In advance of a possible 2020 White House run, Bernie Sanders seems determined to fix a problem that may have cost him the 2016 Democratic nomination: his poor performance in the South. The Vermont senator and the nonprofit organization he inspired are deploying resources in support of progressive African-American candidates in key races in the […]
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USASANTA ROSA, Calif. — Jan Pascoe and her husband, John, were trapped. The world was on fire, and Jan was hyperventilating from fear. Then they remembered their neighbors’ pool. “You’ve got to calm down, Jan,” she told herself. “You can’t go underwater and hyperventilate.” At 12:40 a.m. Monday, Jan called 911. She reached a dispatcher.
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USAThe Simon Wiesenthal Center on Wednesday said it would remove Harvey Weinstein name from its “roster of honorees,” following a string of sexual harassment allegations against the film mogul. Simon Wiesenthal Center founder and dean Rabbi Marvin Hier released a statement, saying everyone at the human rights organization was “horrified by the charges leveled against
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USASecretary of State Rex Tillerson may have a new golf buddy, but he’s no moron: It’s President Barack Obama. The Washingtonian reported Wednesday that Obama and Tillerson have both recently joined the Army Navy Country Club in Arlington, Virginia. Obama is not technically a new member—the country club lets presidents enjoy its facilities while they’re
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USAPrime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu responded Thursday night to the signing of a reconciliation agreement between the Palestinian Arab organizations Fatah and Hamas. “Reconciliation between Fatah and Hamas makes peace (with Israel) much harder to achieve,” the Prime Minister wrote on his Facebook page following the end of the Simchat Torah holiday. “Reconciling with mass-murderers is
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Middle EastHamas must disarm and recognise Israel under a Palestinian unity deal announced on Thursday with its rival Fatah aimed at ending their decade-long split, an Israeli government official said. “Any reconciliation between the (Fatah-dominated Palestinian Authority) and Hamas must include a commitment to international agreements and to the conditions of the Quartet, first of which
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Middle EastBoth the United States and Israel announced on Thursday their withdrawal from UNESCO—the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization—citing anti-Israel bias as one of the main reasons. The two countries and UNESCO have been fighting for many years, a history that is crucial to understanding Thursday’s decision. Most recently, Israel was outraged after UNESCO
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International, Middle East, USABy Dorothea Shefer-Vanson MEVASERET ZION, Israel — “Predators.” No, the term doesn’t apply to all men, but it would seem to be a corollary of the power that many men have obtained, by fair means or foul, over women, particularly in the workplace. The recent revelations about the way Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein appears to
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Dorothea Shefer-Vanson, International, USABy Sam Ben-Meir NEW YORK — It never ceases to surprise me how merely the suggestion that our current global capitalistic system is not the best humanity can do for itself, is so often met with virulent hostility. One would think that when we are still recovering from the economic crisis of 2007-2008 (and many
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International, Sam Ben-Meir, USABy Alon Ben- Meir NEW YORK — The current efforts to reconcile between the Palestinian Authority (PA) and Hamas will be doomed to fail just like several previous attempts, unless both sides agree to resolve three major obstacles—a united strategy to find a peaceful solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, the fate of Hamas’ cache of
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Alon Ben-Meir, Middle EastThe United States said Thursday that it was pulling out of the UN’s culture and education body, accusing it of “anti-Israel bias” in a move criticised by the head of the Paris-based organisation. Following years of tension at UNESCO, which is in the process of electing a new director-general, US State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert
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BEER-SHEVA, Israel (Press Release) – An international team of 39 researchers has produced the most comprehensive catalog and atlas of every reptile on earth, including 10,000 species of snakes, lizards, and tortoises. According to the just published study in Nature Ecology & Evolution, the new Atlas of Life was created by linking the reptile
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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education, The World We ShareBARCELONA, Spain — Spain’s Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy on Wednesday issued a blistering denunciation of Catalonia’s regional independence referendum Oct. 1 and raised the threat of Madrid imposing direct rule on the northeast region. The Spanish leader’s stinging rebuke, delivered at a somber session of the national parliament, marked a deepening of Spain’s worst political
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InternationalWASHINGTON — Waiving the Jones Act for 10 days in Puerto Rico was touted as a way to deliver crucial aid and supplies to the U.S. territory in its time of need after Hurricane Maria. But the Trump administration did not renew the waiver when it expired Sunday night, despite Gov. Ricardo Rossello’s desire for
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