Month: July 2019

‘This is tough stuff’: Pence visits caged, unwashed, overcrowded migrants | US news | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/jul/13/pence-visits-caged-unwashed-overcrowded-migrants-tough-stuff?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other Martin PengellySat 13 Jul 2019 15.16 BST Men say

Jeffrey Epstein: how US media – with one star exception – whitewashed the story | US news | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/jul/13/jeffrey-epstein-alex-acosta-miami-herald-media?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other The Miami Herald exposed a

Vladimir Putin’s Russia is rehabilitating Stalin. We must not let it happen | Irina Sherbakova | Opinion | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/jul/10/vladimir-putin-russia-rehabilitating-stalin-soviet-past?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other Irina SherbakovaWed 10 Jul

https://www.latimes.com/politics/la-na-pol-trump-obamacare-lawsuit-20190708-story.html Noam N. Levey President Trump and then-House Speaker Paul D. Ryan (R-Wis.) celebrate passage of a House bill in 2017 to repeal the Affordable

Anchorage hits an official 90 degrees for the first time on record – with an asterisk – Anchorage Daily News https://www.adn.com/alaska-news/weather/2019/07/05/with-a-high-of-89-anchorage-sets-an-all-time-high-temperature-record/ The National Weather Service

‘Finland’s Munch’: the unnerving art of Helene Schjerfbeck | Art and design | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2019/jul/06/helene-schjerfbeck-finnish-painter-royal-academy?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other One of her country’s most celebrated artists, Schjerfbeck is

The Economic Impact of Universities: Evidence from Across the Globe https://www.nber.org/papers/w22501 We develop a new dataset using UNESCO source materials on the location of nearly

Alaska’s governor is trying to destroy its universities. The state may never recover | Cas Mudde | Opinion | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/jul/06/mike-dunleavy-alaska-university-system-budget-cuts?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other Cas MuddeSat 6

The Battle for People’s Park, Berkeley 1969: when Vietnam came home | Books | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/books/2019/jul/06/the-battle-for-peoples-park-berkeley-1969-review-vietnam?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other Clara BinghamSat 6 Jul 2019 01.00 EDT A year

Global warming: Planting a trillion trees could be the “most effective solution” to climate change, study says – CBS News https://www.cbsnews.com/news/planting-a-trillion-trees-could-be-the-most-effective-solution-to-climate-change/?ftag=CNM-00-10aag7e July 5, 2019 /