[aggregation-styles] USA Today Facial coverings have been used as a political Band-Aid in the fight against COVID-19, most recently this past week when mayors and governors across the country suddenly realized that the thronging mobs of demonstrators were, of course, not following rules of social distancing. Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey,...
Trump’s Republican Enablers Are Complicit in the State of Our Democracy
[aggregation-styles] The Washington Post Subscription I have not been one to argue that the United States under President Trump is on the verge of turning into a tyranny. But it is clear that, left to his own devices, Trump would act with little regard to law, precedent or the Constitution....
Opinion: For Pro-Trump Racists in America and Israel, Black and Palestinian Lives Don’t Really Matter
[aggregation-styles] Haaretz I haven’t been sleeping, these nights. As the festival of Shavuot ended, I read about riots across America, a response not only to the George Floyd murder in Minneapolis but of systematic oppression and police brutality in response to peaceful protests. Then I read about a 32-year old...
How Coronavirus Pandemic Is Bringing a Return to Feudalism
[aggregation-styles] USA Today The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted many things, but also accelerated America’s descent into a new form of feudalism. The preexisting conditions of extreme economic concentration, inequality and reduced social mobility already were painfully evident before, but the pandemic has made them considerably worse. Pestilence has often shaped...
It’s Past Time to Examine How Police Unions Protect Bad Cops
[aggregation-styles] National Review Subscription Police brutality has been seared into the consciousness of many Americans — especially blacks — since the 1960s, when TV showed civil-rights protestors being clubbed and hosed by Jim Crow police departments. After every nationally publicized incident — the latest being the horrific death of George...
Opinion: ‘Being Black in America Shouldn’t Be a Death Sentence.’ What About Being Palestinian?
[aggregation-styles] Haaretz Did you see the American police officers? Did you see how they choked George Floyd to death in Minneapolis? Did you see Officer Derek Chauvin kneeling on his neck, pinning him down, with Floyd begging for his life until he died five minutes later? What racist police forces...
Obama: How to Make this Moment the Turning Point for Real Change
[aggregation-styles] Medium As millions of people across the country take to the streets and raise their voices in response to the killing of George Floyd and the ongoing problem of unequal justice, many people have reached out asking how we can sustain momentum to bring about real change. Ultimately, it’s...
The Pandemic’s Second Stage Is Here — and It’s Getting Ugly
[aggregation-styles] The Washington Times Subscription In much of the developed world, the coronavirus curve is slowly flattening, but this obscures a tragic reality — the second phase of the crisis has begun as the novel virus spreads to the developing world. Ten of the top 12 countries with the largest...
Are Cars Protecting Los Angeles?
[aggregation-styles] The New York Times Subscription LOS ANGELES — I was born in New York and spent my formative years there, so waiting makes me crazy. I’m a jaywalker and I push elevator buttons more than once. I find the shortest line to anything. I walk fast and can drive...
Democrats Are Falling Into a Familiar Trap on China
[aggregation-styles] The Washington Post Subscription As polls continue to show a steady lead for Joe Biden, President Trump is getting increasingly desperate. He has now committed himself to an election strategy that is centered on pointing the finger at China and its leader, Xi Jinping. Throughout January and February, Trump...
