Farewell to Eugene Cernan, the Last Man to Walk on the Moon
Source: Time Jeffrey Kluger Gene Cernan never knew about the plan NASA approved to cut him loose in space — or at least he didn’t know about it at the […]
5 Ways America Changed During Obama’s Presidency
Source: Time BY Ryan Teague Beckwith@ryanbeckwith Chris Wilson@chriswilsondc The country that Donald Trump will assume leadership of on Jan. 20, 2017 looks vastly different from the one that President Obama […]
Obama shortens sentence of Manning, who gave secrets to WikiLeaks
Reuters International JAN 18, 2017 – Chelsea Manning is pictured in this 2010 photograph obtained on August 14, 2013.Courtesy U.S. Army/Handout via REUTERS (reuters_tickers) By Roberta Rampton and Ayesha Rascoe WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama on Tuesday shortened the prison sentence of Chelsea Manning, the former U.S. military intelligence […]
Donald Trump Promises ‘Insurance for Everybody’ With Obamacare Replacement Plan
Source: Time President-elect Donald Trump says his plan to replace the nation’s health care law will include “insurance for everybody.” Trump made the comment in an interview with the Washington […]
Wife of Orlando Mass Shooter Omar Mateen Arrested
Source: Time Law enforcement arrested the wife of the man who carried out the mass shooting at a gay nightclub in Orlando, a federal official said Monday. The FBI reportedly charged Noor Salman with obstruction in connection to the June attack on Pulse Nightclub that killed 49 people and wounded […]
China Has More To Lose Than the U.S. Under a Trump Administration
Source: Fortune By Minxin Pei As Donald Trump is sworn into office this week, among many of the possible disruptive initiatives his administration may launch is a trade war with China. […]
We hold these Truths to be Self-Evident Also: Thomas Jefferson Memorial Inscriptions
Source: National Park Service Rotunda “I have sworn upon the altar of God eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man.” -Excerpted from a letter to […]
Melinda Gates: We Can Honor MLK Jr Through Service
Source: Motto By Melinda Gates We remember Martin Luther King, Jr., of course, for his extraordinary leadership during the Civil Rights Movement, his insistence that nonviolence could be stronger than […]
Why Did White Americans Choose Trump? Toni Morrison Explains
Source: Atlanta Black Star By Brianna Cox In her essay, “Mourning for Whiteness,” which was published in The New Yorker, Morrison’s central thesis is simple: Trump won because privileged white people, white men especially, feel threatened by a “rapidly” diversifying United States of America. Pulitzer prize-winning and prolific author Toni […]
Man arrested after Washington state Islamic Center fire
Source: Religion News Service By Nathan Frandino (Reuters) A Washington man was arrested on charges of setting fire to an Islamic center in Bellevue, Wash., authorities said. Isaac Wayne Wilson, […]
Donald Trump Suggests He Would Consider Lifting Sanctions on Russia
Source: Time BY Katie Reilly President-elect Donald Trump suggested Friday that he would be open to ending U.S. sanctions against Russia. Trump said that “at least for a period of time,” […]
Gay Couple Will Lead Historic DC Church With A Vision Of Justice
Source: Huffington Post By Antonia Blumberg Associate Religion Editor, The Huffington Post A 155-year-old Baptist church in Washington DC recently named a married, gay couple to be its senior ministers with […]
Thousands Sign George Takei’s Petition In Solidarity With Muslim Americans
Source: Huffington Post BY Cavan Sieczkowski Deputy Director, News & Analytics Thousands of people lent their names to a petition created by George Takei to take a stand against a possible […]
Justice Department Releases Scathing Report on Chicago Police Department Abuses
Source: Time By Michael Tarm and Don Babwin / AP (CHICAGO) — Institutional problems within the Chicago Police Department have led to serious civil rights violations for years, including racial bias […]
The next best thing to teleportation
Source: BBC By Douglas Heaven 13 January 2017 Your book talks about the new globalisation. What’s new? Profile: Richard Baldwin Richard Baldwin is Professor of International Economics at the Graduate […]
Trump ‘willing to work with Russia and China’
Source: BBC US President-elect Donald Trump says he is willing to work with Russia and China, providing they cooperate. Mr Trump told the Wall Street Journal that newly-imposed sanctions on […]
US Congress takes big step to Obamacare repeal
Source: BBC The US House of Representatives has taken the first step toward demolishing President Barack Obama’s signature healthcare law, known as Obamacare. Republicans passed a budget measure to introduce […]
How an obscure U.S. policy effort could hurt American Muslims
Source: The Washington Post By Abigail Hauslohner January 11 U.S. lawmakers have introduced a measure calling for the Muslim Brotherhood, one of the oldest Islamist organizations in the Middle East, […]
John Kasich: Reject False Prophets. Protect Our Allies.
Source: Time By John R. Kasich Kasich is the governor of Ohio. ‘We must find in ourselves once again the courage to stand up for our values internationally’ It is conventional […]
How Donald Trump’s Cabinet Nominees Contradicted Him
Source: Time BY Tessa Berenson Donald Trump’s Cabinet picks have been unafraid to contradict their future boss. In confirmation hearings this week, five of the President-elect’s nominees have distanced themselves from […]