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Grace Gannon

From Teenage Angst to Jihad - 0 views

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Muslim Jihad religion politics

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    "For the first time in my life I felt what it meant to be Muslim. I didn't want to feel that way. I wanted to blend in, to look normal like the other kids in my class. After the frustration and anger ebbed, I felt shame - for letting my religion down, letting my family down, letting myself down. Shame for an anger I didn't understand."
Grace Gannon

After Paris Attack, French Authorities Move to Protect Jews - 0 views

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Paris attack terror France Jews religion

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    French Jews, already feeling under siege by anti-Semitism, say the trauma of the terrorist attacks last week has left them scared, angry, unsure of their future in France and increasingly willing to consider conflict-torn Israel as a safer refuge.
dpittenger

With Crime Down, U.S. Faces Legacy of a Violent Age - 0 views

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crime legacy police US culture

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    The crime rate has dropped significantly in the U.S. from the 90's. Homicides, robberies, and assaults have all decreased. This could be due to the increased police force. However, this has recently cause controversy due to the recent police killings. Interestingly enough, crime has dropped in many other places in the world too.
dpittenger

Following the tangled and treacherous trail after France terror attack - 0 views

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france terror attack crisis

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    This article talks about who is behind the Paris attacks. It talks about the charges that some people are facing and about Hayat Boumeddiene. It ends with questioning if France could be attacked again.
qkirkpatrick

Rome Journal: Armani Power and Light | Francis Levy - 1 views

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Italy Unification history politics

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  • Starting with 1870 and the capture of Rome, which was the final stage of the Risorgimento, Italian unification expressed itself culturally, political, and economically in the development of Rome as an important industrial center.
sgardner35

At 78, an Untamed McCain Savors a New Dream Job in the Senate - NYTimes.com - 0 views

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  • “Every single day,” he mused in an interview, “is a day less that I am going to be able to serve in the Senate.”
  • other than being president, that he ever wanted: chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, overseer of the American military and the nation’s defense policy
  • He said that Mr. Obama’s decision not to send more American troops to Iraq to thwart the Islamic State had put America at risk. “That attack you saw in Paris? You’ll see an attack in the United States,” Mr. McCain said in an interview last Thursday. He repeated his frequent assessment that the president’s foreign policy is “a disaster” and “delusional.” He said “of course” he would have made a better commander in chief.
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  • In short, he said of Mr. Obama’s foreign policy: “I’ve been right. He’s been wrong.”
  • Mr. McCain is an enthusiastic supporter of Mr. Obama’s nominee for defense secretary, Ashton B. Carter, who is to appear before the committee in February.
  • Mr. McCain, in a sense, grew up on the Armed Services Committee. In 1977, four years after his release as a prisoner of war in Hanoi, the Navy assigned Captain McCain to be its Senate liaison.
  • And by using his new platform to draw attention to global threats, he hopes to create a favorable climate for a Republican to win the White House in 2016. On Tuesday, Mitt Romney, a potential candidate, called Mr. McCain for advice.
  • “I think John sees the next six years, really the next eight years, as the chance to close it out strong,” said Jack Keane, a retired Army general and close friend to Mr. McCain.
sgardner35

Reprisals Feared as Charlie Hebdo Publishes New Muhammad Cartoon - NYTimes.com - 0 views

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  • Death threats circulated online against the surviving staff members of the newspaper, Charlie Hebdo.
  • Survivors of the attack had said they would proceed with their next issue and again depict Muhammad.
  • It shows Muhammad displaying the slogan that has become the symbol of resistance to Islamic militants: “Je Suis Charlie,” or, “I am Charlie.” He is shown weeping under a headline that reads: “All is forgiven.”
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  • The statement on Tuesday also commented on the new Charlie Hebdo cover, urging French Muslims to “remain calm and avoid emotive or incongruous reactions incompatible with dignity,” while “respecting freedom of opinion.”
  • . And it said that the planned Charlie Hebdo cover would serve as an “unjustified provocation to the feelings of a billion and half Muslims around the world who love and respect the Prophet.” It said the newspaper’s cover “will give an opportunity for extremists from both sides to exchange violent acts that only the innocent will pay for.”
  • “The terrorists have been children, too,” Mr. Luzier continued. “They drew like all the children do, and then they lost their sense of humor.”
Grace Gannon

House Tries To Stop All New Government Rules - 0 views

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government US Congress politics

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    The House passed a measure Tuesday to dramatically restrict the government's ability to enact any significant new regulations or safety standards, potentially hamstringing the efforts of every federal agency, from financial regulators to safety watchdogs.
Grace Gannon

Republican Congressman Randy Weber Compares Obama To Hitler - 0 views

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Hitler Republican Democrat Obama Randy Weber

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    The ultra-conservative congressman from Texas criticized the president for not traveling to Paris on Sunday to attend a massive unity rally against terrorism, which was attended by dozens of world leaders. Randy Weber said, "Even Adolph Hitler thought it more important than Obama to get to Paris. (For all the wrong reasons.) Obama couldn't do it for right reasons."
Grace Gannon

How Democrats Could Get Outflanked On The Minimum Wage - 0 views

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minimum wage economy Democrats US finance

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    Sen. Heidi Heitkamp (D-N.D.) suggested that Democrats could offer a trade to their Republican colleagues: In exchange for agreeing to legislation authorizing the construction of the Keystone XL pipeline, Heitkamp said, Democrats could demand that Republicans consent to raising the wage floor.
Grace Gannon

Letter to a Young Army Ranger (From an Old One) - 0 views

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letter army military US combat Iraq Afghanistan

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    Rory Fanning: "Young people across this country desperately need your energy, your desire to be the best, your pursuit of meaning. Don't waste it in Iraq or Afghanistan or Yemen or Somalia or anywhere else the Global War on Terror is likely to send you."
Grace Gannon

Jimmy Carter Believes Surveillance Has 'Gone Too Far' - 0 views

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Jimmy Carter US surveillance security safety foreign intelligence

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    Jimmy Carter: "I personally think we have an intrusion of national security of the administration and others to the private affairs of Americans," Carter said. "When there's no evidence in advance that a particular communication between two American people should be suspect, I think that we've gone too far."
Grace Gannon

The Myth of Neutral Technology - 0 views

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technology race police US injustice inequality

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    Tools like body cameras for police officers can be only as effective at reducing inequalities in law enforcement as the humans using them. But no technological fix can remedy the inequalities that underly police violence against young black men. A camera might be able to record interactions, but it can't arrest the ingrained prejudices that lead to racial profiling to begin with.
Grace Gannon

Not Everyone's Internal Clock Is Set for the 9-to-5 - 0 views

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business efficiency jobs US health

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    Sleep disorders put some workers out of sync with traditional schedules and are estimated to cost employers $2,000 per employee in lost productivity every year.
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