[aggregation-styles] The Intercept In 2004, California Rep. Jim Costa won his seat in the 20th Congressional District following a contentious primary battle against Lisa Quigley. Though the experienced Quigley had the backing of EMILY’s List and the endorsement of the retiring representative, Calvin Dooley, who was also her boss, the...
U.S. Lobbyists Prepare to Seize 'Historic Opportunity' in Tory-Led Brexit to Shred Consumer Safeguards, Raise Drug Prices
[aggregation-styles] The Intercept Boris Johnson's election on December 12 hinges on the British prime minister’s promise to leave the European Union. Johnson has remade the Conservative Party, pushing out longtime party members wary of a firm break from the EU, to cast the election as a chance to build a...
The World’s 100 Most Powerful Women
[aggregation-styles] Forbes Last December, leader of House Democrats Nancy Pelosi met with President Trump in the Oval Office to discuss a possible government shutdown. During the contentious 15-minute exchange, Pelosi challenged the President, interrupted his interruptions and made clear she would not back down. “Mr. President,” she said, “please don’t...
Liberty and Law Are Under Attack Worldwide. Consider the Impeachment Crisis in That Context.
[aggregation-styles] The Washington Post Subscription MUMBAI — At first glance, the impeachment proceedings against President Trump might seem to be a specifically and narrowly American matter. But if you look around the world, you see this is taking place amid a deeply worrying global trend. In country after country, we...
If Fresno State Can’t Sign DeBoer, Bulldogs Should Go Young
[aggregation-styles] The Sun Fresno State athletic director Terry Tumey is currently making the rounds trying to find the next head football coach to replace Jeff Tedford. Indiana offensive coordinator Kalen DeBoer likely sits atop the list. Considering the fact that he coached at Fresno State from 2017-2018 and that Tedford...
Iran’s Dark History Could Repeat Itself — Unless the World Acts
[aggregation-styles] The Washington Post Subscription Omid Memarian is a journalist, Iran analyst and the 2005 recipient of Human Rights Watch’s Human Rights Defender Award. Gissou Nia is a human rights lawyer, nonresident fellow at the Atlantic Council and board chair of the Iran Human Rights Documentation Center. In November, Swedish...
Dear Mark Zuckerberg: Facebook Is an Engine of Anti-Muslim Hate the World Over. Don’t You Care?
[aggregation-styles] The Intercept Dear Mark Zuckerberg, What happened to you? Back in December 2015, you spoke out loudly and proudly against anti-Muslim hatred. “I want to add my voice in support of Muslims in our community and around the world,” you wrote in a post on Facebook, two days after...
Finland Is a Capitalist Paradise
[aggregation-styles] The New York Times Subscription HELSINKI, Finland — Two years ago we were living in a pleasant neighborhood in Brooklyn. We were experienced professionals, enjoying a privileged life. We’d just had a baby. She was our first, and much wanted. We were United States citizens and our future as...
The Man Who Predicted Nazi Germany
[aggregation-styles] The New York Times Subscription On Dec. 8, 1919, Macmillan Press published a book by a relatively obscure British Treasury official who had resigned from the government in protest over the Versailles treaty that brought the epochal trauma of the First World War to its conclusion. The small treatise,...
Trump Has Turned Republicans Into Soviet Central Planners
[aggregation-styles] The Washington Post Subscription Republicans have rallied to President Trump’s defense with a vigor and ferocity that might even have surprised the president. It was only a few years ago that many of them suggested he was not really a Republican and certainly not a conservative. But now Republicans...
