24 November 18
Masha Gessen | The Relentless Logic of Mass Incarceration
Masha Gessen, The New Yorker
Gessen writes: "A story can defy belief and appear ordinary at the same time. This is such a story. Siwatu Ra, a twenty-six-year-old woman with no prior criminal record, was sentenced by a Detroit court, in March, to two years in prison on felonious assault and felony firearm charges, after brandishing a gun at another woman during an argument."
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Masha Gessen, The New Yorker
Gessen writes: "A story can defy belief and appear ordinary at the same time. This is such a story. Siwatu Ra, a twenty-six-year-old woman with no prior criminal record, was sentenced by a Detroit court, in March, to two years in prison on felonious assault and felony firearm charges, after brandishing a gun at another woman during an argument."
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The suit alleges that the Donald J Trump Foundation was run 'in persistent violation' of state and federal law. (photo: Alamy)
Lawsuit Against Trump Family Charity Can Proceed, Judge Rules
Victoria Bekiempis, Guardian UK
Bekiempis writes: "A judge in Manhattan has rejected arguments about presidential immunity and political bias and ruled that a lawsuit against the Trump family charity can proceed."
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Victoria Bekiempis, Guardian UK
Bekiempis writes: "A judge in Manhattan has rejected arguments about presidential immunity and political bias and ruled that a lawsuit against the Trump family charity can proceed."
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A caravan of migrants moving north after crossing the border from Honduras into Guatemala. (photo: John Moore/Getty Images)
US Reaches Deal With Mexico to Make Asylum Seekers Wait Outside US
Joshua Partlow and Nick Miroff, The Washington Post
Excerpt: "The Trump administration has won the support of Mexico's incoming government for a plan to remake U.S. border policy by requiring asylum seekers to wait in Mexico while their claims move through U.S. courts, according to Mexican officials and senior members of president-elect Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador's transition team."
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Joshua Partlow and Nick Miroff, The Washington Post
Excerpt: "The Trump administration has won the support of Mexico's incoming government for a plan to remake U.S. border policy by requiring asylum seekers to wait in Mexico while their claims move through U.S. courts, according to Mexican officials and senior members of president-elect Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador's transition team."
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Bill Shine. (photo: Lucas Jackson/Reuters)
White House Deputy Chief of Staff for Communications Receiving Millions From Fox News
Associated Press
Excerpt: "White House Deputy Chief of Staff for Communications Bill Shine has received millions of dollars in severance from Fox News Channel's parent company and is owed millions more, a new financial disclosure report shows."
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Associated Press
Excerpt: "White House Deputy Chief of Staff for Communications Bill Shine has received millions of dollars in severance from Fox News Channel's parent company and is owed millions more, a new financial disclosure report shows."
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. (photo: Getty Images)
Ocasio-Cortez and Other Democratic Freshmen Are Exerting Their Influence as the Party Takes Control of House
Elise Viebeck and David Weigel, The Washington Post
Excerpt: "Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has rapidly emerged as the de facto leader of a historic class of House Democrats whose diversity and ties to the progressive left will shape the party as it targets President Trump and works to clarify its message ahead of the 2020 elections."
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Elise Viebeck and David Weigel, The Washington Post
Excerpt: "Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has rapidly emerged as the de facto leader of a historic class of House Democrats whose diversity and ties to the progressive left will shape the party as it targets President Trump and works to clarify its message ahead of the 2020 elections."
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A paramilitary group in Colombia. (photo: InsightCrime)
2 Years of Colombia's Peace Agreement: Impunity Reigns
teleSUR
Excerpt: "Two years after Colombia signed the final peace agreement with the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) the war against Afro-Colombian, Indigenous, and Campesino communities, who are being targeted, threatened and murdered, continues."
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teleSUR
Excerpt: "Two years after Colombia signed the final peace agreement with the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) the war against Afro-Colombian, Indigenous, and Campesino communities, who are being targeted, threatened and murdered, continues."
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A tract of Amazon rainforest, which has been cleared by loggers and farmers for agriculture, is seen near Santarem, Brazil. (photo: Nacho Doce/Reuters)
Brazil Says Deforestation in the Amazon Is at Its Worst Level in a Decade
David Mack, BuzzFeed
Mack writes: "Deforestation in the Amazon rainforest is at its worst level in a decade, Brazilian officials announced Friday, amid concerns that logging in the world's largest forest will only increase once the country's anti-environment president-elect, Jair Bolsonaro, takes office."
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David Mack, BuzzFeed
Mack writes: "Deforestation in the Amazon rainforest is at its worst level in a decade, Brazilian officials announced Friday, amid concerns that logging in the world's largest forest will only increase once the country's anti-environment president-elect, Jair Bolsonaro, takes office."
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