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Matt Taibbi |
Sing Sing Reacts to Police Shootings
Matt Taibbi, Rolling Stone
Taibbi writes: "In his unit at Sing Sing, Denis is respected for another reason. He keeps a current Almanac in his cell and has become something akin to the human Google search of his unit. At night, when the inmates watch the news on TV and argue about current events, they turn to Denis to be the arbiter of factual disputes. It's a respected job that he fulfills with relish and a lot of humor."
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Matt Taibbi, Rolling Stone
Taibbi writes: "In his unit at Sing Sing, Denis is respected for another reason. He keeps a current Almanac in his cell and has become something akin to the human Google search of his unit. At night, when the inmates watch the news on TV and argue about current events, they turn to Denis to be the arbiter of factual disputes. It's a respected job that he fulfills with relish and a lot of humor."
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Obama Moves to
Lift Cuban Embargo
Bradley Klapper and Michael Weissenstein, Associated Press
Excerpt: "The Obama administration is putting a large dent in the U.S. embargo against Cuba as of Friday, significantly loosening restrictions on American trade and investment."
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Bradley Klapper and Michael Weissenstein, Associated Press
Excerpt: "The Obama administration is putting a large dent in the U.S. embargo against Cuba as of Friday, significantly loosening restrictions on American trade and investment."
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Pope on
Charlie Hebdo: There Are Limits to Free Expression
Nicole Winfield, Associated Press
Winfield writes: "Pope Francis said Thursday there are limits to freedom of speech, especially when it insults or ridicules someone's faith."
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Nicole Winfield, Associated Press
Winfield writes: "Pope Francis said Thursday there are limits to freedom of speech, especially when it insults or ridicules someone's faith."
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Slavoj Zizek |
How Fragile the Belief of an Islamist Must Be
Slavoj Zizek, New Statesman
Zizek writes: "We should, of course, unambiguously condemn the killings as an attack on the very substance our freedoms, and condemn them without any hidden caveats (in the style of 'Charlie Hebdo was nonetheless provoking and humiliating the Muslims too much'). But such pathos of universal solidarity is not enough - we should think further."
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Slavoj Zizek, New Statesman
Zizek writes: "We should, of course, unambiguously condemn the killings as an attack on the very substance our freedoms, and condemn them without any hidden caveats (in the style of 'Charlie Hebdo was nonetheless provoking and humiliating the Muslims too much'). But such pathos of universal solidarity is not enough - we should think further."
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NYPD Now Turns
on Union Boss
Michelle Conlin, Reuters
Conlin writes: "Hours after two New York policemen were shot dead in their patrol car last month, police union boss Pat Lynch accused the mayor of having 'blood on his hands.' Lynch's attack was prompted by what many police officers saw as the mayor's failure to defend them against criticism that overly aggressive tactics had caused the death of a black suspect."
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Michelle Conlin, Reuters
Conlin writes: "Hours after two New York policemen were shot dead in their patrol car last month, police union boss Pat Lynch accused the mayor of having 'blood on his hands.' Lynch's attack was prompted by what many police officers saw as the mayor's failure to defend them against criticism that overly aggressive tactics had caused the death of a black suspect."
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Jessica
Valenti | Women Can't End Sexism in the Workplace Just by Showing
Up
Jessica Valenti, Guardian UK
Valenti writes: "Feminists insist that the more women, people of color and LGBT individuals are visible, the better off - and more egalitarian - the world will be. But is simple representation the best answer to sexism?"
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Jessica Valenti, Guardian UK
Valenti writes: "Feminists insist that the more women, people of color and LGBT individuals are visible, the better off - and more egalitarian - the world will be. But is simple representation the best answer to sexism?"
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'Blood of the
Tiger': Shedding Light on China's Farmed-Tiger Trade
National Public Radio
Excerpt: "In 1991, wildlife investigator J. A. Mills went to China to verify rumors about tiger farming. She worked undercover, for the World Wildlife Fund and an organization called Traffic."
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National Public Radio
Excerpt: "In 1991, wildlife investigator J. A. Mills went to China to verify rumors about tiger farming. She worked undercover, for the World Wildlife Fund and an organization called Traffic."
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