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The week Kamala Harris became the 2024 Democratic nominee in 48 hours
07/25/2024
The two tumultuous weeks in July 2024 started with a sniper shooting at the former president, followed by the Republican Convention within days. The president's address calling for calm, Trump's 90 RNC address which rambled to veer off course. Second thoughts about Trump and Biden's age and calls by Democrats for Biden to withdraw after the faltering delivery in the debate. Biden has Covid and isolates for a few days. On July 22 around 1.45 pm Biden puts out a letter on X (Twitter) that he is withdrawing and giving his full support to Kamala. Within hours Harris has overwhelming support. The next day morning Harris has secured the delegates needed. By the 24th in 48 hours she has raised $250 million for the campaign and about 100,000 volunteers. A dizzying pace for 48 hours that riveted the attention of the American people and the world.
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With Speech to Teachers, Harris Waded into a Fiery Education Debate
NYTimes.com 07/25/2024
Kamala Harris: A woman of firsts – DW – 07/23/2024
dw.com 07/25/2024
‘Capable’ Harris and Biden’s legacy: key takeaways from the president’s address
The Guardian 07/25/2024
Biden Says He Will ‘Pass the Torch’ to Harris in Oval Office Address After Ending Campaign
WSJ 07/24/2024
Opinion | Kamala Harris Confounds the Republicans
WSJ 07/24/2024
President Biden Addresses the Nation
YouTube 07/25/2024
The Biden presidency and campaign January 2024 -about one year before America sets its path to 2030
02/06/2024
Grouped Articles
No One Is Happy About the Border. We Asked Mayorkas What Went Wrong.
NYTimes.com 02/06/2024
Biden wins South Carolina Democratic primary for presidential nomination
The Guardian 02/04/2024
WSJ Opinion: The Republicans’ Border Crisis
WSJ 02/05/2024
Kamala Harris Bolsters Biden for 2024 and Lays Groundwork for 2028
NYTimes.com 02/03/2024
What the Data Says About Republicans Who Won’t Vote for Trump
WSJ 02/02/2024
Jobs Growth of 353,000 Blasts Past Expectations as Labor Market Stays Hot
WSJ 02/02/2024
The World Bank and Africa, Global South- $100 billion expansion and new vision supported by Modi and Biden
10/14/2023
Prime Minister Modi and president Biden put forward a new vision for the World Bank at the G20 meetings in New Delhi, India. This means the World Bank will expansion of funding of $100 billion and new task of development in poor counties of the Global South in Africa, Latin America and Asia.
Grouped Articles
A Bigger World Bank Takes on China’s Clout
WSJ 10/13/2023
Opinion | Humanity Is Facing a Great Injustice. The World Bank Must Respond.
NYTimes.com 10/09/2023
WSJ 06/22/2023
Economist Adriana Kugler in Her Own Words
WSJ 05/12/2023
World Bank President Malpass announces resignation – DW – 02/16/2023
dw.com 02/16/2023
Pedro Sanchez and the Workers Socialist Party in Spain 31.5% votes in Spanish elections 2023
08/25/2023
Pedro Sanchez Spanish prime minister, calls for snap general elections in 2023 soon after losing local elections in Spain. After a last minute surge the Socialist get 31.5% of the vote showing the influence of the moderate voters in Spain. The election also produces an unexpected result restoring the two main parties Partido Popular and the Socialists to their dominant positions and reducing the influence of smaller parties such as Podemos and VOX. The elections give both PP and the Socialists more seats in parliament and could give Sanchez a continuation in government. By all accounts Spain has come through the pandemic better under the Sanchez government with relief in the cost of living and government support.
Grouped Articles
Whither Spain? The July 2023 General Election Results and Beyond
08/25/2023
Spain PM calls snap election after local poll drubbing
France 24 05/29/2023
How 50-60% proficiency in reading and math in PISA or NAEP scores can increase GDP by additional 2% in US and the EU
05/19/2023
PISA scores in Europe, NAEP in US, and similar test in Japan, S. Korea, can with proficiency in reading of over 50-60%, same in math, give the country an additional 2% in GDP. This is shown in the experience of Asian countries in the 2005-2015 period, and acted as a drag in the progress of the US for 2005 -2023. It is still acting as a drag in US progress not just in GDP, but also in culture as it increase social divisions, increases risks to democracy with widening gaps in performance between higher and lower income groups, between rural and urban/suburban groups, between people in professions and less educated in construction or low wage hospitality food industries. This also adds to the burden on democracies when demagogic politicians and parties use it in ways that are indifferent to social divisions or social mobility for their own purposes. This has happened in the US and Europe exacerbating the situation, and why Biden is calling this the Struggle for the Soul of the Nation. It is truly a Struggle for the Soul of America and can be seen as a parallel to the situation Abraham Lincoln faced in 1858 as he debated against Stephen Douglas.
Grouped Articles
Peterson and Hanushek: The Vital Link of Education and Prosperity
Wall Street Journal 09/11/2013
National math and reading scores remain constant, but disparities emerge
Washington Post 04/11/2018
The Great Stagnation in American Education
New York Times 09/07/2013
Paul Krugman Reviews ‘The Rise and Fall of American Growth’ by Robert J. Gordon
New York Times 01/25/2016
Starmer's Plan for Britain- "A bold and reforming Labor government that will bring about real change."
05/03/2023
Starmer describes his bold plans for education, housing, healthcare, climate change and renewable energy, that he hopes will be felt for generations.
Grouped Articles
Keir Starmer: ‘I want Labour to be the party of home ownership’
The Guardian 05/03/2023
The Guardian 05/02/2023
Keir Starmer prepares for his moment of truth in battle for the blue wall
04/30/2023
‘Stand by every word’: Keir Starmer defends attack ad on Rishi Sunak
The Guardian 04/09/2023
Labour could win big with shift to right on social issues, says thinktank
The Guardian 01/20/2023
The fight over pension age in France- unfairness to women and people starting work early
04/08/2023
Pension protests in France with 75% of women opposed to the pension changes. A sense that the timing was wrong because of the cost of living crisis following a pandemic. And the nature of pensions requiring efforts to change culture of age discrimination at work in France that has a serious impact on pensions, pension age and fairness of the system. About two thirds of French people oppose the pension changes put through by presidential executive action without parliament approving it.
Grouped Articles
What Is the Ideal Retirement Age for Your Health?
NYTimes.com 04/08/2023
France’s Macron Seeks Bigger Military, Leaner Pension System
WSJ 01/20/2023
‘Not just about pensions’: French protesters see threat to social justice in Macron’s reform
France 24 02/05/2023
Hundreds of thousands protest across France against pension reform, unions vow to ramp up strikes
France 24 02/12/2023
Fight Over Retirement in France Is a Question of Identity
NYTimes.com 03/08/2023
‘We can defeat Macron’: Why women’s anger is fuelling French pension protests
France 24 03/08/2023
The indictment of Donald Trump for hush payments to a porn actress
04/02/2023
A series of investigations and probes of Donald Trump in 2023. The situation very different in 2023 from 2017. A sense of fatigue and the feeling that Mr. Trump's time has passed among Republicans. After the pandemic America looks to make a new beginning under president Biden- closing chapters on two wars, and rebuilding America's infrastructure, supporting workers and families, leading the Free World.
Grouped Articles
Amid Trump indictment, a look back at France’s history of prosecuting ex-leaders
France 24 04/02/2023
Opinion | What the Trump Indictment Means for Ron DeSantis and the G.O.P.
NYTimes.com 04/02/2023
McConnell is among few high-profile Republicans to stay silent on Trump’s indictment.
NYTimes.com 04/01/2023
For the G.O.P., a Looming Trump Indictment Takes Center Stage
NYTimes.com 03/21/2023
How Alvin Bragg Resurrected the Case Against Donald Trump
NYTimes.com 04/01/2023
Donald Trump Indictment Sets Historical Marker
WSJ 03/31/2023
Profiles of courage in the third year of the pandemic- women in the frontlines fighting coronavirus variants
01/22/2022
Grouped Articles
As Vaccines Trickle into Africa, Zambia’s Challenges Highlight Other Obstacles
NYTimes.com 12/11/2021
The Variant Hunters: Inside South Africa’s Effort to Stanch Dangerous Mutations
NYTimes.com 12/04/2021
Escaping the algorithm based social media platforms TikTok, Facebook and others
12/29/2021
If and how it is possible to escape the algorithm based social media platforms TikTok, Facebook and others, harmful for girls and the young, and to mental health, diversity, and education that leads to upward mobility, is the subject of a WSJ series in 2021.
Grouped Articles
The TikTok Spiral, Part 1: Descent - Tech News Briefing - WSJ Podcasts
WSJ 12/27/2021
The TikTok Spiral, Part 3: Escape the Algorithm - Tech News Briefing - WSJ Podcasts
WSJ 12/29/2021
‘The Corpse Bride Diet’: How TikTok Inundates Teens With Eating-Disorder Videos
WSJ 12/17/2021
Teens Are Developing Tics. Doctors Say TikTok May Be A Factor. - The Journal. - WSJ Podcasts
WSJ 11/08/2021
Facebook Faces Official Questions in India Over Policing of Hate Speech
WSJ 10/28/2021
Facebook Whistleblower’s Testimony Builds Momentum for Tougher Tech Laws
WSJ 10/05/2021
Nature walks, nature settings, as an essential way to boost mental health and wellbeing during the pandemic
10/09/2021
It is proven that just two hours a week of walks in nature setting in parks, natural settings, green areas, or forested areas, can be hugely beneficial for health and wellbeing during the pandemic. Long and recurrent lockdowns or partial lockdowns, closure of schools, loss of work and income, have had devastating effects on mental health in many countries. Much needs to be done to promote nature walks and bringing nature as a healing mechanism to take some of the burden off the overburdened health services of many countries. Awareness of this in the UK and funds + projects to do this can be a model for other countries.
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Two-hour ‘dose’ of nature significantly boosts health – study
The Guardian 06/13/2019
Oyster Shoreline at ‘Greater New York’ Has a Pearl of a Message
NYTimes.com 10/04/2021
‘It took a year to get help’: generation Z on mental health decline
The Guardian 09/30/2021
Natural health service: wildlife volunteers get mental health boost
The Guardian 10/02/2017
Nature on prescription: wetlands project aims to boost mental health
The Guardian 05/13/2021
‘These salt marshes saved my life’: how nature is helping mental health
The Guardian 10/09/2021
Wall Street Journal Facebook Investigation and the Outrage Algorithm, Instagram's toxic nature for teen girls
09/21/2021
An algorithm that exaggerates the outrage online creating an angrier place on the internet is one of the findings of the WSJ Facebook Investigation. It shows broken policies, broken tech and broken management. The effects on women are equally insidious and dangerous for mental health.
Grouped Articles
The Facebook Files, Part 4: The Outrage Algorithm - The Journal. - WSJ Podcasts
WSJ 09/20/2021
WSJ 09/15/2021
Facebook Knows Instagram Is Toxic for Teen Girls, Company Documents Show
WSJ 09/14/2021
Why Free Is Too High a Price for Facebook and Google
WSJ 06/08/2019
WSJ 09/16/2021
Biden’s Facebook Attack Followed Months of Frustration Inside White House
WSJ 07/18/2021
Kick the sugar habit
07/17/2021
Healthy living means no more than 6% of daily calories of 2000 calories a day should come from sugar intake. During the coronavirus pandemic poor health habits mean pouring gasoline on fire. It is morally indefensible and a sign of a backward country that the the health guideline is set at 10% in the US. The mean consumption of sugar today in the US is 13%. In teaspoons about 6-8 teaspoons of added sugar is the healthy limit, at 16 calories per teaspoon this is 96 calories to 120 calories from added sugar. In grams this is 24 grams at 4 grams per teaspoon of sugar. It is critical to make it a habit to look at packaged foods labels and make intelligent choices. And to simply cut the sugar we add in tea, coffee or drinks by a third or a fourth. Good habits = good health. It is also critical to start this with public education in schools from K1 to high school.
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Boris Johnson must help us kick our sugar habit
The Times 07/17/2021
Beware sugar highs: seven healthy ways to get more energy – from stretching to sourdough
The Guardian 04/05/2021
New Limits Urged on Americans’ Sugar Consumption Amid Rising Obesity Concerns
WSJ 10/05/2020
Make 2020 the Year of Less Sugar
NYTimes.com 01/06/2019
Biden and labor unions, women, the middle class in Jan 2024- one year before America chooses its path to 2030
02/06/2024
Grouped Articles
Biden Joins Autoworkers on Picket Line in Michigan
NYTimes.com 09/27/23
Trump’s pitch for autoworker votes in car heartland is short on autoworkers
The Guardian 09/28/23
How Abortion Lifted Democrats, and More Takeaways From Tuesday’s Elections
NYTimes.com 11/08/23
Trump’s biggest Iowa gains are in evangelical areas, smallest wins in cities
Washington Post 01/16/24
The U.S. Economy Depends More Than Ever on Rich People
WSJ 02/24/25
Dissatisfaction in the American Workplace
11/28/2023
A high level of dissatisfaction in the American workplace is seen in 2023 Gallup Workplace Report and other surveys.
Grouped Articles
It’s 5:01 and I’m Done: No One Wants to Schmooze After Work
WSJ 09/13/23
FDIC Chair, Known for Temper, Ignored Bad Behavior in Workplace
WSJ 11/16/23
Five New Benefits and Perks Employers Will Tailor to Your Needs
WSJ 03/06/23
What CEOs Are Getting Wrong About the Future of Work—and How to Make It Right
WSJ 02/17/23
Is workplace stigma around mental health struggles changing?
BBC News 08/24/22
If Your Co-Workers Are ‘Quiet Quitting,’ Here’s What That Means
WSJ 08/18/22
The Future of Work - worklife balance, Feirabend, (breaking off from work at 5.01), 30 hour weeks and longer careers
09/13/2023
What does the future of work look like. Ideas from Laura Carstensen of the Stanford Center for Longevity who says rather than follow an outdated norm of education in the early part of life, work in the middle part of life and leisure in the latter part of life, it makes sense to mix education, work and leisure throughout life. Feierabend is the German practice of breaking off from work at 5.01 pm so that one can go outdoors for exercise and fresh air. All this with nutrition and exercise, healthy living, contributes to a more productive satisfying life that includes time for family, parents and children.
Grouped Articles
How 65% of students failing reading comprehension and 75% failing civics and history is holding back America.
05/19/2023
The scores on National Assessment of Education Progress NAEP show two thirds of students failing reading proficiency, similar math scores, and over 75% failing civics and history. This has a serious effect on everything in society- the ability to get good jobs, to increase incomes, to teach their own children to create a better future, for the overwhelming majority of Americans. This has not changed for about two decades and is only getting worse. Nothing that Silicon Valley or capital markets have done, or successive governments have done so far for 2 decades is changing this situation. What Biden calls the struggle for the Soul of the Nation has this as the probable cause because lack of reading comprehension affects everything and leads to serious deterioration and breakdown in society. What is sometimes called technology is not really technology, computers yes, but not social media which damages the capacity for clear thinking and in the young of mental health also or what passes for technology that takes everything to the lowest common denominator including Google Search as shown in Lyrarc's Movement for Global Literacy.
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History and civics scores drop for U.S. eighth-graders on national test
NPR 05/03/23
National math and reading scores remain constant, but disparities emerge
Washington Post 04/11/18
U.S. student performance slips on national test - The Washington Post
Washington Post 10/28/15
Eighth-Graders’ History, Civics Test Scores Hit Record Low
WSJ 05/03/23
Test Scores Show Students Made Little Progress in National Exam
WSJ 04/10/18
The Great Stagnation in American Education
New York Times 09/07/13
How Biden is tackling the Debt Ceiling to keep much needed spending on workers and families in America
05/19/2023
The debt ceiling standoff with a small faction in the Republican party calling for cuts in spending where it is needed for workers and families in America. In the US system even though spending is approved a debt ceiling can be passed that limits overall spending requiring another approval if the ceiling is exceeded for approved spending. In the past this was negotiated. Today this faction in the Republican party is calling for large cuts in the very areas that were neglected in the past and which urgently need funding leading to Biden's response. Infrastructure, renewable energy, education, healthcare, public services, workers and families were neglected and now need strong backing.
Grouped Articles
Democrats Launch Discharge Petition, Aiming to Force Debt-Ceiling Vote
WSJ 05/17/23
Opinion | How Biden Blew It on the Debt Ceiling
NYTimes.com 05/17/23
Opinion | A Few Ways Out of the Debt Ceiling Mess
NYTimes.com 05/09/23
Biden Woos Republican Moderates in Debt Ceiling Standoff
NYTimes.com 05/11/23
Opinion | Are Republicans Willing to Raise the Debt Ceiling?
NYTimes.com 05/09/23
Is the Debt Limit Constitutional? Biden Aides Are Debating It.
NYTimes.com 05/03/23
Modi and Mission LIFE in India
04/15/2023
Prime minister Modi of India and the Secretary General of the United Nations started Mission LIFE in October 2022.
Grouped Articles
PM Modi calls for mass movement in global fight against climate change
The Hindu 04/15/23
PM Modi launches Mission LiFE ‘Lifestyle for Environment’
mint 04/15/23
PM launches Mission LiFE at Statue of Unity in Ekta Nagar, Kevadia, Gujarat
04/15/23
How Europe won the energy war after shutdown of Russian gas supplies
04/07/2023
By April 2023 with winter over it is clear that Europe has come out of the winter season with its economy intact after shutdown of pipeline gas from the pipelines in Russia. A lot of action was taken in a short time- Germany's Habeck went to Qatar and other countries to secure LNG supplies, a new LNG terminal was built at Wilhelmshaven in record time, Norway and the US pitched in with more supplies, conservation went into high gear, and renewable energy investments were accelerated. There is no recession in the European Union as a result of this effort. And in this sense and with the Ukrainian economy functioning, generators taking Ukraine through a tough winter, EU taking in 80% of Ukraine agricultural exports, and supermarket shelves kept well stocked, refugees settled in Poland and Germany, the war has already been decided. The principle of no impunity for attacks on neighboring countries has been preserved by the EU acting together to protect itself.
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Opinion | Putin’s Energy Offensive Has Failed
NYTimes.com 04/07/23
Thwarting Vladimir Putin: The Ukrainian Economy Just Keeps On Going - DER SPIEGEL
SPIEGEL ONLINE 04/07/23
An LNG pipeline built in record time – DW – 11/01/2022
dw.com 11/04/22
What kind of leadership can deliver for Britain,-for health, education and infrastructure, for women, climate change, families and children?
01/22/2022
The Guardian looks at Tory leaders Rishi Sunak- the smooth veneer, the tech-bro polished image after the Stanford days, and Jacob Rees-Mogg - the bewildering mix of social classes in the neighborhood of St Pancras where he grew up, to see if this is what will deliver for Britain's future after the pandemic.
Grouped Articles
Rishi Sunak: the polished ‘tech bro’ with low-tax dreams
The Guardian 01/21/22
Rees-Mogg’s roots tell a true Conservative tale – just not the one he wants us to hear | Ian Jack
The Guardian 01/22/22
Profiles of courage in the third year of the pandemic - women in Antartica on skis to solo flights
01/22/2022
Grouped Articles
Teen pilot becomes youngest woman to fly solo around the world | DW | 20.01.2022
DW.COM 01/20/22
Preet Chandi becomes first woman of colour to ski solo to south pole
The Guardian 01/05/22
Olaf Scholz and the task of Renewal of Germany+European Union
12/09/2021
Grouped Articles
Chancellor Olaf Scholz? Change Without Disruption
Institut Montaigne 12/08/21
Who is Olaf Scholz, the new German chancellor?
The Times 12/08/21
Germany's Olaf Scholz pushes for stronger EU, issues warning to Russia | DW | 07.12.2021
DW.COM 12/07/21
Germany’s Scholz Takes Power After Merkel’s 16-Year Rule
WSJ 12/08/21
Mann Ki Baat - Conversations for a New India
10/05/2021
Radio program for a New India
Grouped Articles
Cleanliness is a tribute to Gandhi: Text of PM's speech on 81st Mann Ki Baat
Hindustan Times 10/05/21
mint 09/26/21
Mann Ki Baat| No one should be left out of ‘circle of safety’ of vaccination: PM Modi
The Hindu 09/26/21
PM Modi talks Olympics, pays tribute to Milkha Singh on Mann ki Baat
The Economic Times 06/27/21
PM Modi on ‘Mann ki Baat’: Apologise for harsh steps, but they were needed
The Indian Express 03/29/20
Xi Jinping's vision for China
09/21/2021
Much lower incomes for the 40% of Chinese who live in rural areas, and the worsening inequality during the pandemic with workers losing jobs or on low pay, with China lacking a system of unemployment insurance like the US and EU countries, have created a new urgency for president Xi to tackle these problems. Glaring inequality with IPO's creating new millionaires or billionaires are frowned upon and president Xi personally axed the Ant IPO. After a crackdown on corruption involving about 1 million people, Xi has shifted investment to rural areas to improve conditions of living. State run enterprises are seen as more reliable in achieving Xi's vision of less inequality after the excesses of unregulated capitalist development since 1990.
Grouped Articles
Xi Jinping Aims to Rein In Chinese Capitalism, Hew to Mao’s Socialist Vision
WSJ 09/20/21
China Blocked Jack Ma’s Ant IPO After Investigation Revealed Likely Beneficiaries
WSJ 03/20/21
China’s President Xi Jinping Personally Scuttled Jack Ma’s Ant IPO
WSJ 03/20/21
China’s Xi Ramps Up Control of Private Sector. ‘We Have No Choice but to Follow the Party.’
WSJ 12/10/20
China Urges New Era of Mass Migration—Back to the Countryside
WSJ 11/17/20
China Beat Back Covid-19, but It’s Come at a Cost—Growing Inequality
WSJ 10/21/20
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