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Burkina Faso

lundi 21 septembre 2015 à 02:00

Protests in Burkina Faso convinced the military coup leaders to step down.

Ta-Nehisi Coates

lundi 21 septembre 2015 à 02:00

Ta-Nehisi Coates, to his son : 'In America, it is traditional to destroy the black body'.

Attempted self-fulfilling prophesy

lundi 21 septembre 2015 à 02:00

As right-wing Democrats see Sanders advance, their last argument is the attempted self-fulfilling prophesy, "Sanders can't win".

They also claim that the US has "moved to the right", but really it is only the government and the media that have moved to the right. Most Americans continue to support the policies Sanders champions.

Extreme poverty in the US

lundi 21 septembre 2015 à 02:00

Around two million Americans live in extreme poverty, with an income of 2 dollars a day or less.

They are essentially compelled to commit crimes to survive, though they may not like that.

Welfare benefits are no longer available to people in that situation. When President Clinton proposed his "welfare reform", it was clear that it would lead to this. That is why I did not vote for Clinton in 1996.

FBI's arbitrary demand for data

lundi 21 septembre 2015 à 02:00

Nicholas Merrill won a case to cancel of the gag order which said he could not talk about the FBI's arbitrary demand for data from his business. But it's not final — the government will appeal this decision.