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Commentary: Why the Monterey Park shooting feels like an attack on Asian America

For thousands of fellow Asian Americans, Monterey Park is our home — even if we don’t live there.

Los Angeles Times

Commentary: Democrats are now united, and it’s likely to last

This month’s extended fight over the House speakership confirms once again that America’s two major parties don’t operate as mirror images of each other. While Republicans engaged in a dramatic intramural battle — complete with threats, name-calling, and even an attempted physical confrontation — Democrats behaved with relative serenity, electing…

Tribune News Service

‘This isn’t the America of our dreams’: shock and sorrow in Monterey Park after deadly shooting

Locals of the LA neighbourhood known as ‘the Chinese Beverly Hills’ have had their world shaken by the attack on a dance studio on Saturday

The Guardian - US

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‘It perpetuates fear’: Monterey Park shooting compounds trauma in Asian American communities

The tragedy revived fears, anxiety and trauma of the last three years of the pandemic, which saw a surge in anti-Asian hate

The Guardian - US

American Airlines faces a flurry of racial discrimination complaints

American Airlines is facing accusations of racial discrimination after removing two Black celebrities from flights during the last week and being sued in federal court by a Black passenger for also being kicked off a flight.

Tribune News Service

DeSantis says AP African-American studies class was ‘pushing an agenda’

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Gov. Ron DeSantis said Monday his administration rejected a new Advanced Placement course on African-American studies for high school students because some of the topics attempted to use Black history to push a political agenda.

Miami Herald

Tory Burch, Shiseido bottle dreams

Ranking 25th in the Forbes list of America's richest self-made women, Tory Burch has empowered others to live their dream.

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M&M’s replaces cartoon chocolate figures with actor Maya Rudolph after backlash

The company has said it will now recruit actor Maya Rudolph as its spokesperson instead of the anthropomorphic candies, as she is someone "America can agree on"

Daily Mirror

"Fox News in Spanish" targets Latinos

Americano Media launches "aggressive campaign" to reach Hispanic voters before the next election

Salon

From workhorses to lifestyle vehicles: How pickup trucks got so big

Small pickups have nearly vanished as Americans have bought into big truck lifestyle.

Axios

M&M’s drops mascots after Tucker Carlson led bizarre conservative outrage over ‘less sexy’ redesign

The candy company says it is proud to introduce ‘a spokesperson America can agree on’

The Independent UK

Prince Harry laughed at Elvis' Graceland décor and says interior designer 'must have been on acid'

The Duke of Sussex travelled to Elvis' Tennessee estate, while on a trip to America to attend a pal's wedding.

Daily Record

Sold an American Dream, these workers from India wound up living a nightmare

After Hurricane Katrina in 2006, hundreds of workers from India were promised jobs in what labor organizer Saket Soni calls "one of the largest cases of forced labor in modern U.S. history."

WEKU

American idiocracy: Can we deprogram?

What can be done to lessen the power and appeal of conspiracy theories in American politics and society?

Salon

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WEKU

Florida's AP African American studies ban should raise alarm elsewhere, lawmaker says

Florida state Sen. Shevrin Jones, a Democrat, says the proposed course "wasn't indoctrination, it wasn't ideology, it was facts." He fears blocking it will harm students in Florida and beyond.

The Guardian - US

How the US far right and progressives ended up agreeing on military spending cuts

Progressives and ‘America first’ Republicans in Congress both want to re-examine US military budget – but for vastly different reasons

Tribune News Service

Dan Rodricks: An end to racism? Ben Jealous believes it will happen

Since his unsuccessful run for Maryland governor against Larry Hogan in 2018, Benjamin Todd Jealous, former president of the NAACP, has kept up the pace he established as a scholar, activist and entrepreneur before trying politics. He served as president of People for the American Way, has a professorship at…

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Have Any Bachies Done The Wild Thing Before Handing Out Their Final Rose? An Investigation

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Lunar New Year shooting: A grim moment in Monterey Park, America’s first suburban Chinatown

Sometime between 1970 and 1990, Monterey Park became America’s first suburban Chinatown, where swift demographic changes heralded conflicts over language, signs, a changing business scene and political voice. In 2023 it is a city once again in flux, but as a tight-knit community whose residents typify what it means to…

Salon

Post-Roe America: The road forward

I worked with Dr. George Tiller in Wichita. I own the only abortion clinic in a red state. I'm still optimistic

The Orange County Register

Mirjam Swanson: NBA ‘Snitch’ changing the game with his viral critiques

TORRANCE, Calif. — I sat down Monday with the head of the FBI for a wide-ranging, on-the-record conversation about violations and illegal activities that are, far too often, going unchecked in America.

Orlando Sentinel

Florida cites CRT, ‘Black Struggle,’ and communism in rejected African American course

ORLANDO, Fla. — Florida rejected an Advanced Placement African American studies course because it contains critical race theory and state leaders objected to its lessons on “Black queer studies,” Black feminist thought and “the Black Struggle in the 21st Century,” according to the Florida Department of Education.

The Independent UK

The AP Interview: Yellen says debt standoff risks ‘calamity’

U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen says in an Associated Press interview that she expects Congress will ultimately vote to raise America's debt limit

Asharq Al-Awsat

Ali Banisadr on Art, History and Freedom

In his most recent exhibition, the Iranian American artist, Ali Banisadr, chose a title that has many layers: ‘Return to Mother,’ which is a translation of the old Sumerian word, ‘Ama-gi’. The artist speaks to me over Zoom from his studio in Brooklyn. He talks about the exhibition, and what…

The Guardian - UK

Why do flamingos stand on one leg and who invented chocolate? Try our kids’ quiz

Five multiple-choice questions – set by children – to test your knowledge, and a chance to submit your own junior brainteasers for future quizzes

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