East Room
4:02 P.M. EST
THE PRESIDENT: Hello, folks. Thanks… Continue reading
“‘This alert is her scream’: new system would help locate missing Indigenous women”, The Guardian
Hallie Golden in Seattle, 18 January 2022
A program in Washington state is intended to trigger an effective search and… Continue reading
“How Martin Luther King Jr. Changed His Mind About America”, Time Magazine
By Kermit Roosevelt III, January 17, 2022
More than fifty years after his death, Martin Luther King Jr. remains a… Continue reading
“Secret audio sheds light on toppled dictator’s frantic last hours”, BBC News Arabic
By Emir Nader, 14 January 2022
The BBC has obtained extraordinary recordings which we believe to be of phone calls… Continue reading
“COVID-Hospitalization Numbers Are as Bad as They Look”, The Atlantic
By Ed Yong, January 12, 2022
Many supposedly “incidental” infections aren’t really incidental, and cannot be dismissed.
“German court finds Syrian ex-colonel guilty of crimes against humanity”, Deutsche Welle
Bonn, 13.01.2022
A German court has found a Syrian former army colonel guilty of crimes against humanity, handing him a… Continue reading
Issue of the Week: Human Rights
Child Marriage, Politico Magazine, January 9, 2022 and UNICEF
Yesterday, a remarkable story–about child marriage in America and… Continue reading
Message of the Day: Human Rights
Child Marriage, Politico Magazine, January 9, 2022 and UNICEF
Yesterday, a remarkable story–about child marriage in America and… Continue reading
“Sidney Poitier: The actor who broke down Hollywood’s racial barriers”, BBC News
9 January 2022, London
Sidney Poitier, who has died aged 94, once turned down the role of Othello because he… Continue reading
“U.S. reports over 1 million new daily Covid cases as omicron surges”, CNBC
Holly Elliott, Health and Science, Jan 4, 2022
KEY POINTS
- The U.S. reported a record number of new Covid cases… Continue reading