Iran, Turkey, Pakistan and Russia have made moves to fill the military and diplomatic vacancy opening up in Afghanistan as a result of the departure of U.S. forces and military advances by the Taliban. Read more at The Guardian
A South African Court’s Ruling Against Jacob Zuma Offers Hope for the Rule of Law
A landmark court decision announced this week gives many South Africans reassurance that their governing institutions work, ruling that former president Jacob Zuma must serve 15 months in prison for failing to appear before a commission investigating corruption during his presidency. Read more at Eurasia Group
Zakaria: U.S. Foreign Policy Needs to Get Over Its Fear of Instability
Fareed Zakaria says that Washington must keep in mind that while U.S. forces have spent two decades in Afghanistan, ultimately, having a presence there is not central to the United States’ position as a global power. Read More at The Washington Post
Pelosi’s Husband Locked In $5.3 Million From Alphabet Options
[aggregation-styles] Bloomberg In a financial disclosure signed by Nancy Pelosi, her husband acquired 4,000 shares of Alphabet, the parent company of Google, netting him a $4.8 million gain, and it’s risen to $5.3 million since then as the shares have jumped. Read More → By Billy House and Anna Edgerton...
Experts Reportedly See Major Damage in Attack on Iran Centrifuge Plant
[aggregation-styles] Times of Israel Experts believe an attack on a facility producing centrifuge parts for Iran’s nuclear program caused extensive damage, destroying or disabling all equipment at part of the site. Read More → By TOI Staff | 05 July 2021
Opinion: School Choice Marches Ahead
[aggregation-styles] The Wall Street Journal It’s been a banner year for school choice in the states, and legislatures aren’t finished expanding scholarship and education savings account programs as four state budgets included provisions that give families more educational opportunities. Read More → By The Editorial Board | 02 July 2021
Zakaria: Americans Care About History Because the Stakes Are High
[aggregation-styles] Washington PostFareed Zakaria says that the U.S. is going through a bitter period of contestation, as some Americans argue for a deeper reckoning with our history and others decry what they see as efforts to denigrate the country. Read More → By Fareed Zakaria | 01 July 2021
California Lawmakers Push Feds to Allow a Therapy That Pays Meth Users to Abstain
In his multiple attempts to overcome a methamphetamine addiction that ground through two decades of his life, Tyrone Clifford Jr. remembers well the closest he came. “The most success I had,” he said, “is when my dealer was in jail.” Then Clifford walked into a rehab clinic in San Francisco...
California Democrats Are Reliably Pro-Labor. But One Union Is Testing Their Patience.
[aggregation-styles] Politico State lawmakers are losing patience with powerful labor ally, The State Building and Construction Trades Council of California, known as "the Trades," which has deterred some of the Democrats’ most ambitious bills to tackle climate change and the state’s housing crisis. Read More → By Jeremy B. White...
The Tightrope Walk Democrats Have Ahead on Two Separate Infrastructure Bills
[aggregation-styles] The Washington Post Republican leaders seem to not want to give President Biden a win, and the five GOP senators who negotiated the announced infrastructure deal won't be enough to get a bill past the 60-vote threshold required to pass most legislation in the Senate. Read More → By...