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Republican efforts in majority Latino districts of the U.S.
05/26/2015
Republican efforts to woo Hispanic voters in the south and southwest U.S. which have majority Hispanic voters. Rep. Pierce of New Mexico does this by spending a lot of time with Latino voters, talking with them and hearing their concerns. This is his message to Republicans- spend time with and get to know Latino voters personally.
Grouped Articles
A Drive for Swing State Votes Has Colorado’s Latinos Listening
New York Times 05/26/2015
The planned merger between Samsung affiliates Samsung C&T and Cheil Industries in 2015
05/26/2015
Grouped Articles
Samsung Merger Plan Called Unfair to Some Investors
New York Times 07/04/2015
Samsung Heir Apparent Jay Y Consolidates Power With Merger
Wall Street Journal 05/26/2015
Samsung Still Faces Close Shave
Wall Street Journal 07/13/2015
As Vote Nears, Samsung Pulls Out All the Stops
Wall Street Journal 07/16/2015
Samsung Merger Allowed to Proceed, Court Rules
Wall Street Journal 07/16/2015
Test Time for Samsung Heir Apparent Lee Jae-Yong
Wall Street Journal 07/17/2015
Women in the U.S. Army, Navy and Air Force
05/24/2015
Grouped Articles
While at War, Female Soldiers Fight to Belong
New York Times 05/24/2015
Washington Post 10/13/2015
Marine Corps Study Finds No Detriment to Morale in Mixed-Gender Combat Units
New York Times 10/15/2015
In historic decision, Pentagon chief opens all jobs in combat units to women - The Washington Post
Washington Post 12/03/2015
Defense Secretary Says U.S. Opening All Military Combat Roles to Women
Wall Street Journal 12/03/2015
Changes to TPP and fast track trade legislation by the Obama administration to accomodate critics
05/24/2015
Grouped Articles
Obama Presses Currency Compromise in Trade Pact
Wall Street Journal 05/24/2015
Senate Passes Fast-Track Trade Legislation
Wall Street Journal 05/24/2015
Pelosi Rejects Appeals, Hands Obama a Trade Defeat
Wall Street Journal 06/13/2015
House Rejects Trade Measure, Rebuffing Obama’s Dramatic Appeal
New York Times 06/12/2015
Senate Clears Trade Bill’s Way to Passage
Wall Street Journal 06/24/2015
U.S. Chamber of Commerce Works Globally to Fight Antismoking Measures
New York Times 06/30/2015
Spain's May 2015 local elections and new faces in major cities- activist Ada Colau in Barcelona and retired judge Manuela Carmena in Madrid
05/24/2015
Grouped Articles
Ruling Party Loses Hold as Leftists Surge in Spain
New York Times 05/24/2015
New Wave of Leftists Takes Power in Spanish Cities
Wall Street Journal 06/15/2015
Spain’s Ruling Popular Party Loses Parliamentary Majority in Elections
Wall Street Journal 12/21/2015
Spain: Socialist Aims to Form Coalition
New York Times 02/02/2016
Venezuela Casts a Long Shadow on Elections in Spain
The New York Times 06/19/2016
Spaniards, Exhausted by Politics, Warm to Life Without a Government
The New York Times 10/02/2016
Hillary Clinton's Benghazi emails and early warnings
05/24/2015
Grouped Articles
Emails Show Clinton Was Warned Over Security in Benghazi Ahead of Attack
Wall Street Journal 05/24/2015
Hillary Clinton’s Emails, Round Three — Live Dive
Wall Street Journal 07/31/2015
Hillary Clinton Emails Take Long Path to Controversy
New York Times 08/08/2015
Two tense moments demonstrate Clinton’s strengths and weaknesses - The Washington Post
Washington Post 08/20/2015
Washington Post 08/20/2015
Hillary Clinton Campaign Says Classified Emails Were on Server
Wall Street Journal 08/20/2015
NYT reporter Erdbrink on Iran and Iranian society
05/23/2015
Grouped Articles
Our Man in Tehran Answers Your Questions About Iran
New York Times 05/23/2015
Iran’s Legions of Weary Young People Push Against the Old Ways
Wall Street Journal 07/08/2015
Burundi- politics and government
05/22/2015
Grouped Articles
Political Unrest Pushes Burundi Closer to Economic Collapse
New York Times 05/22/2015
The U.S. Justice Department investigation of GM (General Motors) for deaths related to faulty ignition switch and the legal settlement in 2015
05/22/2015
The investigation into 104 deaths related to a faulty ignition switch in GM cars finds criminal wrongdoing by the company.
Grouped Articles
G.M. Inquiry Said to Find Criminal Wrongdoing
New York Times 05/22/2015
GM, Justice Department Near Criminal Settlement Over Defective Ignition Switch
Wall Street Journal 09/17/2015
U.S. Said to Have Settled With G.M. Over Deadly Defect
New York Times 09/16/2015
U.S. Charges GM with Wire Fraud, Concealing Facts on Ignition Switch
Wall Street Journal 09/18/2015
$900 Million Penalty for G.M.’s Deadly Defect Leaves Many Cold
New York Times 09/17/2015
Did GM Get a Pass from Federal Prosecutors?
Wall Street Journal 10/16/2015
Burundi's economy
05/22/2015
Grouped Articles
Political Unrest Pushes Burundi Closer to Economic Collapse
New York Times 05/22/2015
Murray Energy
05/22/2015
Grouped Articles
Murray Energy to Lay Off Around 1,800 Workers
Wall Street Journal 05/22/2015
The U.S. Justice Department and lack of individual accountability in legal settlements continues in 2015, during the second term of the Obama administration
05/22/2015
A singular feature of the first term of the Obama administration was the lack of individual accountability in legal settlements with financial institutions. During the second term larger settlements were the norm, but the situation as it relates to individual accountabiity remained the same, as pointed out in an editorial in the NYT on May 23, 2015, even when banks pleaded guilty to criminal charges for currency manipulation in 2015. This let banks call the situation "an embarrassment" and moving on, with something morally significant lost in the process not just for the public and country, but the banks themselves as future employees lack clarity of direction.
Grouped Articles
Banks as Felons, or Criminality Lite
New York Times 05/22/2015
Wall Street Journal 09/16/2015
Asian retailer Li Fung
05/22/2015
Grouped Articles
Retail Sherpa Li & Fung Grapples With Client Loss
Wall Street Journal 05/22/2015
Growth of Nestle's online web order business for bottled water brands Perrier, Poland Spring, in 2014-2015
05/26/2015
Grouped Articles
Nestlé Taps Into Bottled Water On-Demand
Wall Street Journal 05/26/15
Water, Water Everywhere—in Bottles
Wall Street Journal 08/27/15
Krugman (and Peter Thiel) on the paradox of low productivity in the U.S. economy from 2005-2015, a period of smartphones, Google search, and drones
05/25/2015
Krugman points out that the products from Apple, Google, Microsoft, Amazon, and other tech companies since 2005, have less impact in terms of productivity in manufacturing and other related parts of the economy, and more on consumers. In the period before 2005 tech developments were more focussed on industrial sectors of the economy leading to higher productivity improvement. Hearing my favorite music or using Google and Amazon does not add to productivity, in the same way that fundamental tech changes did in the period before 2005.
Grouped Articles
New York Times 05/25/15
12/19/16
Black people in the U.S. and the decline in public sector jobs- a shrinking pathway to the middle class
05/24/2015
Grouped Articles
Public-Sector Jobs Vanish, Hitting Blacks Hard
New York Times 05/24/15
From slavery to Ferguson, Ken Burns sees an unfinished Civil War - The Washington Post
Washington Post 09/09/15
Wall Street Journal 09/17/15
Not There Yet on Equal Opportunity
Wall Street Journal 10/21/15
The Economic Expansion Is Helping the Middle Class, Finally
The New York Times 09/13/16
The Afghanistan Army and the Taliban in 2015- efforts to bring in militias to hold off the Taliban in the north
05/24/2015
Grouped Articles
Afghans Form Militias and Call on Warlords to Battle Taliban
New York Times 05/24/15
Afghan Crisis Grows as Push to Retake Kunduz From Taliban Fails
New York Times 09/29/15
In Reversal, Obama Says U.S. Soldiers Will Stay in Afghanistan to 2017
New York Times 10/15/15
Taliban’s New Leader, More Scholar Than Fighter, Is Slow to Impose Himself
The New York Times 07/11/16
New Taliban Leader Moves to Repair Old Fractures
WSJ 08/04/16
Obama leaves behind a mess in Afghanistan | Asia | DW.COM | 19.01.2017
DW.COM 01/19/17
Lieutenant Courtney Wilson in Kandahar, Afghanistan- integrating women in the U.S. Army, 2010-2015
05/24/2015
About 15% of the force are women for the U.S. forces in Afganistan and Iraq. Women face a high level of psychic stress integrating into a man's world in the army. Even after successfully completing missions stresses remain.
Grouped Articles
While at War, Female Soldiers Fight to Belong
New York Times 05/24/15
Washington Post 10/13/15
Marine Corps Study Finds No Detriment to Morale in Mixed-Gender Combat Units
New York Times 10/15/15
In historic decision, Pentagon chief opens all jobs in combat units to women - The Washington Post
Washington Post 12/03/15
Defense Secretary Says U.S. Opening All Military Combat Roles to Women
Wall Street Journal 12/03/15
Sheryl Sandberg: Women Are Leaning In—but They Face Pushback
WSJ 09/27/16
Ireland's referendum on gay marraige, with 62% voting in favor in May 2015
05/23/2015
Grouped Articles
Ireland Votes to Approve Gay Marriage, Putting Country in Vanguard
New York Times 05/23/15
The first year of the Modi administration in India
05/23/2015
Grouped Articles
After a Year of Outsize Expectations, Narendra Modi Adjusts His Plan for India
New York Times 05/25/15
Economist 05/23/15
Economist 05/23/15
Indian Politics Trip Up Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Overhaul Agenda
Wall Street Journal 08/14/15
In a Victory for Modi, India Overhauls Its Tangled Tax System
The New York Times 08/03/16
The Economist 08/06/16
Sunni tribes in Iraq's Anbar province and shifting loyalties 2005-2015
05/22/2015
Grouped Articles
Sunni Tribes in Iraq Divided Over Battle Against Islamic State
Wall Street Journal 05/22/15
Who’s Willing to Fight for Iraq?
New York Times 06/01/15
U.S. Embracing a New Approach on Battling ISIS in Iraq
New York Times 06/10/15
Scott MacNealy, formerly of Sun Microsystems, and internet startup Wayin
05/22/2015
Grouped Articles
Scott McNealy Is Back—as a Startup CEO
Wall Street Journal 05/22/15
China's solar energy company, Hanergy Thin Film Power Group
05/22/2015
Grouped Articles
Hanergy Plunge: The Man Who Lost $14 Billion in One Day
Wall Street Journal 05/22/15
Hanergy Shows No Goldin Moment for Hong Kong Stocks
Wall Street Journal 05/22/15
Hanergy’s Solar Tech Gamble Is Under Scrutiny
Wall Street Journal 05/31/15
How Chinese Billionaire Li Hejun’s Solar Bet Soured
Wall Street Journal 06/22/15
Hanergy’s Prospects Dimmed By Solar Panels’ Quality, Analysts Say
Wall Street Journal 06/22/15
Hanergy’s High Demands for Rehabilitation
Wall Street Journal 08/18/15
David Brooks on building spiritual development in schools and communities to reduce depression, drug abuse and alienation in cities
05/22/2015
Grouped Articles
New York Times 05/22/15
The New York Times 10/21/16
The Senate vote on the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) and fast track trade authority
05/22/2015
Grouped Articles
Senate Vote Is a Victory for Obama on Trade, but a Tougher Test Awaits
New York Times 05/22/15
Obama Presses Currency Compromise in Trade Pact
Wall Street Journal 05/24/15
Senate Passes Fast-Track Trade Legislation
Wall Street Journal 05/24/15
Pelosi Rejects Appeals, Hands Obama a Trade Defeat
Wall Street Journal 06/13/15
House Rejects Trade Measure, Rebuffing Obama’s Dramatic Appeal
New York Times 06/12/15
Senate Clears Trade Bill’s Way to Passage
Wall Street Journal 06/24/15
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