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Marjorie Taylor Greene: can Democrats unseat the far-right extremist?

Georgia in focus: A Democratic challenger who raised $10.8m is facing an uphill battle against the Maga congresswoman

The Guardian - US · Oct 8, 2022

Activist: Veil Protests Present Iran with its 'Berlin Wall' Moment

Iran may use the veil as a tool of oppression, but the hijab is also the weakest pillar of an embattled regime trying to forestall its own "Berlin Wall" moment, an Iranian-American activist based in New York tells AFP. Masih Alinejad, 45, who fled Iran in 2009, became known in…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Oct 8, 2022

Herschel Walker centers pitch to Republicans on 'wokeness'

Herschel Walker pitches himself as a politician who can bridge America’s racial and cultural divides

The Independent UK · Oct 8, 2022

Americans Are Losing Their Work Ethic

Even reduced immigration and job openings for miles aren't luring America's ever-growing workforce dropouts back in.

Reason · Oct 7, 2022

Kanye West wears an ultrasound photo to declare himself pro-life in Tucker Carlson interview

“Fifty per cent of Black death in America is abortion. I don’t care about people’s responses, I perform for an audience of one and that is God,” the rapper says

The Independent UK · Oct 7, 2022

OLD Michael Flynn’s ReAwaken roadshow recruits ‘Army of God’

The ReAwaken America Tour led by former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn has carried a message of a country under siege to tens of thousands of people across the US

The Independent UK · Oct 7, 2022

Jan. 6 probe offers us a choice: Will we choose truth or one big, fat lie?

The scariest thing as the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection tries to shake out the truth is that so many would rather believe a lie than the truth.

Chicago Sun-Times · Oct 7, 2022

The broken US economy breeds inequality and insecurity. Here’s how to fix it

On one side, oceans of wealth and power. On the other, precarity and powerlessness. But we have the tools for reform

The Guardian - US · Oct 7, 2022

Redeem Team: How Kobe Bryant’s steel restored pride to US basketball

A new Netflix documentary explores how the late NBA star helped provide some comfort for a team and country in turmoil

The Guardian - US · Oct 7, 2022

Census data hides racial diversity of US 'Hispanics' – to the country's detriment

As I opened a recent email from my local grocery store chain advertising Hispanic Heritage Month – it runs from Sept. 15 to Oct. 15 each year – I was surprised to see it highlighting recipes from four distinct regions: Mexico, Central America, the Caribbean and South America.

The Conversation · Oct 7, 2022