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Meghan Markle's real sin that the British public can't forgive–and Americans can't understand

The reactions to Meghan Markle's Netflix docuseries reveal the difference between social expectations in the U.S. and Britain.

Fortune

Lethal injection: 40 years of failure

Invented on hunches and guesses, America's primary execution method has a dreadful record of cruelty and failure

Salon

Trudy Rubin: Will Congress really send 80,000 Afghans back to the Taliban?

Before the United States made its chaotic exit from Afghanistan in August 2021, Congress had promised special immigrant visas to Afghans who worked with our military or civilians. Once our allies were without the protection of American forces, they would surely face Taliban revenge.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

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Editorial: The US can’t afford to lose skilled immigrants

A wave of layoffs at U.S. technology companies has forced scores of skilled immigrants on temporary visas to find new jobs within 60 days or leave the country. Their predicament underscores how a flawed system is jeopardizing America’s ability to attract and retain the foreign-born talent it needs.

Tribune News Service

Editorial: Hostage-trading rarely ends well for US administrations, but it's a sad fact of life

The kidnapping sprees that made international travel perilous for Americans back in the 1980s and 1990s have returned in force. Only this time, other governments are joining in taking American civilians prisoner on trumped-up charges and effectively holding them hostage for use in trades with Washington. This rarely ends well…

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

In rural America, deadly costs of opioids outweigh the dollars tagged to address them

Tim Buck knows by heart how many people died from drug overdoses in his North Carolina county last year: 10. The year before it was 12 — an all-time high.

Tribune News Service

Harry & Meghan to vent grievances in final Netflix episodes

Prince Harry and his wife, Meghan, are expected to vent their grievances against the monarchy when Netflix releases the final episodes of a series about the couple’s decision to step away from royal duties and make a new start in America

The Independent UK

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Nancy Pelosi unveils her portrait at the Capitol, marks end of an era

WASHINGTON — Nancy D’Alesandro Pelosi, the first woman speaker of the House and arguably America’s most important political figure of the last 20 years, took a bow Wednesday night.

Tribune News Service

Final defense authorization bill removes most House provisions on hate groups

WASHINGTON — The lawmakers who wrote this year’s final defense authorization bill deleted or diluted all eight House-passed NDAA provisions pertaining to extremism in the U.S. military or American society.

Tribune News Service

Will the Idaho college murders become America’s next cold case?

It’s been one month since four Idaho students were brutally murdered, and fears are growing that the case is going cold. Rachel Sharp and Josh Marcus explore a troubling trend in America’s homicide clearance rates - and what happens to the families and communities left without answers

The Independent UK

From self-proclaimed ‘socialist’ to ‘red pill’ anti-lockdown crusader: What are Elon Musk’s politics?

The Tesla and Twitter tycoon has donated to both parties and proclaims himself ‘neither left nor right’. But his escalating interventions in America’s culture wars tell a different story, writes Io Dodds

The Independent UK

As a Black American, I say the UK needs new thinking on race. The royals could lead that

The monarchy’s link to slavery is glossed over in Britain. William and Harry have a chance to do better, says author and academic Keith Magee

The Guardian - UK

The toll of opioids in rural America

Money is trickling in to states via settlements from companies that fueled the opioid crisis

Salon

Review: 'The Good Country: A History of the American Midwest 1800-1900,' by Jon K. Lauck

NONFICTION: Jon K. Lauck argues that the history of the Midwest reveals an advanced democratic society and refutes stereotypes about the region's repressive culture.

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Review: 'The Magic Kingdom,' by Russell Banks

FICTION: An ambitious look at the promise of America through a tiny Florida Shaker community in the early 1900s.

The Denver Post

A rare wild chicken could become Colorado’s first 'climate casualty' after rescue attempt falters

Among America’s iconic native birds, the lesser prairie chicken can be especially hard to spot — hiding behind shrubs, seldom popping out except before sunrise in spring for flamboyant mating dances.

WEKU

Banned Books: Author Ashley Hope Pérez on finding humanity in the 'darkness'

Ashley Hope Pérez published Out of Darkness in 2015 to critical acclaim. The novel re-contextualized contemporary issues of race providing a historical framework in a not-so-post-racial America.

Boston Herald

Joe Battenfeld: Millions of disgruntled voters fleeing the Democratic and Republican rolls

The two major political parties’ long hold on America could be finally starting to slip, setting the stage for an exodus of disgruntled voters to the independent side of the ballot.

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Editorial: Greene's sick 'joke' about Jan. 6 speaks volumes about McCarthy's cravenness

Did you hear the latest knee-slapper from Marjorie Taylor Greene? The Georgia congresswoman quipped that if she had “organized” the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol, “we would have won,” and that she would have brought weapons. Greene later insisted that she was kidding — just a little joke,…

The Independent UK

‘A blow against hate and all its forms’: Biden signs Respect for Marriage Act, repealing 1996 anti-LGBT+ law

Mr Biden’s signature on the Respect for Marriage Act repeals a 1996 law banning federal recognition of same-sex marriage that he voted for as a senator, 16 years before he endorsed letting same-sex couples marry during his term as vice-president

Daily Record

BBC The Traitors confirmed for second series following 'no-brainer' decision

The Record also revealed that the show is also going to America, and will be hosted by Alan Cumming.

Los Angeles Times

Michael Hiltzik: Solar and wind energy are killing off fossil fuel, despite the right's best efforts

American conservatives may be trying to hold back the tide, but solar and wind power are surging worldwide, leaving coal, natural gas and oil in the dust as energy sources.

Daily Mirror

Schools could add extra days to make up for snow closures, Ofsted chief warns

Ofsted's Chief Inspector Amanda Spielman suggested heads could bring in American-style make-up days if schools are forced to shut their doors to pupils due to extreme weather

Daily Mirror

Last Hawaiian princess dies with wife by her side at America's only royal residence

The last of a line stretching back 100 years, Abigail Kinoiki Kekaulike Kawānanakoa passed away at her home ʻIolani Palace in Honolulu, Hawaii, US

Salon

GOP's big plan: Hold America hostage

GOP readies another round of legislative terrorism in search of spending cuts. Biden needs to fight back hard

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