and 'dysfunctional', UK ambassador to US says

 

In ‘leaked’ diplomatic memos, Kim Darroch reportedly says presidency could ‘end in disgrace’

 

Agence France-Presse

Sun 7 Jul 2019 01.23 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/jul/07/donald-trump-inept-and-dysfunctional-uk-ambassador-to-us-says

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Trump calls Ocasio-Cortez 'Evita' in new book American Carnage

 

  • President interviewed for book on Republican civil war
  • Comparison to Eva Perón indicates respect for Democrat

 

Martin Pengelly in Washington

Sun 7 Jul 2019 07.00 BST

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/jul/07/donald-trump-alexandria-ocasio-cortez-evita-american-carnage

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Greek elections: landslide victory for centre-right New Democracy party

 

Incumbent prime minister Alexis Tsipras, of Syriza, calls rival Kyriakos Mitsotakis to concede defeat

 

Helena Smith in Athens

Sun 7 Jul 2019 19.39 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jul/07/greeks-choose-between-beach-and-ballot-in-first-post-debt-bailout-poll

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How Florida’s summer of slime turned Republicans into eco-warriors

 

After toxins in the water killed animals and left humans scared to swim, the state’s future governor made cleanup a campaign issue

 

 

Rebecca Renner for Grist

Tue 9 Jul 2019 06.01 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/jul/08/how-floridas-summer-of-slime-turned-republicans-into-eco-warriors

 

 

 

 

 

 

Silicon Valley’s answer to the housing crises? Charging $1,200 for a bunk bed in a shared house

 

PodShare, a US startup that provides ‘co-living’ accommodation, claims to offer the change the industry needs. In fact, it is part of the problem

 

 

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Immigration agency secretly searches millions of Americans' ID photos

 

The news has raised alarm in states that allow undocumented immigrants to obtain driver’s licenses: Utah, Vermont and Washington

 

 

Sam Levin in Los Angeles

Mon 8 Jul 2019 22.46 BST

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/jul/08/states-alarmed-to-discover-us-immigration-agency-has-searched-drivers-license-photos

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As Trump closes US doors to migrants, Latin Americans look to Europe

 

Venezuelans are behind only Syrians in terms of asylum applications in Europe while those from Central America are up 4,000% in a decade

 

Daniel Boffey in Brussels and Sam Jones in Madrid

Wed 10 Jul 2019 07.10 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jul/10/latin-american-migrants-europe-belgium-spain-eu

 

 

 

 

 

 

'I saw hell': under fire inside Libya's refugee detention centres

 

As deadly airstrikes prompt plans to release detainees, fears rise for those trapped in the country amid claims of serious abuses

 

Sally Hayden

Wed 10 Jul 2019 07.00 BST Last modified on Wed 10 Jul 2019 10.27 BST

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

'He pulled the wool over our eyes': workers blame Trump for moving jobs overseas

 

Trump pledged to stop ‘offshoring’ but manufacturing workers at GE and Carrier say Trump has broken his campaign promise

 

Michael Sainato

Wed 10 Jul 2019 07.00 BST Last modified on Wed 10 Jul 2019 10.27 BST

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

'War on drugs' makes Philippines fourth most dangerous country – report

 

Duterte’s violent anti-drugs operations are responsible for 75% of civilian deaths this year

 

 

Rod Austin

Tue 9 Jul 2019 11.13 BST Last modified on Tue 9 Jul 2019 12.48 BST

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Vladimir Putin’s Russia is rehabilitating Stalin. We must not let it happen

 

An archive of artefacts from Stalin’s brutal reign should stand as evidence against Putin’s vision of a ‘heroic’ Soviet past

 

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Three years on, we still need to be told: what does the EU do for us?

 

European funding has supported Britain for decades. Yet few people seem to know how much it has benefited their local area

 

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Europe might be in political turmoil, but there’s still a place for dreamers

 

A trip to see an art exhibition in Naples made me realise the optimism Europe still gives its people

 

Wed 10 Jul 2019 06.00 BST Last modified on Wed 10 Jul 2019 17.04 BST

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Undocumented, vulnerable, scared: the women who pick your food for $3 an hour

 

In the fields of south Texas Mexican women work long hours in dangerous conditions under the ever-present threat of deportation

 

 

Wed 10 Jul 2019 07.00 BST

by Shannon Sims and Verónica G Cárdenas-Vento

 

 

 

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Farmworkers hand over the collard green bunches that they harvested in the Rio Grande Valley in Texas
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Climate change is a working-class and poor people’s issue

 

July 10, 2019 2:10 PM CDT By Mallika Khanna

 

 

 

Climate change is a working-class and poor people’s issue
A cemetery in Taft, La., in the shadow of a petrochemical plant. The area is known as "Cancer Alley." | via IPS
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

White man kills Black teen Elijah Al-Amin over rap music

 

July 9, 2019 3:44 PM CDT By Chauncey K. Robinson

 

 

 

 

Trump’s America: White man kills Black teen Elijah Al-Amin over rap music
Elijah Al-Amin, age 17. | Al-Amin Family
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Israel’s illegal apartheid wall turns 15

 

July 10, 2019 2:21 PM CDT By Morning Star

 

 

 

 
Israel’s illegal apartheid wall turns 15
The illegal West Bank Barrier Photo: Justin McIntosh/Creative Commons
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

How the Climate Crisis Is Pushing Central Americans Out of Their Homes Toward the U.S.

 

July 10, 2019

 

 

 

https://www.democracynow.org/2019/7/10/john_carlos_frey_immigration_us_mexico

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Charges Dropped Against Pregnant Shooting Victim Amid Outcry over the Criminalization of Pregnancy

 

July 08, 2019

 

 

 

https://www.democracynow.org/2019/7/8/seg_3

 
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Revealed: The Explosive Secret Recording That Shows How Russia Tried To Funnel Millions To The “European Trump”

 

A close aide to Italy's deputy prime minister Matteo Salvini ( League , right-wing party at the Gov't  with 5 Star Movement) held covert talks to pump Russian oil money to his far-right party. BuzzFeed News has the tape.

 

 

 

Note the party already stole EUR 49M...But judge was extra-kind giving Lega  88 years to pay it all back in convenient monthly rates....I know...Unbelievable

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