Sunday, September 1, 2019

In the news, Saturday, August 17, 2019


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from The Spokesman-Review
Newspaper in Spokane, Washington

Sue Lani Madsen: Representative’s tribal visit is a reminder that we have a system that works, even when it works slowly
Conflict or the potential for conflict attracts more media attention than harmony. That explains why some events on Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers’ calendar this week received news coverage, and others slipped silently by like a sockeye traveling up the Columbia River. Or the parts of the river that still have salmon. There was potential for conflict in the Spokane Republican’s two-hour meeting with the Spokane Tribal Council. The reservation is the only consistently blue precinct in Stevens County, with less than 21% of voters supporting McMorris Rodgers in 2018, compared to 75% countywide. But it was a collaborative session, not the kind of political theater generated inside and outside too many town hall meetings.

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from Toronto Sun
News & Media Website in Toronto, Ontario

LEVY: Toronto should learn lessons from decay of Seattle
In an eye-opening hour-long TV documentary called Seattle is Dying, we hear that the city has thrown $1-billion at the homeless problem annually in recent years but the more money it spends, the “worse it gets.” We’re told that the homeless and drug-addicted come to Seattle from as far as the east coast because they get “free everything” — including a free pass in the justice system if they engage in vandalism and theft, or attack innocent citizens.

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from USA Today

The Southern Poverty Law Center is a hate-based scam that nearly caused me to be murdered
After internal challenges with discrimination, the Southern Poverty Law Center can't call itself an arbiter of justice.

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from Ynetnews
Media/News Company in Tel Aviv, Israel

A forgotten Jerusalem: Rare color footage from 1930s casts new light on holy city
The archive at the capital's Cinematheque is being digitized, and treasures are being revealed — like this rare fiootage showing the Old City and the vibrant mix of Old Yishuv Jews, Muslims and Christians alongside the city's holy sites.

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