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Commentary: How the GOP gave up on American exceptionalism

Is this a great country, or what?

Chicago Tribune

Biden Makes Emotional Appeal for Action on Gun Violence

US President Joe Biden on Thursday made a fervent appeal for lawmakers to pass tougher gun control laws, including a ban on assault weapons, to curb a scourge of mass shootings turning American communities into "killing fields." Biden made the 17-minute address -- his latest call for tougher firearms measures…

Asharq Al-Awsat

American schools and public places have become ‘battlefields’ says Biden in call for action on gun violence

President calls for age for firearm purchases to be raised from 18 to 21, and for reinstatement of assault weapons ban

The Independent UK

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Two-thirds of Americans want abortion rights to remain in place, poll finds

Findings underscore unpopularity of Supreme Court’s likely decision

The Independent UK

Is America’s problem guns — or democracy?

Unhinged people shooting up cities, towns, supermarkets, churches and schools are turning us all into hostages. A society that can’t act to protect itself from outrages like Uvalde is no longer a meaningful democracy.

Chicago Sun-Times

House Resolution Seeks End to U.S. Military Involvement in Yemen

It signals that many in Congress still condemn America's role in the war and actions from the president that lack proper authorization.

Reason

The rise of the AR-15: Why America is defending a ‘weapon of war’

The AR-15 has been used in numerous high-casualty mass shootings including the recent shootings in Uvalde, Buffalo and Tulsa, John Bowden reports

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The fixation with guns is an American nightmare

Letters: The scourge of gun violence goes beyond the mass shootings that make the headlines, writes Peter Squires. Plus letters from Neil A Wynn and Tony Waterston

The Guardian - UK

Trevor Noah on Star Wars: ‘No one should have to just shut up and take racism’

The Daily Show host discusses the racist attacks levelled at new Obi-Wan Kenobi star Moses Ingram and America’s latest plan to help Ukraine

The Guardian - US

Reasons why NRA is so successful at preventing gun reform in the US

National Rifle Association promised to 'reflect on' the Uvalde tragedy at its national conference

Wales Online

Fewer Americans apply for unemployment benefits last week

Fewer Americans applied for jobless aid last week and the number of Americans collecting unemployment remain at historically low levels

The Independent UK

‘The Haitian story is the Black story.’ Haiti through the eyes of Haitian-Americans

Kerlie Leonce wasn’t always proud to be Haitian.

Miami Herald

Dan Rodricks: The question for Americans about guns: Do we want to live this way forever?

On Friday, Mayor Brandon Scott met with some of the many people who keep good things happening in Baltimore to herald the return of Fourth of July fireworks to the Inner Harbor for the first time since the pandemic.

Tribune News Service

Ethical questions cloud Zinke’s ‘SEAL PAC’

WASHINGTON In a TV ad released in January, a half-dozen black-and-white photos appear one after another, showing U.S. military personnel in uniform, hard at work defending America. They are old photos of servicemembers who have since become politicians.

Tribune News Service

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Sports Illustrated

Pulisic Calls Out U.S. Fan Support After Friendly vs. Morocco

Pulisic: “To be honest, for whatever reason, I’m not super happy with the amount of Americans here.”

The Independent UK

New York Times reporter sparks debate by saying friends wish to raise children outside of US after Texas shooting

New York Times reporter sparks a debate after tweeting that ‘everyone she knows’ wishes to raise children outside of the US

Al Jazeera

Biden, Bolsonaro to hold first formal talks at regional summit

US president will meet Brazilian counterpart on sidelines of Summit of the Americas, Biden administration official says.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Ex-Merck CEO Ken Frazier and his coalition of business leaders plan to hire or promote 1M Black workers

It's called the "bachelor barrier" — the undergraduate degree requirement that many African American and other people of color don't meet, which keeps them from a promotion or a new job.

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Joe Biden says mass shootings rarely happen outside the US. What have other countries done that America hasn't?

US President Joe Biden says shootings like the Robb Elementary murders "rarely happen anywhere else in the world". Here's what some countries have done to make that happen.

The Conversation

As the UK celebrates Queen Elizabeth II's Platinum Jubilee, why will so many Americans also be cheering her on?

Whether it is reporting the role of the Sex Pistols or that of the royal corgis, U.S. media has suddenly taken an interest in a peculiar four-day ceremony taking place across the pond: Queen Elizabeth II’s Platinum Jubilee.

Daily Mirror

Darren Till and Khamzat Chimaev kicked out of UFC stars' group chat after leaving America

Till and Chimaev have a major bromance going on, but their unique friendship is not to the taste of a number of UFC stars, including middleweight contender Sean Strickland

WEKU

Short-term profits and long-term consequences — did Jack Welch break capitalism?

The General Electric CEO wowed investors and mingled with celebrities. But New York Times correspondent David Gelles says Welch's aggressive tactics also caused irreparable harm to American industry.

Edinburgh Live

Edinburgh opens Europe's first Virgin Hotel with roof terrace overlooking castle

After success in America Virgin Group are branching out to Europe choosing Edinburgh as their first place to to open a sleek hotel just minutes away from the castle.

The Conversation

The Quad: US efforts to counter China's influence in Asia mark a new era of micro alliances

US president Joe Biden recently visited Asia in an effort to strengthen relationships in the region, most notably meeting with leaders of the “Quad” alliance of America, Japan, India and Australia. This group of like-minded states represents a 21st-century diplomatic mechanism which is growing in importance in lieu of an…

Reason

Are Pulse Oximeters "Intrinsically Biased Against People of Color?"

A Wall Street Journal article suggests that pulse oximeters mismeasure blood oxygen levels in American minority populations, but the article fails to ask some important questions.

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