03 September 19
Stephen King on His New Horror Novel, the 'Nightmare' of Trump, and 'Stranger Things'
Andy Greene, Rolling Stone
Greene writes: "Donald Trump was still months away from being elected president when Stephen King began writing his new novel. But The Institute - out September 10th and centered on a 12-year-old boy stolen from his parents in the night and locked up in a mysterious facility - is likely to remind readers of certain immigration policies."
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Andy Greene, Rolling Stone
Greene writes: "Donald Trump was still months away from being elected president when Stephen King began writing his new novel. But The Institute - out September 10th and centered on a 12-year-old boy stolen from his parents in the night and locked up in a mysterious facility - is likely to remind readers of certain immigration policies."
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U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders with Debbie Almontaser, founding principal of Khalil Gibran International Academy at the Islamic Society of North America's Convention in Houston, Texas. (photo: Reuters)
The Star of the Annual Muslim Convention Was a Jewish Man From Brooklyn
Dean Obeidallah, CNN
Obeidallah writes: "Well-known Muslim Americans, including Democratic Rep. Rashida Tlaib and Women's March organizer Linda Sarsour, spoke to large crowds. The most popular person, however, was a 77-year-old Jewish man born and bred in Brooklyn. I'm speaking of 2020 presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders, of course."
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Dean Obeidallah, CNN
Obeidallah writes: "Well-known Muslim Americans, including Democratic Rep. Rashida Tlaib and Women's March organizer Linda Sarsour, spoke to large crowds. The most popular person, however, was a 77-year-old Jewish man born and bred in Brooklyn. I'm speaking of 2020 presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders, of course."
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Boris Johnson. (photo: Carl Court/Getty Images)
Boris Johnson Loses Parliamentary Majority, Faces Brexit Showdown
Kevin Sullivan and Karla Adam, The Washington Post
Excerpt: "Britain's Parliament returns from its summer recess and is facing a titanic showdown over Prime Minister Boris Johnson's plans to leave the European Union. Here's what we know."
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Kevin Sullivan and Karla Adam, The Washington Post
Excerpt: "Britain's Parliament returns from its summer recess and is facing a titanic showdown over Prime Minister Boris Johnson's plans to leave the European Union. Here's what we know."
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Members of Afghanistan's National Directorate of Security escorting a group suspected of planning attacks on the government in January. The directorate nominally controls militia groups in the country. (photo: Wali Sabawoon/NurPhoto/Images)
Trump Administration Officials at Odds Over CIA's Role in Afghanistan
Thomas Gibbons-Neff, Julian E. Barnes, Matthew Rosenberg and John Ismay, The New York Times
Excerpt: "Senior White House advisers have proposed secretly expanding the C.I.A.'s presence in Afghanistan if international forces begin to withdraw from the country, according to American officials. But C.I.A. and military officials have expressed reservations, prompting a debate in the administration that could complicate negotiations with the Taliban to end the war."
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Thomas Gibbons-Neff, Julian E. Barnes, Matthew Rosenberg and John Ismay, The New York Times
Excerpt: "Senior White House advisers have proposed secretly expanding the C.I.A.'s presence in Afghanistan if international forces begin to withdraw from the country, according to American officials. But C.I.A. and military officials have expressed reservations, prompting a debate in the administration that could complicate negotiations with the Taliban to end the war."
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Alaska's attorney general is likely betting that the Supreme Court will grant stronger free speech rights to union opponents than to union supporters. (photo: Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
Alaska Hatches a New Scheme to Crush Unions by Treating Them Like Abortion Clinics
Mark Joseph Stern, Slate
Stern writes: "The aftershocks of the Supreme Court's blow to organized labor continue to reverberate. Janus v. AFSCME, the court's 2018 5-4 decision, granted public sector employees in every state a right to reap the benefits of union representation without paying for them."
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Mark Joseph Stern, Slate
Stern writes: "The aftershocks of the Supreme Court's blow to organized labor continue to reverberate. Janus v. AFSCME, the court's 2018 5-4 decision, granted public sector employees in every state a right to reap the benefits of union representation without paying for them."
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Thousands of Yemeni civilian, including desperately poor children, are recruited to fight along the Saudi border, defending it from the Houthis. (photo: Reuters)
Report: Saudi Arabia Uses Human Trafficking to Hire Soldiers
teleSUR
Excerpt: "Human rights organization SAM published Monday a report entitled 'Border Incineration' to highlight the plight of Yemeni civilians, including children that are pushed by critical economic conditions to be hired by of Saudi Arabia to fight in its southern border."
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teleSUR
Excerpt: "Human rights organization SAM published Monday a report entitled 'Border Incineration' to highlight the plight of Yemeni civilians, including children that are pushed by critical economic conditions to be hired by of Saudi Arabia to fight in its southern border."
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'We have more than enough money to fight the climate crisis, at home and abroad. It's just going to all the wrong places.' (photo: Noaa/AFP/Getty Images)
How Much Destruction Is Needed for Us to Take Climate Change Seriously?
Kate Aronoff, Guardian UK
Aronoff writes: "Rising temperatures don't make hurricanes more frequent, but they do help make them more devastating."
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Kate Aronoff, Guardian UK
Aronoff writes: "Rising temperatures don't make hurricanes more frequent, but they do help make them more devastating."
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