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☆ Schools in One Virginia County to Reinstate Confederate Names
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-10 | by ( Campbell Robertson | More About Campbell Robertson | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

After a meeting that lasted for hours, the Shenandoah County school board voted early Friday morning to restore the names of three Confederate officers to schools in the district. With the vote, the district appears to be the first in the country to return Confederate names to schools that had removed them after the summer of 2020, according to researchers at the Montgomery, Ala.-based Equal Justice Initiative. The schools were renamed the next year as Honey Run and Mountain View. But a fury had been unleashed in the rural county in the mountains of Virginia. People crowded into school board meetings, denouncing the naming process as secretive and rushed, and voicing deeper resentments about cultural changes they saw as being foisted upon them.

Persons: George Floyd, — Ashby, Lee Elementary, Stonewall Jackson, Honey Organizations: Initiative, Lee, Stonewall Locations: Shenandoah County, Montgomery, Ala, Virginia

☆ NATO’s next challenge: How to reverse years of underfunding defense
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-03 | by ( Luke Mcgee | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

For over a decade, allies have chronically underspent on defense while the West’s adversaries modernized and bolstered their own military capabilities. Defense spending stayed low across the West not just because of budget pressures, but also because everyone – including the US – was frightened to provoke Russia. However, the nature of NATO allies’ support for Ukraine – much of it direct military support – has exposed the vulnerability that years of underfunding has caused the alliance. Fabian Bimmer/Pool/ReutersThis means that the challenge in front of NATO allies now is not just how can they meet the demand for weapons coming from Ukraine, but how do they reverse years of underfunding their own defenses? Some allies don’t trust that others will be quite so generous with defense spending if the Russia-Ukraine war were to end.

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☆ Katherine Woodward Thomas Looks Back at 10 Years of Conscious Uncoupling
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-23 | by ( Katherine Woodward Thomas | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

When Gwyneth Paltrow and Chris Martin named their separation a "conscious uncoupling" 10 years ago, I was in Costa Rica on a writing retreat. What the heck is a "conscious uncoupling"? Within one day, conscious uncoupling was listed in an online dictionary as "redefining divorce in the 21st century." Katherine Woodward Thomas, the founder of Conscious Uncoupling Laura ReochYet Mark and I were determined to protect our daughter and resolved to not put her in the middle. Katherine Woodward Thomas, a licensed marriage and family therapist, is the New York Times bestselling author of "Conscious Uncoupling: 5 Steps to Living Happily Even After."

Persons: Gwyneth Paltrow, Chris Martin, she'd, Gwyneth, uncoupling, I'd, Mark, Katherine Woodward Thomas, Laura Reoch, That's Organizations: Hollywood, Disney, New York Times Locations: Costa Rica, goop, Star, Venice, Italy

☆ Super Tuesday may underline Trump’s transformation of the GOP
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-05 | by ( Ron Brownstein | Analysis Ronald Brownstein | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +17 min

His performance so far reflects his success at transforming the Republican Party in his image. The most important message from the primaries is the most straightforward: Trump’s coalition is the dominant faction in the GOP. Like McConnell’s announcement, the choices by GOP elected officials in the primary contest signal their acknowledgement of the party’s direction. The share of GOP elected officials who have endorsed Haley isn’t anywhere near as large as her share of the total vote. But a deeper factor also explains the imbalance in support among GOP elected officials.

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☆ A life coach says there are 6 communication types — and knowing them will improve your friendships
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-24 | by ( Julia Pugachevsky | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Magee, 30, told Business Insider that she came up with some of the types based on her own relationships. They break down into six communication types:Volunteers vs. Invite-Onlies: According to Magee, Volunteers share information about themselves without being asked first. Guessers only ask for things if they're pretty sure the answer will be "yes," and they think that when others ask them things, they're expecting a "yes," too. AdvertisementBut while there's no "bad" communication style, Magee said extremes on either side can be challenging to deal with. Plus, she said, our communication types can vary depending on who we're with.

Persons: —, Hailey Magee, Magee, they've, Andrea Donderi, Askers, what's, Erek West Magee, we've, aren't, they're Organizations: Service, Business, Volunteers

☆ What broke the American Dream for Millennials
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-19 | by ( Allison Morrow | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +11 min

For their nine-month-old son, Miles, Rachael and Garrett agree: They’re not going to push him to pursue the same path. “This is the American Dream,” Rachael says. The nest egg mythA common refrain Millennials heard from their Boomer parents is that buying is always better than renting. Luke Sharrett/Bloomberg/Getty ImagesCentral to the pitch of the American Dream is a house. “I don’t think anyone could have foreseen house prices going up 20% or 30% in a three-year period,” Garrett says.

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☆ White Christian evangelicals: What it would take for them to leave the bubble
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-05 | by ( Manav Tanneeru | John Blake | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +11 min

CNN —If you don’t realize how powerful White Christian evangelicals have become, consider this:A White Christian evangelical, who has been described as “the embodiment of White Christian nationalism in a tailored suit,” is now second in line to the presidency. White evangelical Protestants make up only about 14% of Americans, and that number has been steadily shrinking. The media tends to depict White evangelicals as foaming-at-the-mouth Christian insurrectionists like some of those who stormed the US Capitol on January 6, 2021. The new speaker of the house is a White Christian evangelical and is second in the line for the presidency. Chip Somodevilla/Getty ImagesYou seem leery of using the term ‘White Christian nationalism.’ Am I correct?

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☆ Why Invading Gaza Is a Mistake - The New York Times
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-17 | by ( Farah Stockman | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +3 min

That military operation against Hezbollah was seen as a success — so punishing that it bought 17 years of relative quiet. But it also nurtured resentments that could help turn an invasion of Gaza into a wider regional war. Hamas appears to want to lure Israelis into Gaza and has been preparing for this battle for years. Israel’s military is not a paper tiger; it is one of the most technologically sophisticated militaries in the world. Without power, many Gazans will lose the ability to pump water from wells or treat the wounded in hospitals.

Persons: Hassan Nasrallah, Hossein Amir Abdollahian, ”, Thanassis Cambanis, overreach, we’d, Israel Katz, — Israel, Israel Organizations: The Times Locations: Gaza, Iran, Israel, United States, Afghanistan, Gaza —

NEW YORK (AP) — Since Justine Triet’s “Anatomy of a Fall” premiered at the Cannes Film Festival where it won the Palme d’Or, Sandra Hüller has been dogged by a question: Did she do it? In “Anatomy of a Fall,” Hüller plays a well-known novelist, also named Sandra, whose husband (Samuel Theis) is found dead outside their chalet in the French Alps after plunging from a top-floor window. Political Cartoons View All 1207 Images“She should be a dangerous person, in a way,” Hüller added. She also stars this fall in Jonathan Glazer’s acclaimed Holocaust drama “The Zone of Interest” as Hedwig Höss, wife of the Nazi commandant Rudolf Höss. It’s kind of a psychological but dangerous thing.”In the case of “Anatomy of a Fall,” Hüller knew immediately after reading the script that she wanted to play Sandra.

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☆ When your AI says she loves you
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-12 | by ( Rob Price | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +36 min

The messaging app let users build a "personal AI" complete with a 3D avatar and an upbeat, down-for-anything texting style. "Seems like AI will replace many human artists," Jay told Calisto in August 2022. Within a year, he was also using AI technology for work, as his firm experimented with generative AI to help draft legal papers. Former Replika users fled to various upstart companion apps that were popping up, like Chai, Paradot, and Soulmate AI. (Soulmate AI later closed down in September 2023, leaving a new wave of users mourning their AI companions all over again.)

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☆ When your AI girlfriend says she loves you
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-12 | by ( Rob Price | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +36 min

For over six years, President Emmanuel Macron has struggled to convince the French that he is a man of dialogue. He went on a countrywide listening tour to calm the storms of the Yellow Vest uprising, convened a citizen convention on climate policy, and created a council of politicians and members of civil society to discuss France’s most pressing issues. But he has generally remained a top-down leader, one who listens before deciding but rarely talks of compromise. Now, more isolated, he is trying political outreach. It looked like a pre-emptive strike aimed at heading off a potentially turbulent “rentrée” — the post-vacation convergence on Paris often marked by resentments reignited after a spell of downtime.

Persons: Emmanuel Macron, aloofness, Macron, resentments Locations: France, Paris

☆ Zelenskyy 'bombed' at his first White House meeting and 'pissed Biden off,' says new book
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-30 | by ( Rebecca Rommen | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Zelenskyy "bombed" his first Oval Office meeting with Joe Biden, according to a new book. The book says that even Zelenskyy's most ardent sympathizers in the White House thought he'd overreached. "The Last Politician: Inside Joe Biden's White House and the Struggle for America's Future" by Franklin Foer will be published in the US next week and is a source of anxiety for the White House, Politico reports. The Ukrainian president had long sought a White House meeting amid mounting tensions with Russia. Zelenskyy and Biden have forged a powerful wartime partnership US President Joe Biden and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy walk during an unannounced visit in Kyiv, Ukraine, on February 20, 2023.

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☆ Why Racist Violence Keeps Happening - The New York Times
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-29 | by ( Esau Mccaulley | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

Anti-black racism and white supremacy are frequent topics of research in history, law, anthropology, economics, sociology and religion. Racism resides in the mind, the heart, twisted imaginations and long-festering resentments that surge in times of perceived loss of power. Addressing anti-Black violence would require that we take seriously the disease of racism that has infected our Republic since its founding. You can close all the doors and shut the windows, but the truth will seep in through vents and chimneys. Americans must let the truth into the house or it will suffocate itself on the toxic fumes of malice and false memories.

Persons: “, Du Bois, James Baldwin Locations: America, Republic

☆ Opinion | The Irony in the ‘Rich Men North of Richmond’
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-19 | by ( Jamelle Bouie | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

You may have heard about Oliver Anthony, a Virginia-based folk singer who has become a conservative folk hero on account of his populist anthem, “Rich Men North of Richmond.”But Anthony’s populism is, as Eric Levitz details for New York magazine, decidedly right-wing. Resentment of inequality and the precariousness of working-class life pervades the rest of the song too. But Anthony persistently channels these resentments away from the bosses and shareholders who profited off his ill-compensated labor and onto targets sanctioned by conservative orthodoxy: tax-hiking politicians, pedophilic cabals, and obese welfare moochers. I don’t have any particular interest in either Anthony or the song in question (although Levitz’s piece is good and you should read it). One of the most common misconceptions about Jim Crow is that it came directly out of the defeat of Reconstruction.

Persons: Oliver Anthony, “ Rich, Eric Levitz, Anthony, pedophilic cabals, Jim Crow, ” Organizations: North, New York Locations: Virginia, Richmond, Farmville, Va, —, Petersburg, In Virginia

☆ Native Americans Caught in Border Strife on Their Own Land
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-07 | by ( Jack Healy | More About Jack Healy | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

It was pitch black when the Border Patrol rolled up to Raymond Mattia’s home on a remote corner of the Tohono O’odham reservation in southern Arizona, investigating a report of gunshots. Border agents, smugglers and migrants were a familiar sight in the tiny desert village a mile from the southern border where the Mattia family had lived for decades. But in a chaotic instant in May, three Border Patrol agents fatally shot Mr. Mattia as they came upon him in the desert, hitting him nine times, according to an autopsy. A Border Patrol report says he had tossed a sheathed machete toward an officer and then “abruptly extended his right arm.” His family said he was unarmed and posed no threat. His death has touched off an outcry on the Tohono O’odham (pronounced Toh-HO-noh AW-tham) Nation, which lies along 62 miles of the southern border, and stirred up long-running resentments over the federal agency’s presence on the Native American territory.

Persons: Raymond Mattia’s, Mattia, “ Organizations: Patrol, Border Patrol Locations: Arizona

☆ On Anti-Trumpers and the Modern Meritocracy - The New York Times
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-02 | by ( David Brooks | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Yet he is utterly dominating his Republican rivals in the polls, and he is tied with Joe Biden in the general election surveys. Trump’s poll numbers are stronger against Biden now than at any time in 2020. But if you are a person of color, a woman who values gender equality or an L.G.B.T. I doubt it.”In this story we anti-Trumpers are the good guys, the forces of progress and enlightenment. I ask you to try on a vantage point in which we anti-Trumpers are not the eternal good guys.

Persons: Donald Trump, Joe Biden, What’s, Marc Hetherington, Thomas B, Edsall, it’s Organizations: Republican, Biden, University of North, Republicans, Trump Locations: University of North Carolina

☆ Trump’s Indictment Puts Us Into Uncharted Waters - The New York Times
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-08 | by ( Damon Linker | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

That’s especially true in our era of stark partisan polarization and intense negative partisanship. That Mr. Trump would be running against an opponent with persistently low approval ratings who will be 81 years old on Election Day 2024 only makes a Biden-Trump matchup more uncertain. Mr. Trump is not a standard-issue politician who happened to run afoul of corruption statutes. God Bless President Trump.” It’s likely that tens of millions of our fellow citizens agree with the sentiment. To most Americans, such a reaction to news of Mr. Trump’s indictment seems unimaginable.

Persons: Trump, He’s, ”, Jim Jordan, ” It’s, Trump’s Organizations: White, Biden, Trump Locations: United States of America, Ohio, America

☆ Long Before Impeachment, G.O.P. Rifts Were Growing in Texas
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-28 | by ( J. David Goodman | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The impeachment of the Texas attorney general, Ken Paxton, by a majority of his fellow Republicans has exposed an undercurrent of division and discontent that is roiling the Republican Party in the most populous state where it still enjoys near total political control. While the vote in the House of Representatives on Saturday tore suddenly through the heart of Texas politics, the underlying resentments had been gathering force for months, if not years, not over individual personalities but over how Republicans should use their power and what shape the party should take in the future. The fight over Mr. Paxton’s impeachment, which drew in national Republican figures including former President Donald J. Trump, offered a stark demonstration of two increasingly warring currents in Republican politics. Though the eruption was unexpected — as of a week ago there was little public indication that an impeachment could be imminent — it was the culmination of a session of the Texas Legislature, where Republicans dominate both chambers, that was defined by steadily increasing intraparty acrimony.

☆ 'Unfinished business': Biden visits Northern Ireland as political tensions persist
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-11 | by ( Elliot Smith | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +7 min

He will give a speech in Northern Ireland on Wednesday, before traveling south of the border to the Republic of Ireland, where he will remain until Friday. Northern Ireland is part of the U.K. while the Republic of Ireland is a separate nation state that remains part of the EU. "Whilst it's positive in many ways — particularly on movement of food and medicines between Great Britain and Northern Ireland, it really removes a lot of the frictions — it doesn't deal with all the problems of the Northern Ireland protocol, so I'm afraid it's unfinished business," Villiers told CNBC's Tania Bryer. Clinton became the first sitting U.S. President to visit Northern Ireland and the first to appoint a U.S. special regional envoy. Though Biden is expected to use the trip to promote a return to functioning government in Stormont, his previous support for the Northern Ireland Protocol has drawn criticism from DUP politicians.

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☆ 5 key takeaways from Xi’s trip to Saudi Arabia
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-10 | by ( Nadeen Ebrahim | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +11 min

Here are five key takeaways from Xi’s visit to Saudi Arabia. Saudi Press Agency//ReutersDuring Xi’s visit, Saudi Arabia and China released a nearly 4,000-word joint statement outlining their alignment on a swathe of political issues, and promising deeper cooperation on scores of others. China is the world’s biggest buyer of oil, with Saudi Arabia being its top supplier. China is also keen to cooperate with Saudi Arabia on security and defense, an important field once reserved for the kingdom’s American ally. Saudi Arabia was, however, keen to reject notions of polarization, deeming it unhelpful.

☆ 6 tips for navigating a tense Thanksgiving dinner, according to family therapist
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-22 | by ( Aditi Shrikant | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

Vienna Pharaon Family therapistFamilies also have a way of undermining any growth or changes you've made over the last year, which can be endlessly frustrating. If your family Thanksgiving feels more like a figurative cage match, there are ways to steady yourself before arriving and self-soothe at the dinner table. What's going to offer you the most amount of peace in this experience? Vienna Pharaon Family Therapist3. Set a boundary Call your family ahead of time and vocalize what exact topic you'd like to avoid, Stewart says.

☆ Splitting the bill? This situation is 'the last thing you want,' etiquette experts say
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-13 | by ( Ryan Ermey | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

You may be one of those people who, for the sake of expediency, is happy for everyone to split things evenly. "The last thing you want is a situation when the bill arrives at your table," Daniel Post Senning, co-author of "Emily Post Etiquette, The Centennial Edition," tells CNBC Make It. If you're worried you're going to foot a non-proportional part of the bill, speak up early, says Senning. Or, "I'm going to keep things really small tonight, so I'm going to ask for a separate check." "Say, 'I'm covering these two' — that way you're telling the server, not the table."

☆ Covid leads to long Covid, in governments as well as people
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-11 | by ( Brian Michael Jenkins | Brian Michael Jenkins Is An Army Combat Veteran Who Currently Serves As Senior Adviser To The President Of The Nonprofit | Nonpartisan Rand Corporation. His Latest Book Is | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +9 min

Unlike previous pandemics, however, Covid didn’t see the same offsets in unifying sentiment. There were many explanations for this, including underreporting of Covid deaths in many countries, but the optics were not good. Democratic governments imposed controls that intruded into ordinarily personal space, while authoritarian governments exploited the pandemic to tighten their control. The decline in Covid numbers, if it holds, will not reverse these developments after the November elections. Just as we may talk about societal comorbidity, societies may suffer from long Covid — an impaired functioning of democracy that may persist long after the contagion survives.

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