“Taliban threaten 70% of Afghanistan, BBC finds”, BBC World Service
By Shoaib Sharifi and Louise Adamou, Kabul, 31 January 2018
Taliban fighters, whom US-led forces spent billions of dollars trying… Continue reading
“Why the FBI went public with its objection to the Nunes memo release”, PBS NewsHour
Judy Woodruff and John Yang interview of Devlin Barrett, Jan 31, 2018
Conservative Republicans have been urging President Trump to… Continue reading
“Pope Francis, After Criticism, Sends Sex Crimes Investigator to Chile”, The New York Times
By Jason Horowitz, Jan. 31. 2018
ROME — When it comes to sexual abuse in the Roman Catholic Church, supporters… Continue reading
“The Transcript of Trump’s State of the Union Address”, The Atlantic
Lena Felton and Taylor Hosking, January 31, 2018
The president discussed immigration, trade, infrastructure, and the economy in his speech… Continue reading
“Trump Hits Alps, but Melania Is Frosty in Florida”, The New York Times
Maureen Dowd, Op-Ed Columnist, Sunday Review, Jan. 28, 2018
WASHINGTON — Melania has learned a few things from the master.… Continue reading
“#MeToo Spanish-style: Women in arts prepare to speak out about sexual abuse”, El País
A Group called Pandoras’s Box is gearing up to name and shame perpetrators of sexual harassment in Spain
Carmen Moran,… Continue reading
“As Day Zero nears, Cape Town should rise to the occasion”, fin24
Mandi Smallhorne, Cape Town, Jan 28, 2018
I GREW up on post-apocalyptic literature – The Day of the Triffids, The… Continue reading
“Russian police arrest Navalny at anti-Putin protest as thousands rally”, Agence France-Presse
28 Jan 2018
Russian police on Sunday detained opposition leader Alexei Navalny at a rally in Moscow which he had… Continue reading
“Kabul mourns 100 dead after ambulance bomb”, BBC News
London, 28 January 2018
More than 100 people are now known to have been killed in a suicide bombing on… Continue reading
“The Price I Paid for Taking On Larry Nassar”, The New York Times
By Rachel Denhollander, Op-Ed Contributor, Sunday Review (advance online edition), Jan. 26, 2018
On Jan. 16, women and girls from… Continue reading