New and Noteworthy 2019

On Sunday, Dec. 23, we will be at Columbia 3-5 pm as usual.  Join us there!

For the week of Dec. 16 to 22, 2018

  1. Banking and Finance
  2. House passes bill to drop legal protections for gray wolves
  3. Headley Case Again Raises Questions About NYPD Accountability Under De Blasio
  4. A black man tried to cash his paycheck. The bank called the cops.
  5. Racism is a national security issue
  6. Why Deep Blue New York Is ‘Voter Suppression Land’
  7. News the establishment media saw fit not to print

For the week of Dec. 9 to 15, 2018

  1. Banking and Finance
  2. 70th Anniversary of Universal Declaration of Human Rights Does anyone care? Certainly not the Trump administration
  3. Back to reality: 30 people arrested for nonviolent action in support of migrant caravans
  4. The strange case of the Guardian & Brasil
  5. University of Ghana Pulls Down Mahatma Gandhi’s Statue On Campus
  6. Amazon’s Disturbing Plan to Add Face Surveillance to Your Front Door
  7. What could the President do if he declares a state of emergency?
  8. Yemen / Saudi Arabia
  9. Another child separation crisis:
  10. The humanitarian crisis in plain sight on the streets of L.A.
  11. John Oliver: Authoritarianism
  12. The Criminal Justice Reform Bill You’ve Never Heard Of

For the week of Dec. 2 to 8, 2018

  1. Banking and Finance
  2. How the Black Panthers revolutionized healthcare
  3. What are private security companies doing in Afghanistan?
  4. U.S. wants 35-40k local fighters in Syria – General Dunford
  5. U.S. Sabotages U.N. Attempt at Yemen Ceasefire, as Opposition to War Grows in Congress
  6. Several roads to decarceration: all of which should be taken
  7. French Protests / Yellow Vests
  8. 15 worrying things about CRISPR babies scandal
  9. AMLO inaugurated promises profound and radical transformation

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