Month: March 2021
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The Rise and Fall of Andrew Cuomo – The New York Times
The Imperious Rise and Accelerating Fall of Andrew Cuomo (Published 2021) Even as he tries to plot a political survival strategy in the face of sexual misconduct allegations, Mr. Cuomo is an object lesson on the dangers of kicking people on the way up. Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/13/us/politics/andrew-cuomo-scandals.html Be it his self-regard, his disdain for fellow Democrats…
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Private Schools Are Indefensible – The Atlantic
Private Schools Have Become Truly Obscene Elite schools breed entitlement, entrench inequality—and then pretend to be engines of social change. via The Atlantic: https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2021/04/private-schools-are-indefensible/618078/ “Get hold of yourselves,” a shaken Patrick Gallagher—then the director of the college-counseling office—wrote to the 12th-grade parents in a December email. You could tell what these people must have been…
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Can Cyrus Vance, Jr., Nail Trump? | The New Yorker
Can Cyrus Vance, Jr., Nail Trump? Insiders say that the Manhattan District Attorney’s investigation has dramatically intensified since the former President left office. “It’s like night and day,” says one. According to another, “They mean business.” via The New Yorker: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2021/03/22/can-cyrus-vance-jr-nail-trump Vance’s investigation, which appears to be focussed largely on business practices that Trump engaged in before taking…
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Week Ten
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Assignment: COVID-19 – Last Year/This Year Assignment: State Championship basketball tournament
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The Poet. She escaped a crazed psychopath at 16… | by Corey Mead | Truly*Adventurous | Mar, 2021 | Medium
The Poet She escaped a crazed psychopath at 16. Decades later, as the BTK serial killer terrorizes Wichita, she has to run for her life again. The… via Medium: https://medium.com/truly-adventurous/the-poet-526595afdde8 She turned around and recognized with horror the man who had kidnapped her one year earlier. Ruth ran for her car, but before she could…
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Inside Xinjiang’s Prison State | The New Yorker
Inside Xinjiang’s Prison State Survivors detail the scope of China’s campaign of persecution against ethnic and religious minorities. via The New Yorker: https://www.newyorker.com/news/a-reporter-at-large/china-xinjiang-prison-state-uighur-detention-camps-prisoner-testimony
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A Shooter in the Hills | The New Yorker
A Shooter in the Hills Who was behind the mysterious attacks in the California wilderness? via The New Yorker: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2021/03/15/a-shooter-in-the-hills Beaudette had been shot through the head. The autopsy report, which was released nearly a year later, showed that a copper-jacketed lead bullet had entered just below his hairline and penetrated his brain. It was…
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India Targets Climate Activists With the Help of Big Tech
India Targets Climate Activists With the Help of Big Tech Tech giants like Google and Facebook appear to be aiding and abetting a vicious government campaign against Indian climate activists. via The Intercept: https://theintercept.com/2021/02/27/india-climate-activists-twitter-google-facebook/ After some early resistance from the company, Twitter accounts critical of the Modi government have disappeared in the hundreds without explanation;…
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He Was the Hero of ‘Hotel Rwanda.’ Now He’s Accused of Terrorism. – The New York Times
He Was the Hero of ‘Hotel Rwanda.’ Now He’s Accused of Terrorism. (Published 2021) Long hailed for his bravery during the 1994 Rwandan genocide, Paul Rusesabagina is now charged with being an insurgent leader. Did Rwanda change, or did he? Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/02/magazine/he-was-the-hero-of-hotel-rwanda-now-hes-accused-of-terrorism.html As Rusesabagina stepped onto the tarmac, a half dozen armed men emerged from…
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What Does National Security Even Mean Anymore, After January 6th and the Pandemic? | The New Yorker
What Does National Security Even Mean Anymore, After January 6th and the Pandemic? Talking threats, foreign and domestic, with Mark Milley, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. via The New Yorker: https://www.newyorker.com/news/letter-from-bidens-washington/what-does-national-security-even-mean-anymore-after-january-6th-and-the-pandemic When I asked Milley about what Trump had said, his reply was clear. “As the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of…
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Week Nine
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Assignment: Rainbow Y So honored to have been the only member of the media on Y Mountain when this happened. Wow.
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Biden Betrayed His Promise to Defend Human Rights and Jamal Khashoggi | The New Yorker
The Sweeping Impact of a Broken Biden Campaign Promise By not holding Saudi Arabia’s leader to account for the murder of Jamal Khashoggi, the President has emboldened despots worldwide. via The New Yorker: https://www.newyorker.com/news/our-columnists/biden-betrayed-his-promise-to-defend-human-rights-and-jamal-khashoggi Since 2015, the Crown Prince has also got the country bogged down in a costly and unwinnable war in Yemen, which…
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Far-Right Groups Are Splintering in Wake of the Capitol Riot – The New York Times
Far-Right Groups Are Splintering in Wake of the Capitol Riot (Published 2021) The breakdown of larger organizations sets the stage for small groups or lone offenders, who are more difficult to track. Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/01/us/extremism-capitol-riot.html In denying him bail, Judge Sally J. Berens quoted from transcripts of conversations taped by an informant in which he threatened…
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Last Exit from Afghanistan | The New Yorker
Last Exit from Afghanistan Will peace talks with the Taliban and the prospect of an American withdrawal create a breakthrough or a collapse? via The New Yorker: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2021/03/08/last-exit-from-afghanistan In my meeting with Ghani, he seemed abandoned, like a pilot pulling levers that weren’t connected to anything. He professed gratitude to the United States, but was clearly…
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How Pro-Trump Forces Pushed a Lie About Antifa at the Capitol Riot – The New York Times
How Pro-Trump Forces Pushed a Lie About Antifa at the Capitol Riot (Published 2021) On social media, on cable networks and even in the halls of Congress, supporters of Donald J. Trump tried to rewrite history in real time, pushing the fiction that left-wing agitators were to blame for the violence on Jan. 6. Link:…