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Statement by President Joe Biden on Armenian Remembrance Day … Each year on this day, we remember the lives of all those who died in the Ottoman-era Armenian genocide and recommit ourselves to preventing such an atrocity from ever again occurring. Beginning on April 24, 1915 …
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Los Angeles Times:
Armenian American activists welcome U.S. recognition of genocide but say fight isn't over — Sophia Armen spent Friday night refreshing Twitter and Google, waiting to see when the alert would pop up announcing that President Biden had officially recognized the Armenian genocide. There was little sleep.
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New York Times:
Breaking With Predecessors, Biden Declares Mass Killings of Armenians a Genocide — The Turkish government, as well as human rights activists and ethnic Armenians, had a muted response to the news, describing the move as largely symbolic. — WASHINGTON — President Biden on Saturday recognized …
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Cameron Peters / Vox:
Why Biden's statement recognizing the Armenian genocide is a big deal
Why Biden's statement recognizing the Armenian genocide is a big deal
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Charlie Mahtesian / Politico:
Why Biden's Armenian Genocide Declaration Really Is a Big Deal
Why Biden's Armenian Genocide Declaration Really Is a Big Deal
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Daniel Fried / Politico:
Inside America's Long Handwringing Over the Armenian Genocide
Inside America's Long Handwringing Over the Armenian Genocide
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The Guardian:
Biden becomes first US president to recognise Armenian genocide
Biden becomes first US president to recognise Armenian genocide
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Ryan Gingeras / Washington Post:
The U.S. formally recognized the Armenian genocide. Why now, a century later?
The U.S. formally recognized the Armenian genocide. Why now, a century later?
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Natasha Korecki / Politico:
'Of course it's genocide': How Biden fulfilled a promise to Armenians that Obama wouldn't
'Of course it's genocide': How Biden fulfilled a promise to Armenians that Obama wouldn't
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John Hudson / Washington Post:
Biden calls mass killing of Armenians a ‘genocide’ in break with previous presidents
Biden calls mass killing of Armenians a ‘genocide’ in break with previous presidents
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New York Times:
The Slander Industry — I wanted to slander someone. — My colleague Kashmir Hill and I were trying to learn who is responsible for — and profiting from — the growing ecosystem of websites whose primary purpose is destroying reputations. — So I wrote a nasty post. About myself.
Bob Brigham / Raw Story:
Anti-vaxxers are wearing Yellow Stars of David to protest coronavirus vaccines: report — Anti-vaccine protesters likening themselves to Jews during the holocaust were harshly criticized on Saturday. — Nazis required Jews to wear yellow Jewish stars and other holocaust badges to the lands they controlled during World War II.
Ashish K. Jha / Washington Post:
India's coronavirus surge could collapse its health system. The U.S. can help. — Ashish K. Jha is dean of the Brown University School of Public Health. — India, the world's largest democracy, is now the epicenter of the pandemic and on the brink of a humanitarian catastrophe.
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Heather Knight / San Francisco Chronicle:
After death of baby, S.F. domestic violence victim advocates ask whether Chesa Boudin is doing enough — The news itself was crushing. A 7-month-old baby boy named Synciere Williams died Tuesday. The man charged with taking care of him that day, Joseph Williams, 26, was booked by police for allegedly murdering the child.
Ray Brescia / The Hill:
Corporations can - and must - fight for voting rights — One of the driving forces of the civil rights movement in the 1950s and 1960s was what the late Derrick Bell dubbed “interest convergence.” African Americans and white elites saw value in ending Jim Crow.
Jonathan Turley / The Hill:
The difficult realities of lethal force — The shooting of 16-year-old Ma'Khia Bryant in Columbus, Ohio, has produced a torrent of objections to how police respond to armed suspects. Some, like MSNBC host Joy Reid, simply declare that the use of lethal force to stop a knife attack is “murder.”
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Ian Birrell / Daily Mail:
Worrying new clues about the origins of Covid: How scientists at Wuhan lab helped Chinese army in secret project to find animal viruses, writes IAN BIRRELL — Scientists at Wuhan lab were on massive project investigating animal viruses — Documents obtained by The Mail on Sunday have revealed a nationwide scheme
New York Times:
The World Needs Many More Coronavirus Vaccines — Wealthy nations have to step up. — The editorial board is a group of opinion journalists whose views are informed by expertise, research, debate and certain longstanding values. It is separate from the newsroom.
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Matthew Stolle / Bemidji Pioneer:
Minnesota county's GOP event featured far-right conspiracy theorist — Loudon's hour-long talk was rife with communist and Marxist conspiracy theories. — Screen capture from a YouTube post entitled “Trevor Loudon's New Book: WHITE HOUSE REDS. LIVE in MINNESOTA, March 27, 2021. TRIUMPHAL RETURN!!!”
Kim Lyons / The Verge:
Twitter censored tweets critical of India's handling of the pandemic at its government's request — Tweets from government officials and other high-profile people were among those removed — Twitter has removed more than 50 tweets critical of the Indian government's handling of the coronavirus pandemic …
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Ally Mutnick / Politico:
Troy Carter wins Louisiana special election in blow to progressives — Progressives suffered a disappointing setback on Saturday, after their favored candidate lost to a more establishment-aligned opponent in a special congressional election in Louisiana. — State Sen. Troy Carter …
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CNN:
Trump supporters could be incited to future violence by his continued promotion of 2020 election lies, DOJ and judges say — (CNN)Former President Donald Trump's continued promotion of the “big lie” about the 2020 election could still incite his followers to violence, the Justice Department …
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Washington Post:
Minutes before Trump left office, millions of the Pentagon's dormant IP addresses sprang to life — After decades of not using a huge chunk of the Internet, the Pentagon has given control of millions of computer addresses to a previously unknown company in an effort to identify possible cyber vulnerabilities and threats
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Zachary D. Carter / New York Times:
The Woman Who Shattered the Myth of the Free Market — Joan Robinson upended the misogynistic good-old-boys' network of economists and devised theories around competition and labor vital to the antitrust debates of today. — Mr. Carter is the author of “The Price of Peace: Money, Democracy, and the Life of John Maynard Keynes.”
Igor Derysh / Salon:
Bills targeting local officials who resisted Trump could allow GOP to “overturn election results” — Republicans in at least 14 states are trying to seize power from local election offices in response to Trump's lies — Republicans in at least 14 states have introduced legislation …
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Nick Corasaniti / New York Times:
Republicans Target Voter Access in Texas Cities, but Not Rural Areas
Republicans Target Voter Access in Texas Cities, but Not Rural Areas
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