Month: May 2024

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The Intelligence from The Economist - The Intelligence: Mandela’s vision, tested

Thirty years of democracy have not led to uniform prosperity, and nearly everyone disagrees about the equality of opportunity. How will the disenchantment manifest at the polls? How two small Texas towns became the patent-law centre of America (12:16). And a tribute to Eleanor Coppola, mastermind of the award-winning behind-the-scenes look at her husband’s epic, “Apocalypse Now” (19:26).


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The Daily Detail - The Daily Detail for 5.6.24

Alabama

  • Both US senators for AL co-sponsor bill "No Bailouts for Campus Criminal Act"
  • ADOC commissioner Hamm gives update on Elmore county mega prison project
  • Governor Ivey signs bill that increases criminal penalties for "Swatting"
  • Today is retired US senator Richard Shelby's 90 birthday

National

  • Biden admin stops supplies of ammunition to Israel over Rafah counter attack
  • 30 US sailers were injured off coast of FL after 2 hovercrafts collide
  • RNC files lawsuit in Nevada over mail in ballots received beyond election day
  • Trump calls Jack Smith a criminal for motion that revealed misinformation in case
  • Politico traces more of the funding to  pro Hamas protests on college campuses
  • 44 GOP Senators call on Biden to reject aspects of WHO Health regulations


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Start the Week - Protest and patriotism

May Day is the title of Jackie Kay’s new collection. The former Makar of Scotland explores a history of political protest, and the cultural influencers of the past, from Rabbie Burns to the poet Audre Lorde and Paul Robeson. She also celebrates the lives and activism of her parents, and grieves for their loss.

The Green MP Caroline Lucas wants to reclaim and rewrite England’s national story in her book, Another England. By exploring its radical tradition through its literary heritage she seeks to foreground the diverse writers and poets who spoke of a shared sense of identity and purpose, and a deep-rooted commitment to the natural world.

The journalist and writer Simon Heffer looks back a century to the interwar period, a time of radical transformation of British society post the Great War, as many of the old attitudes started to be swept away. In his history, Sing As We Go, he shows how the culture of the time both shaped and reflected these changes.

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NBN Book of the Day - Rustam Alexander, “Gay Lives and ‘Aversion Therapy’ in Brezhnev’s Russia, 1964–1982” (Palgrave MacMillan, 2023)

Rustam Alexander's Gay Lives and 'Aversion Therapy' in Brezhnev's Russia, 1964-1982 (Palgrave Macmillan, 2023) examines the autobiographies and diaries of Soviet homosexual men who underwent psychotherapy during the period from 1970 to 1980 under the guidance of Yan Goland, a psychiatrist-sexopathologist from Gorky. The examination of these unique and little-known documents contributes to our scant knowledge about the practices that many would call a Soviet proto-type of 'aversion therapy'. It also helps us understand the way homosexual people faced "queer dilemmas" of the self and how they sought to reconcile their queer desire with being Soviet.

Tatiana Klepikova is a Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Regensburg, where she leads a research group on queer literatures and cultures under socialism.

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Everything Everywhere Daily - The Plan Dog Memorandum (Encore)

In 1940, much of the world was at war, but the United States wasn’t. A strong isolationist sentiment kept the US on the sidelines while Germany and Japan ran roughshod over their neighbors. 

While the US wasn’t in the war, many people in the US military knew that it was only a matter of time before we got sucked in. 

Over a year before the attack on Pearl Harbor, a plan was developed for just that eventuality.

Learn more about the Plan Dog Memorandum on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.


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The NewsWorthy - Viral Campus Conflict, Severe Storm Threat & Fashion’s Biggest Night- Monday, May 6, 2024

The news to know for Monday, May 6, 2024!

We're telling you about more tense confrontations on college campuses, including one that has gone viral.

Also, major tornadoes are possible today.

Plus, we'll talk about the Air Force plan for AI-powered fighter jets, how much it now costs to own a pet, and one of the most dramatic finishes in Kentucky Derby history.

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What A Day - Trump’s VP Wannabes

Former President Donald Trump held an audition of sorts on Saturday for his top vice presidential picks. At least seven known Veep wannabes attended the Republican National Committee’s spring retreat at Mar-a-Lago, including South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem, North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum, Ohio Sen. J.D. Vance, House GOP Conference Chair Elise Stefanik, Florida Sen. Marco Rubio, Florida Rep. Byron Donalds, and South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott. The attention-seeking behavior continued into the Sunday talk shows when Scott refused to say whether or not he would accept the 2024 election results during an appearance on NBC’s “Meet the Press.”

And in headlines: Israel and Hamas traded blame over an impasse in the latest round of cease-fire negotiations, the Israeli government shuttered Al Jazeera’s news operation in the country and raided one of its offices, and the first civil trial over the lethal crowd surge at rapper Travis Scott’s 2021 Astroworld music festival has been delayed over a free speech claim by Apple.

 

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Short Wave - ‘Stealing The Past’: A Spat Between Twins Leads To A Theory Of Disputed Memories

It's not unusual for siblings to quibble over ownership of something — a cherished toy, a coveted seat in the car — or whose fault something is. If you're Mercedes Sheen, you not only spent your childhood squabbling with your sister over your memories, you then turn it into your research career. Mercedes studies disputed memories, where it's unclear who an event happened to. It turns out these memories can tell us a lot about people — they tend to be self-aggrandizing — and how the human brain remembers things.

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The Daily Signal - ‘Federal Overreach’: Lawsuit Aims to Stop Biden’s Title IX Rule Change

After the Biden administration released its new Title IX rule on April 19, it took less than two weeks for the Defense of Freedom Institute to file a lawsuit against it. 


“We are asking the court to … basically stop the effect of the regulations for a variety of legal reasons," says Robert Eitel, the institute's co-founder and president. That's because the rule change is “simply unlawful,” he explained. 


Among the changes to Title IX, the Biden administration is attempting to redefine sex to include gender identity and sexual orientation. Title IX is an education amendment that was signed into law by President Richard Nixon in 1972 and requires there be equal opportunities for men and women in schools across the country. 


Eitel says the Biden administration’s attempt to redefine sex in Title IX is “federal overreach.” 


The states of Louisiana, Mississippi, Montana, and Idaho filed the suit with the Washington-based Defense of Freedom Institute, a conservative nonprofit dedicated to providing policy and legal solutions within the spheres of education and the workforce. 


Eitel joins “The Daily Signal Podcast” to discuss the lawsuit against the Biden administration’s new Title IX rule. He also explains what should be done about the ever-growing issue of student loan debt, and why President Joe Biden can’t legally issue mass student loan forgiveness. 


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