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The story of women in America- Gladys Ament, born in Lonaconing, Md, 1920, and the 96 years since the adoption of women's right to vote
11/08/2016
Grouped Articles
She was born the day women got the vote. And then a century passed. . .
Washington Post 11/08/2016
Krugman on the failure of the media in the 2016 U.S. presidential election- failure to separate facts from misinformation, and failure to cover the policy differences and consequences for the future
11/07/2016
Grouped Articles
The New York Times 11/07/2016
The Guardian 11/06/2016
Media’s Next Challenge: Overcoming the Threat of Fake News
The New York Times 11/07/2016
Washington Post 11/08/2016
Obama, With Angela Merkel in Berlin, Assails Spread of Fake News
The New York Times 11/17/2016
Facebook launches initiative to combat fake news in Germany | News | DW.COM | 15.01.2017
DW.COM 01/15/2017
The new West Coast model of higher taxes on the wealthy to support state budgets to invest in education, healthcare and infrastructure
11/06/2016
Grouped Articles
Big government is the new West Coast craze
Washington Post 11/06/2016
Luther and Pope Francis- Protestants and Catholics in 2016
10/31/2016
Under Pope Francis and Pope Benedict the Protestant and Lutheran Churches come closer.
Grouped Articles
Opinion: On Reformation Day, we need another Luther | Opinion | DW.COM | 31.10.2016
DW.COM 10/31/2016
In secular France, Catholic conservatism makes a comeback
Washington Post 12/09/2016
Fillon Victory Shows France Returning to Conservative Roots - SPIEGEL ONLINE
SPIEGEL ONLINE 12/08/2016
The young Hillary Clinton
10/28/2016
Grouped Articles
The Road Trip That Changed Hillary Clinton’s Life
The New York Times 10/28/2016
Michelle Obama and the 2016 U.S. presidential election- building support for Hillary Clinton by campaigning across the country
10/21/2016
Michelle Obama campaigns extensively stirring up support and excitement for Hillary Clinton as the best hope for the country in 2016. She campaigns in Arizona and other red states in an effort to win them for the Democratic Party.
Grouped Articles
First Lady Michelle Obama says Trump is 'trying to take away your hope'
NBC News 10/21/2016
The New York Times 10/21/2016
The Telegraph 10/27/2016
Hillary Clinton Basks in First Lady’s Soaring Popularity on the Campaign Trail
The New York Times 10/27/2016
In 1 Unscripted Moment, Hillary Clinton Finds Joy in the Rain
The New York Times 11/05/2016
The New York Times 11/05/2016
U.S. president Obama on "The Way Ahead" in October 2016 after 2 terms in office
10/12/2016
The first term of president Obama was taken up mostly in meeting the 2008 financial crisis. Much remains to be done says president Obama after his second term, as the economic recovery needs to be brought home to all Americans, job opportunities improved, growing inequality addressed, productivity increased. He says many foreign leaders ask him about the the populist trends and sentiment for protectionism growing in the U.S. and he has given a lot of thought to this. He summarizes his ideas in an Essay in The Economist magazine of Oct 8-14th 2016.
Grouped Articles
The Economist 10/08/2016
The Guardian 11/06/2016
‘American Democracy Is Bigger Than Any One Person,’ Obama Says
The New York Times 11/16/2016
The White House’s claim that 800,000 manufacturing jobs were added during Obama’s presidency
Washington Post 12/09/2016
"Democracy has already lost"- the view from Germany on the U.S. presidential election of 2016
10/11/2016
Grouped Articles
Opinion: Democracy has already lost | US elections 2016 | DW.COM | 10.10.2016
DW.COM 10/10/2016
Final Debate: Donald Trump Declines to Commit to Respecting Results if He Loses
WSJ 10/20/2016
The Guardian 11/06/2016
Angela Merkel: Her Long Road to Trudering | ZEIT ONLINE
ZEIT ONLINE 06/02/2017
Transatlantic Partnership: Europe's Illusions | ZEIT ONLINE
ZEIT ONLINE 10/31/2017
Ruth Bader Ginsburg's Advice for Living
10/03/2016
Grouped Articles
Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s Advice for Living
The New York Times 10/01/2016
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is making her opera debut
Washington Post 10/21/2016
Siemens and Sustainable Urban Development in India and Sri Lanka with new "smart cities"
09/27/2016
Grouped Articles
Colombo to become a smart city | Asia | DW.COM | 27.09.2016
DW.COM 09/27/2016
Sri Lanka signs port deal for China's one-belt one-road plan | News | DW | 30.07.2017
DW.COM 07/30/2017
American women athletes in the Rio Olympics Summer Games with 61 medals- opening new frontiers for women in sports
08/22/2016
Grouped Articles
For Those Keeping Score, American Women Dominated in Rio
The New York Times 08/22/2016
Rio Olympics 2016: Did the IOC's gamble pay off or did Brazil fail to deliver?
BBC Sport 08/23/2016
Team USA's Rio 2016 highlights and lowlights: our writers' verdicts
The Guardian 08/22/2016
Capitalism and globalization that leaves many behind- the refocus planned at the G-20 meeting in China
08/17/2016
Dangers to the global economy from many left behind by the tech and trade changes of the last 2 decades that have benefitted some sectors and groups and hurt others. Turning to populist political appeals those who feel left behind and suffer the effects of a lack of intergenerational mobility could lead the world into a period of protectionism and nationalist upheaval. This would reverse many of the changes that delivered prosperity for the four decades after World War II.
Grouped Articles
Globalization: Capitalism Should Be Nicer | ZEIT ONLINE
ZEIT ONLINE 07/29/2016
World Trade Set For Slowest Yearly Growth Since Global Financial Crisis
WSJ 09/27/2016
WTO lowers trade growth forecast | Business | DW.COM | 27.09.2016
DW.COM 09/27/2016
More Wealth, More Jobs, but Not for Everyone: What Fuels the Backlash on Trade
The New York Times 09/28/2016
12/19/2016
On Globalization, China and Trump Are Closer Than They Appear
WSJ 01/27/2017
Paying for upward mobility and infrastructure in the U.S.- the number 34 and why it matters
08/12/2016
Infrastructure building would boost growth and jobs for the working class, providing access to public universities by removing high tution barriers would enable upward mobility for a once again growing middle class.
Grouped Articles
The New York Times 08/12/2016
Trump a Working-Class Hero? A Blue-Collar Town Debates His Credentials
The New York Times 08/26/2016
Apple should repay Ireland 13bn euros, European Commission rules - BBC News
BBC News 08/30/2016
Apple must now pay its taxes. This is a vindication of protest | Owen Jones
The Guardian 08/30/2016
The Economic Expansion Is Helping the Middle Class, Finally
The New York Times 09/13/2016
Struggling to Serve at the Nation’s Richest University
The New York Times 10/24/2016
Susan B. Anthony and women's right to vote in the U.S.
11/08/2016
Grouped Articles
Washington Post 11/08/16
She was born the day women got the vote. And then a century passed. . .
Washington Post 11/08/16
Hillary Clinton and the mobilization of the 27 million Hispanic women and men to vote in the 2016 presidential election
11/07/2016
In 2016 about 25%more Hispanics would be eligible to vote. Hillary Clinton planned early to mobilize this vote.
Grouped Articles
Fear of Donald Trump Helps Democrats Mobilize Hispanics
The New York Times 11/07/16
The New York Times 11/08/16
The authenticity and popularity of Michelle Obama in the 2016 U.S. presidential campaign- campaigning all out for a woman president
10/31/2016
Grouped Articles
Hillary Clinton Basks in First Lady’s Soaring Popularity on the Campaign Trail
The New York Times 10/27/16
The New York Times 11/05/16
How the media and the crude mechanisms of campaigns crated "Hillary," and the real Hillary Clinton
10/28/2016
Grouped Articles
The New York Times 10/11/16
Media’s Next Challenge: Overcoming the Threat of Fake News
The New York Times 11/07/16
The New York Times 11/08/16
Women in the U.S. government
10/27/2016
Grouped Articles
Women who want to get ahead should look to the federal government, not corporate America
Washington Post 10/26/16
Sandra Day O’Connor, First Woman on Supreme Court, Diagnosed With Dementia
WSJ 10/23/18
Bernie Sanders, Hillary Clinton, and the "100% support" during the final months of the U.S. presidential election of 2016
10/21/2016
Bernie Sanders showed considerable understanding, patience, and the right grasp of events, in his wholehearted support of Hillary Clinton in the final months of the campaign. He understood that it was all about programs, positions, and not personalities. As one New Hampshire Sanders steering committee member says, "Hillary Clinton has stretched and grown" during this period just before the convention by agreeing with Sanders on many positions, on trade to protect workers, on Glass Seagall reinstating to ensure bank safety, on government support for college tuition to increase upward intergenerational mobility. The whole Democratic Party platform has Sanders critical role in developing it.
Grouped Articles
Bernie Sanders voters look for a path forward
CNN 10/21/16
Sanders is prepared to be a liberal thorn in Clinton’s side
Washington Post 10/25/16
Sanders is prepared to be a liberal thorn in Clinton’s side
Washington Post 10/25/16
U.S. president Obama and unfinished agenda in 2016
10/12/2016
The Economist magazine has a By invitation Essay by U.S. president Obama in the Oct 8-14th 2016 edition of the magazine. In the essay Obama describes the unfinished agenda of his two terms in office. The financial crisis of 2008-2009 took up a big part of the first term, leaving much that needs to be done for an economic recovery for all Americans, including those left behind in the recovery. The growing inequality, and improving job opportunities are other parts of this unfinished work.
Grouped Articles
The Economist 10/08/16
The Economist 10/08/16
‘American Democracy Is Bigger Than Any One Person,’ Obama Says
The New York Times 11/16/16
Opinion | The Cost of Barack Obama’s Speech
The New York Times 05/01/17
Hillary Clinton and questions about the effect on young girls of the crude comments on women during the election campaign of 2016
10/04/2016
The election campaign of 2016 will be remembered for the crude comments on women made during the campaign. The sense of shock and ostracism of such comments in the media was absent in the way it would have happened in previous moments in American history. The question at a gym in Haverford, Pennsylvania suburb, was typical of the angst expressed by young women about this situation.
Grouped Articles
Hillary Clinton Responds, With Fervor, to Girl’s Question on Body Image
The New York Times 10/04/16
Tim Kaine and Mike Pence step into spotlight to spar over Russia, immigration
Washington Post 10/05/16
US presidential debate: Clinton doubts Trump 'groping' apology - BBC News
BBC News 10/10/16
Anderson Cooper told Trump ‘That is sexual assault.’ The Justice Department agrees.
Washington Post 10/10/16
A new low, even for Donald Trump
Washington Post 11/11/16
Hillary Clinton, Mocking and Taunting in Debate, Turns the Tormentor
The New York Times 10/20/16
The Megapolis project for Colombo, Sri Lanka, calling for $40 billion investment over 15 years
09/27/2016
Grouped Articles
Colombo to become a smart city | Asia | DW.COM | 27.09.2016
DW.COM 09/27/16
Sri Lanka signs port deal for China's one-belt one-road plan | News | DW | 30.07.2017
DW.COM 07/30/17
Sri Lanka launches new port in Hambantota | Asia | DW | 16.08.2010
DW.COM 08/16/10
Rural America- small towns from Iowa to New Hampshire- feeling left out as poverty rates remain high and now struggling with the opioid epidemic in 2016
09/27/2016
The struggles of Agriculture Secretary, Tom VIlsack, from Iowa, to draw attention to the struggles facing rural America which feels forgotten as it faces poverty, obesity, teenage pregnancy, lower educational levels, and now the opioid epidemic in 2016.
Grouped Articles
Tom Vilsack’s lonely fight for a ‘forgotten’ rural America
Washington Post 09/27/16
The Guardian 11/06/16
The Children of the Opioid Crisis
WSJ 12/15/16
How to Treat an Opioid Epidemic
WSJ 01/13/17
America’s opioid epidemic is worsening
The Economist 03/07/17
Hard Times Come to Much of Rural America
WSJ 06/04/17
Zeit Online Von Mark Schieritz's 3 Part series on Capitalism, Globalization, and discontent in global society
08/17/2016
The appeal of populist politicians using racist slogans and divisive rhetoric to appeal to those left behind by the capitalism, tech changes, trade and globalization of the last 2 decades, has created a new danger to the prosperity and peace achieved in the 4 decades after World War II. Schieritz shows how this needs to be addressed and the changes already taking place.
Grouped Articles
Globalization: Capitalism Should Be Nicer | ZEIT ONLINE
ZEIT ONLINE 07/29/16
Big government is the new West Coast craze
Washington Post 11/06/16
Populism, Far From Turned Back, May Be Just Getting Started
The New York Times 04/25/17
Hong Kong's pro-democracy movement 2 years later in September 2016 before legislative elections
08/15/2016
Joshua Wong was a very young activist, only 16 years old, when he led some of the pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong in August 2014. Two years later he is ordered to do 80 hours of community service for breaking the law.
Grouped Articles
Hong Kong student Joshua Wong avoids jail over pro-democracy protest
The Guardian 08/15/16
Hong Kong Elected 2 Separatists. China Took Drastic Action.
The New York Times 11/07/16
China's Xi vows unity in face of separatist challenges | Asia | DW.COM | 11.11.2016
DW.COM 11/11/16
The race has begun for Hong Kong’s leadership
The Economist 03/07/17
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