Corporate Responsibility
Slave Labor in the Supply Chain
Two Major Brazilian Fashion Brands Land on 'Dirty List'
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Ghana / Economy
Employment
What’s Wrong With Ghana’s Economy – Only 2% Of Employment Is In Formal Sector
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Open file 16502
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US Politics
Homeland Security
Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen leaving Trump administration amid surge of migrants
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Open file 16503
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US Economy / Politics
Universal Basic Income
Andrew Yang wants to tax Silicon Valley to fund universal basic income plan
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Open file 16504
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SPARE
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Open file 16505
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SPARE
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Open file 16506
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SPARE
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Open file 16507
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Sweden
Quality of life
BBC Video ... Sweden: The good vs the bad. ... Sweden is usually recognised as being innovative, transparent and progressive, with good healthcare, welfare and gender equality.
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Open file 16508
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Metrics / Measurement
Waste
Two Steps Forward ... A tale of two circles |
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US Politics / News
The Daily 202 / 190411
The Daily 202: Julian Assange’s arrest is another aftershock of the 2016 election
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Open file 16510
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People / US Politics
Rep. Ilhan Omar
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert ... Full Extended Interview With Rep. Ilhan Omar
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Open file 16511
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Technology
Jet Engines
GE's Big Bet on Goliath Engines
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Open file 16512
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Climate Change
Video of Congressional Hearing
Congressional Hearing: The Need for Leadership to Combat Climate Change (Secretaries Hagel and Kerry)
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Open file 16513
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US PRESIDENTIAL POLITICS
Sen. Elizabeth Warren
Warren Proposes New Tax On Big Corporate Profits
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Open file 16514
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US Presidential Politics
Bernie Sanders
As Sanders Calls For 'Medicare-For-All,' A Twist On That Plan Gains Traction
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Open file 16515
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US Politics
Tweet Stream for @AOC
Tweet Stream from @AOC on 190412
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US Domestic Hate
Tennessee
Why the Highlander Attack Matters ... The arson attack on the Highlander Center, a longtime leader in racial and social-justice work, is not merely a hate crime—it’s an act of war.
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Plastic Pollution
Huge Costs have been Ignored
Marine plastic pollution costs the world up to $2.5tn a year, researchers find ... Scientists warn that social and economic price of plastic waste to global society has been underestimated
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Activism
The 350 Organization
This week, activists around the U.S. took action against the world’s largest funder of fossil fuels — JPMorgan Chase.
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Quality of Life
Need for Sleep
Which countries get the most sleep – and how much do we really need?
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Open file 16520
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Global Economy
Message
IMF-economist-on-globalization.mp4
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Open file 16521
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The Trump Presidency
Tax Returns
‘Lock him up!’: Calls grow for Mnuchin to be jailed for interfering with the release of Trump’s taxes Vice President's office
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Open file 16522
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Technology
Progress in Africa
Accelerating economic development in Africa ... interview with Amrote Abdella, Regional Director of Microsoft 4Afrika.
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Open file 16523
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News Media
Project Syndicate
Example ... This week at Project Syndicate ... APRIL 14, 2019
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Open file 16524
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Book
Author: Yan Xuetong
Leadership and the Rise of Great Powers
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Region ... Europe
Focus on France
Is Europe Becoming Gaullist?
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Open file 16526
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World Bank
Policy and Performance
BJØRN LOMBORG ... The World Bank Must Change Course
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Open file 16527
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Cambodia
Human Rights / Democracy
The Rising Cost of Strongman Rule in Cambodia
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Open file 16528
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Activism / Strikes
Stop & Shop
The largest private sector strike in years is playing out at supermarkets across the Northeast ...
“They’re a billion-dollar company because of us.”
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SNL Humor
This is serious stuff
SNL cold open pits Lori Loughlin, Michael Avenatti, and Julian Assange in a battle over “crazy” crimes
Each tries to prove the crimes they are accused of are worse than everyone else’s.
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US Politics
Terrible Behavior
Ilhan Omar, AOC, and the silencing of women of color in Congress ... Members of the GOP and the New York Post vociferously condemned Rep. Ilhan Omar over her description of 9/11.
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Open file 16531
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US Politics
Tweet Trail
The Tweet trail for @AOC around April 13
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US Politics
Push back on Pence
Christians revolt: Students at this top evangelical university are demanding Pence step down as commencement speaker — and suggesting Buttigieg deliver the address instead
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Cambodia
Human Rights / Democracy
The Rising Cost of Strongman Rule in Cambodia
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Open file 16534
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Economics
A wrong metric of system performance
What’s Driving the Global Slowdown?
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Economic Trends
Global Economy
Barry Eichengreen ... Emerging Risks for Emerging Economies
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Region: Europe
Brexit
The Brexit Impossibility Triangle
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Economics
The Myth of Market Efficiency
How the Market Is Betraying Advanced Economies
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Geopolitics
We win, you lose OR win-win
Peaceful Coexistence 2.0
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Open file 16539
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Economics
TPB: GDP Growth per se is a bad Goal
The Future of Economic Growth
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Israel
Politics and Power
Israel Doubles Down on Illiberal Democracy
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Open file 16541
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Economics
[TPB ... Wrong goal and metrics for success!]
How Western Economies Can Avoid the Japan Trap
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Open file 16542
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The Trump Presidency
Destroying Accepted Norms
JOSEPH E. STIGLITZ ... Trump’s Most Worrisome Legacy
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Open file 16543
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Military / Navy
The Battleship Era
Which battleships would have had a chance of taking down Bismark or Tirpitz one on one?
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Open file 16544
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The Trumpe Presidency
Divide and Win
Rep. Ilhan Omar has seen an ‘increase in direct threats on my life’ since Trump’s attack
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Climate Impact
All talk ... not much walk
This is what we need to do to build healthy, happy cities
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Open file 16546
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Climate Action
The Climate Project is using the World Economic Forum
The one essential element needed to accelerate action on climate change
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Open file 16547
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Climate
It's a crisis
Glaciers and Arctic ice are vanishing. Time to get radical before it's too late
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Open file 16548
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Initiatives / Activism
350.org ... Green New Deal
This is big. Be part of the first Green New Deal.
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Open file 16549
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Climate Crisis
Thousdands of indicators
CLIMATE CHANGE ... Most Recent Events ... Most Recent Headlines
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