Section: US & Canada
Ukraine marks 79th anniversary of the Babi Yar massacre
Ukraine on Tuesday marked the 79th anniversary of the Babi Yar massacre, one of the most infamous mass slaughters of World War II. Babi Yar, a ravine in the Ukrainian … Click to Continue » …read more Source:: The Bellingham...
Ukraine Marks 79th Anniversary of the Babi Yar Massacre
Ukraine is marking the 79th anniversary of the Babi Yar massacre, one of the most infamous mass slaughters of World War II. …read more Source:: U.S....
When politicians use hate speech, political violence increase
by James Piazza, Pennsylvania State UniversityPoliticians deepen existing divides when they use inflammatory language, such as hate speech, and this makes their societies more likely to experience political violence and terrorism. That’s the conclusion from a study I recently did on the connection between political rhetoric and actual...
Any rich person could pay off Donald Trump
Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images Donald Trump leads an expensive lifestyle and, at least on paper, his businesses aren’t keeping up. The New York Times obtained Trump’s tax returns, and they show that he has hundreds of millions in liabilities coming due that make him a liability to the United States of America. That’s because when...
Former US Ambassador to Ukraine to be honored by PEN America
Marie Yovanovitch, the former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine who was forced out of her job last year by the Trump administration, is being honored by PEN America. The literary and … Click to Continue » …read more Source:: The Bellingham...
Former US Ambassador to Ukraine to be honored by PEN America
NEW YORK (AP) – Marie Yovanovitch, the former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine who was forced out of her job last year by the Trump administration, is being honored by PEN America. The literary and human rights organization announced Monday that Yovanovitch has won the PEN/Benenson Courage Award, of which previous … …read more...
Poland Rejects Letter From Diplomats Urging Tolerance for LGBT People
Polish leaders on Monday rejected suggestions that LGBT people in Poland are facing any kind of discrimination or depravation of rights, following the publication of an open letter from 50 ambassadors and international representatives expressing their support for “challenges faced” by the LGBT communities in the nation. The...
Trump Has Nothing Else Up His Sleeve
When voters say they want politicians to run the government like a business, they should stipulate which business. Surely not the Trump Organization. A blockbuster New York Times report yesterday suggests that either the president’s real-estate empire is a boondoggle that’s losing millions of dollars a year, or it’s a massive...
Lawyer: Russian suspect denies involvement in downing MH17
One of the suspects charged in the downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 over eastern Ukraine in 2014 denies any involvement and wants to speak in court to explain his version of events, his lawyer said Monday as the trial in absentia of three Russians and a Ukrainian resumed in a Dutch courtroom. …read more Source:: CTV...
Lawyer: Russian suspect denies involvement in downing MH17
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — One of the suspects charged in the downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 over eastern Ukraine in 2014 denies any involvement and wants to speak in court to explain his version of events, his lawyer said Monday as the trial in absentia of three Russians and a Ukrainian resumed in a Dutch courtroom. Sabine ten...
