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The Man Behind the Man Behind January 6

The Atlantic 2021-11-09

photo: Creative Commons / Elvert Barnes

I n late October 2020, Donald Trump’s chief of staff, Mark Meadows, was attending the confirmation hearing for Amy Coney Barrett when his cellphone rang. He answered with a whisper and walked out to the hallway to take the call. What was so urgent as to pull the chief of staff out of a Supreme Court...

As climate damage mounts, poor nations press wealthy to pay up

Reuters 2021-11-09

photo: WN / Imran Nissar

GLASGOW, Scotland, Nov 9 (Reuters) - Poor nations are pressuring their wealthy counterparts at the U.N. climate summit to pay up for the mounting damage being caused by global warming, pointing to increasing powerful storms, cyclones, droughts and floods afflicting their people. The campaign being...

Ivory Coast says it will invest in north to counter jihadism

Reuters 2021-11-09

photo: US DoS

ABIDJAN, Nov 8 (Reuters) - Ivory Coast is accelerating investment in schools, hospitals, and jobs in its northern region to provide alternatives to violent extremism, the prime minister said on Monday. Northern Ivory Coast is far from commercial centres and borders Mali...

Iran and Israel could have a good relationship - opinion

The Jerusalem Post 2021-11-08

photo: Creative Commons / Mardetanha

Iran and Israel can boast a unique and exceptional socio-historic and cultural relationship going back over 2,500 years and many Iranians and Israelis believe that this very rich common background is capable of changing the face of the Middle East in the first decades of the 21st century, and also...

The first 'space hotel' plans to open in 2027

Astronomy 2021-11-08

photo: Creative Commons

How one aerospace company is preparing for the advent of tourism in outer space. RELATED TOPICS: SPACE TOURISM The word vacation conjures many images: pristine beaches, glittering ski slopes, outstretched highways and theme parks. It doesn’t call to mind cosmic journeys upon colossal rotating...

Former labor secretary breaks down 'the cruelest form of capitalism in the world'

Alternet 2021-11-08

photo: Creative Commons / BorsheimsJewelry

Elon Musk's wealth has surpassed $200 billion. It would take the median U.S. worker over 4 million years to make that much. Wealth inequality is eating this country alive. We're now in America's second Gilded Age, just like the late 19th century when a handful of robber barons monopolized the...

Iron Age Europe: 2000 Years Of Change Rolls Across The Continent

Ancient Origins 2021-11-08

photo: Creative Commons / Simon Burchell

The Iron Age is the name given to the third and last division of the Three Age System. The beginning and the end of the Iron Age varies according to region. Indeed, even in Europe, the Iron Age occurred at different times depending on the area of the continent one is looking at. As its name...

A ‘war on books’: Conservatives push for audits of school libraries

The Los Angeles Times 2021-11-08

photo: WN / RTayco

HOUSTON — During the last year, Mary Ellen Cuzela — concerned about students being indoctrinated about sex and “critical race theory” — successfully petitioned her suburban Houston school district of about 83,000 to remove two books from their libraries: The novel “Lawn Boy” by Jonathan...

The Great Reset: A New Just and Sustainable Economic Model or Hoax of the Century?

WorldNews.com 2021-11-08

photo: European Community / Stefan Wermuth

Newly released evidence suggesting the richest people on the planet, representing a small sliver of the total population, continue to consume a large portion of the world’s resources while emitting carbon dioxide at a rate that is imperiling hopes of keeping global heating below 1.5 degrees Celsius...

Lagging business travel takes shine off transatlantic restart

Reuters 2021-11-08

photo: AP / Mark Lennihan

LONDON/CHICAGO, Nov 8 (Reuters) - Planes will fill the skies above the North Atlantic again from Monday, a boon for airlines after 19 months of restrictions, but that alone won't be enough for carriers whose profits depend on filling the most expensive seats. The real battle of the...

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