Congress Avoids Government Shutdown Despite GOP Opposition
Congress narrowly avoids shutdown of US Government despite opposition of most Republican legislators, overcoming threat to dismantle Coronavirus measures.
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Author: Scott Lucas
1 Child Killed, 5 Injured in Latest Pro-Assad Attacks on Northwest Syria
The latest pro-Assad attacks on civilians in northwest Syria, breaking a March 2020 ceasefire, kill 1 child and injure 5 in Binnish in Idlib Province.
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Assad Regime’s Disinformation v. US Wheat Aid to Northeast Syria
Fearing rise in wheat production in Kurdish-controlled NE Syria — in contrast to shortages in regime areas — Assad officials wage disinformation v. US aid.
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EA on Monocle 24 and BBC: Supreme Court to Overturn Roe v. Wade?; GOP Accepts Lauren Boebert’s Hate Politics
Analysis of possible overturn of Roe v. Wade abortion precedent by Supreme Court; Rep. Lauren Boebert’s Islamophobic hate speech; & Chris Cuomo’s suspension
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Hunger, Rights, and Politics: Assessing the Crisis in Afghanistan
Kambaiz Rafi and Scott Lucas discuss the Taliban, humanitarian crisis, and politics of Afghanistan: “Afghan people seem to be expendable in this.”
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EA on ANews: NATO and Ukraine Face Putin’s “Hybrid Warfare”
Amid NATO Foreign Ministers’ meeting, analysis of response to Russian President Vladimir Putin’s pressure on Ukraine — and why Putin’s gamble may backfire
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