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Michigan teacher placed on leave after assignment placing Obama alongside primates

DETROIT — An Oakland County teacher has been placed on administrative leave after she assigned classwork that depicted former President Barack Obama alongside primates.

Tribune News Service

Iconic ‘Hope’ portrait of Obama sells at auction for $735,000

CHICAGO — The original Shepard Fairey “Hope” portrait of former President Barack Obama has sold in an auction for $735,000.

Chicago Tribune

Capitol riot committee has official White House photos from day of attack

The photographs by ex-White House photographer Shealah Craighead could show what Donald Trump was doing as a mob of his supporters assaulted police and stormed the Capitol

The Independent UK

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Racism captures young minds, and right-wing media shouts encouragement

What is there to say about cynical opportunists like Tucker Carlson and his Fox News colleagues ,who peddle this poison for fun and profit?

Chicago Sun-Times

U.S. appears set to deem Cuba not cooperating fully against terrorism-document

The Biden administration on Thursday appeared set to renew its assessment that Cuba is among a handful of countries "not cooperating fully" with the United States in the fight against terrorism, according to a government document.

Reuters

Former LA public defender picked to lead federal Access to Justice office

WASHINGTON — During a college internship at the Orange County Public Defender's office, Rachel Rossi was sent to the local jail. She was given a simple instruction: Ask people who had recently been arrested what they need.

Los Angeles Times

Biden must tell white folks the truth

Biden's Buffalo speech was remarkable — but not enough. He has a historic duty to speak directly to white America

Salon

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On Cuba, Biden should learn from Obama

Barack Obama's historic 2015 handshake with Raúl Castro signaled a new day. Was Joe Biden paying attention?

Salon

Fabiola Santiago: Cuba blackmails the US with exodus. Biden responds with ill-timed, mostly weak policy

After promising voters he would take a fresh look at U,S,-Cuba policy, President Joe Biden has delivered, 16 months into his term, ill-timed, mostly mediocre change that portends to help the Cuban people.

Miami Herald

How the war in Ukraine is challenging the long-sought pivot to Asia

President Biden is traveling to Japan and South Korea this week — his first trip to Asia since taking office. Like presidents before him, he's seeking to reorient U.S. foreign policy toward Asia.

WEKU

U.S. adviser tries to talk Mexican president out of skipping Summit of the Americas

Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador threatened to skip this year's summit in the United States if Cuba, Venezuela and Nicaragua are excluded.

WEKU

The Christian leader trying to break America’s link between faith and guns

Peter Cook says in the aftermath of the Buffalo racist shooting white Christian denominations have a duty to act

The Guardian - US

Defeated GOP primary candidate blames Sean Hannity for her loss accusing him of ‘flat out lies’

‘Almost single-handedly, Sean Hannity sowed seeds of disinformation, flat-out lies every night for the past five days’

The Independent UK

Editorial: Biden administration has just propped up Cuba’s failing dictatorship. Thanks, Mr. President

In a single move, President Joe Biden just gave Cuba’s aging, creaky regime new oxygen to continue to exist, living on to oppress those who oppose it on the island.

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Book explores Sandy Hook, Alex Jones, and why modern conspiracy theories have been so contagious

In late April, one week before a trial began that would decide how much Alex Jones should pay the families of first-graders murdered in the 2012 massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary in Connecticut, the conspiracy theorist filed a motion in federal bankruptcy court. Jones, at the helm of a multi-million…

The Independent UK

Analysis: Condolence calls from elite show UAE ruler's power

The United Arab Emirates' newly appointed president has been receiving condolence visits from the world's leaders for days now in Abu Dhabi

Reuters

Cuba brands U.S. rollback of curbs as light on detail, heavy on hostility

By Dave Sherwood

The Independent UK

White House moves to loosen remittance, flight rules on Cuba

The Biden administration says it will expand flights to Cuba and lift Trump-era restrictions on remittances that immigrants can send to people on the island

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The Independent UK

Press secretary hopes her rise helps kids 'dream bigger'

President Joe Biden's new spokesperson, Karine Jean-Pierre, says she hopes kids will “dream big and dream bigger” because she's now the White House press secretary

WEKU

Biden eases restrictions on Cuban travel and remittances

The White House plans to make it easier for families to visit relatives in Cuba and increase visa processing on the island, reversing some of former President Trump's policies.

The Independent UK

Obama, Airbnb's Brian Chesky launch $100M in scholarships

The co-founder and CEO of Airbnb, Brian Chesky, has donated $100 million to the Obama Foundation to fund scholarships for students pursuing careers in public service and includes multiple stipends for travel

Los Angeles Times

Karine Jean-Pierre steps into the bright White House spotlight

WASHINGTON — As a young staffer working in the Obama White House, Karine Jean-Pierre was surprised the first time she struck up a conversation with then-Vice President Joe Biden.

The Independent UK

GOP Senate candidate defends falsely claiming Obama was Muslim because he was taking in refugees from Syria

During an appearance on Fox News Sunday, Kathy Barnette was asked about several of the offensive tweets

Reason

Brickbat: Class Discussion

In Roswell, Georgia, Centennial High School said in a statement that a substitute teacher caught on video in an expletive-filled classroom rant has been fired. The teacher, who wasn't named, told students that "When I was in high school, I was learning about Obama increasing drone strikes in my [expletive]…

Tribune News Service

Barnette deflects past comments in Pennsylvania GOP Senate race

Political commentator Kathy Barnette, who has surged into a three-way tie in Pennsylvania’s closely watched Republican U.S. Senate primary, defended most of her previous incendiary comments as taken out of context as she faces new scrutiny.

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