Monday, February 29, 2016

A Conversation With Latinos on Race - The New York Times

A Conversation With Latinos on Race - The New York Times:



"Last year we set out to make a series of short documentaries that we hoped would foster a discussion about race relations in the United States. To date the series has focused on the personal nuances of systemic racism as reflected in the relationship between blacks and whites. And while that dynamic is a significant part of the American story of race, it does not fully reflect the country’s varied history and rapidly changing demographics. So for our next installment of our “Conversation on Race” series, we decided to go broader, and hear from Latinos on their experiences here."



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Sunday, February 28, 2016

Bernie-mentum’s Next Stop - The New York Times

Bernie-mentum’s Next Stop - The New York Times:



 "Columbia, S.C. — As the great poet Shawn Carter (aka Jay-Z) once said, “On to the next one.”

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Three Stabbed at Ku Klux Klan Rally in Southern California - The New York Times

Three Stabbed at Ku Klux Klan Rally in Southern California - The New York Times:



"Five people were injured at a Ku Klux Klan rally in Southern California on Saturday when protesters attacked members of the white supremacist group, the police said, unleashing chaos on a popular park and leaving three people with stab wounds."



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Tuesday, February 23, 2016

Fernando Cardenal, Nicaraguan Priest Who Defied Pope, Dies at 82 - The New York Times

Fernando Cardenal, Nicaraguan Priest Who Defied Pope, Dies at 82 - The New York Times:



"The Rev. Fernando Cardenal, a son of privilege who embraced Latin America’s poor as a revolutionary priest and brazenly defied Pope John Paul II’s order to quit Nicaragua’s leftist cabinet in the 1980s, died on Saturday in Managua. He was 82."



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Monday, February 22, 2016

Cranks on Top - The New York Times

Cranks on Top - The New York Times:



"If prediction markets (and most hardheaded analysis) are to be believed, Hillary Clinton, having demonstrated her staying power, is the overwhelming favorite for the Democratic nomination. The Republican race, by contrast, has seen a lot of consolidation — it’s pretty much down to a two-man race — but the outcome is still up for grabs.

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Rosario Ferré, Writer Who Examined Puerto Rican Identity, Dies at 77 - The New York Times

Rosario Ferré, Writer Who Examined Puerto Rican Identity, Dies at 77 - The New York Times:



"Rosario Ferré, a formidable figure in Puerto Rican letters who wrote novels in both Spanish and English, and who was a finalist for the National Book Award in 1995 for the family epic “A House on the Lagoon,” which she translated herself from the original Spanish, died on Thursday at her home in San Juan, P.R. She was 77."



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Friday, February 19, 2016

Umberto Eco’s ‘Numero Zero’ - The New York Times

Umberto Eco’s ‘Numero Zero’ - The New York Times:



 "Umberto Eco’s early novels gained a reputation as intellectual entertainments, dense with esoterica and dotted with Latin, of a heft you’d rather not drop on your toe. By contrast, his new conspiracy thriller is a fleet volume, slim in pages but plump in satire about modern Italy."



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‘Angola 3’ Inmate to Be Freed From Prison After Decades in Solitary - The New York Times

‘Angola 3’ Inmate to Be Freed From Prison After Decades in Solitary - The New York Times:



"NEW ORLEANS — Albert Woodfox, who has spent nearly all of the past four decades in solitary confinement and was facing his third trial for a 1972 murder, will be set free Friday as part of a plea deal with prosecutors, his lawyer, George Kendall said."



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Thursday, February 18, 2016

Pope Francis Suggests Donald Trump Is ‘Not Christian’ - The New York Times

Pope Francis Suggests Donald Trump Is ‘Not Christian’ - The New York Times:



"ABOARD THE PAPAL AIRLINER — Inserting himself into the Republican presidential race, Pope Francis on Wednesday suggested that Donald J. Trump “is not Christian” because of the harshness of his campaign promises to deport more immigrants and force Mexico to pay for a wall along the border."



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Law Center Finds Surge in Extremist Groups in U.S. Last Year - The New York Times

Law Center Finds Surge in Extremist Groups in U.S. Last Year - The New York Times:



 "Extremist groups thrived in the United States last year as the divisive rhetoric of national political leaders fueled America’s anxieties over the country’s shifting demographics, according to a report by the Southern Poverty Law Center."



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Obama Plans Visit to Cuba, as Talks on Expanding Trade Begin - The New York Times

Obama Plans Visit to Cuba, as Talks on Expanding Trade Begin - The New York Times:



"WASHINGTON — President Obama will travel to Cuba within weeks, a senior administration official said on Wednesday, making a historic visit as part of an effort to end more than a half-century of estrangement and forge normalized relations with a Cold War adversary."



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Wednesday, February 17, 2016

Pope Francis at the Border - The New York Times

Pope Francis at the Border - The New York Times:



 "Pope Francis’ trip to Mexico ended on Wednesday in Ciudad Juárez, a city once made hellish by drug violence and still gripped by poverty and crime. He did not seem afraid, and brought with him only smiles and hugs, and words of solace and encouragement."



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Who Are We? - The New York Times

Who Are We? - The New York Times:



"I find this election bizarre for many reasons but none more than this: If I were given a blank sheet of paper and told to write down America’s three greatest sources of strength, they would be “a culture of entrepreneurship,” “an ethic of pluralism” and the “quality of our governing institutions.” And yet I look at the campaign so far and I hear leading candidates trashing all of them."



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2666

A Trip Through a Literary Labyrinth in Roberto Bolaño’s New Novel, ‘2666’ - The New York Times

A Trip Through a Literary Labyrinth in Roberto Bolaño’s New Novel, ‘2666’ - The New York Times:



"There’s a four-and-a-half-page-long monster sentence early in the first part of Roberto Bolaño’s five-part posthumous magnum opus “2666.” It’s nothing particularly showy or strenuous. A lot of commas adorn this story of a Swabian who promoted cultural events for a Frisian town that was visited by an elusive literary genius who might or might not have been named Benno von Archimboldi and who spoke with a woman who went to Buenos Aires and met a little gaucho who presented her with a riddle that Archimboldi solved on the spot. For all its twists and turns the sentence reads as if Bolaño wrote it without breaking a sweat."



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Tuesday, February 16, 2016

Review: Bolaño’s Mysterious ‘2666,’ Distilled to 5½ Hours by the Goodman Theater - The New York Times

Review: Bolaño’s Mysterious ‘2666,’ Distilled to 5½ Hours by the Goodman Theater - The New York Times:



 "CHICAGO — The obvious challenge in adapting a novel to the stage is how to make a story lying flat on the page leap to three-dimensional life. The task is particularly confounding in the case of “2666,” Roberto Bolaño’s magnum opus, published after his death at 50 in 2003. The book spans two continents, nearly a century, two converging story lines — each dangling digressions like an overtrimmed Christmas tree — and runs to around 900 pages of dense prose."



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Pope Francis Entreats Mexico’s Youth to Resist Call of Drug Cartels - The New York Times

Pope Francis Entreats Mexico’s Youth to Resist Call of Drug Cartels - The New York Times:



"MORELIA, Mexico — Pope Francis delivered his most searing indictment of the Mexican underworld Tuesday, encouraging the nation’s youth to value themselves and resist the temptation to join forces with “criminal organizations that sow terror.”"



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Monday, February 15, 2016

Young Latinos Power Both Democrats in Nevada Caucus Campaign - The New York Times

Young Latinos Power Both Democrats in Nevada Caucus Campaign - The New York Times:



 "LAS VEGAS — Liz Hernandez learned what deportation was at age 5, when immigration officers burst into her home and hauled away her father and four uncles. Five years later, after a brief return to Mexico in a failed attempt to start a family farm, she and her mother, younger sister and infant brother crossed the desert headed north again in a sweltering van driven by smugglers."



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Sunday, February 14, 2016

Justice Antonin Scalia’s Supreme Court Legacy - The New York Times

Justice Antonin Scalia’s Supreme Court Legacy - The New York Times:



 "Justice Antonin Scalia, who died on Saturday at the age of 79, served on the Supreme Court for 30 years and made as big a mark on the court and on American law and politics as some of the chief justices under whom he served. It took about 10 minutes after the announcement of his death for the right wing to start screaming that the Senate should not confirm a replacement while President Obama is in office."



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Saturday, February 13, 2016

Antonin Scalia, Justice on the Supreme Court, Dies at 79 - The New York Times

Antonin Scalia, Justice on the Supreme Court, Dies at 79 - The New York Times:



"Justice Antonin Scalia, whose transformative legal theories, vivid writing and outsize personality made him a leader of a conservative intellectual renaissance in his three decades on the Supreme Court, was found dead on Saturday at a resort in West Texas, according to a statement from Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. He was 79."



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Francis Admonishes Bishops in Mexico to ‘Begin Anew’ - The New York Times

Francis Admonishes Bishops in Mexico to ‘Begin Anew’ - The New York Times:



"MEXICO CITY — In a stinging rebuke to Mexico’s church hierarchy, Pope Francis on Saturday told bishops that they had lost their way in “gossip” and “intrigue” and challenged them to “begin anew” and tend to the church’s worshipers."



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Anxiety Rises in Mexico as the Peso Tumbles - The New York Times

Anxiety Rises in Mexico as the Peso Tumbles - The New York Times:



"MEXICO CITY — The voluble talk-show host Andrea Legarreta broke from her routine of celebrity chatter and household tips recently to give her television viewers an impromptu lesson in global economics and the Mexican peso."



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Friday, February 12, 2016

Francis’s Visit to Mexico Comes as Country Struggles With Many Ills - The New York Times

Francis’s Visit to Mexico Comes as Country Struggles With Many Ills - The New York Times:



"MEXICO CITY — For more than a century, the Mexican government has treated the Catholic Church with a deep suspicion, if not outright hostility. Battles have literally been fought between church and state, while anticlerical laws stayed on the books until just a couple of decades ago."



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Monday, February 8, 2016

Beyoncé’s Halftime Show Inspires Ridiculous Criticism - The New York Times

Beyoncé’s Halftime Show Inspires Ridiculous Criticism - The New York Times:



"What do Beyoncé, Tommie Smith and John Carlos have in common? They all managed to get the white political establishment to sputter in outrage by daring to celebrate their identity and mention – gasp – racial politics at a public event."



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Sunday, February 7, 2016

Bill Clinton, After Months of Restraint, Unleashes Stinging Attack on Bernie Sanders - The New York Times

Bill Clinton, After Months of Restraint, Unleashes Stinging Attack on Bernie Sanders - The New York Times:



 "MILFORD, N.H. — Bill Clinton uncorked an extended attack on Senator Bernie Sanders on Sunday, harshly criticizing Mr. Sanders and his supporters for what he described as inaccurate and “sexist” attacks on Hillary Clinton."



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Friday, February 5, 2016

Syrian Forces Press Aleppo, Sending Thousands Fleeing - The New York Times

Syrian Forces Press Aleppo, Sending Thousands Fleeing - The New York Times:



"BEIRUT, Lebanon — Syrian government and allied forces pressed their most dramatic advance in months on Friday, sending insurgents scrambling and tens of thousands of civilians fleeing toward the border with Turkey."



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Australia Reacts to U.N. Decision on Julian Assange - The New York Times

Australia Reacts to U.N. Decision on Julian Assange - The New York Times:



"SYDNEY, Australia — Julie Bishop, Australia’s foreign minister, has sought legal advice on the implications of a United Nations decision on Friday that the WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, an Australian, has been unlawfully held by Sweden and Britain for more than five years."



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Hunt for Suspects in Southern Crime Spree Reaches Violent End - The New York Times

Hunt for Suspects in Southern Crime Spree Reaches Violent End - The New York Times:



"A police hunt for a Missouri couple wanted for a series of abductions and robberies across the South ended early Friday on the Florida Panhandle in a barrage of gunfire that left one of the suspects dead.

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‘Dreamers’ on the Front Lines of the 2016 Race - The New York Times

‘Dreamers’ on the Front Lines of the 2016 Race - The New York Times:



"During the 2012 presidential race, Erika Andiola, an undocumented immigrant from Mexico, chased Mitt Romney, the Republican nominee, across the country, challenging his suggestion that America should become so inhospitable to people like her that she would self-deport."



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Russian Banks, Lies and Emojis - The New York Times

Russian Banks, Lies and Emojis - The New York Times:



"If you were a young iPhone-carrying client of RocketBank, a Russian start-up that offers app-based banking, you would have gotten some mixed messages on Thursday, Jan. 28. At 1:10 p.m., you would have received a letter written in RocketBank’s trademark pally style, only worrisome, and accompanied by a “shruggie” emoji:"



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Russian Banks, Lies and Emojis - The New York Times

Russian Banks, Lies and Emojis - The New York Times:



"If you were a young iPhone-carrying client of RocketBank, a Russian start-up that offers app-based banking, you would have gotten some mixed messages on Thursday, Jan. 28. At 1:10 p.m., you would have received a letter written in RocketBank’s trademark pally style, only worrisome, and accompanied by a “shruggie” emoji:"



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Thursday, February 4, 2016

Julian Assange Has Been Arbitrarily Detained, U.N. Panel Finds - The New York Times

Julian Assange Has Been Arbitrarily Detained, U.N. Panel Finds - The New York Times:



"Julian Assange — the founder of WikiLeaks who sought refuge in the Ecuadorean Embassy in London in 2012 to avoid extradition to Sweden — has been arbitrarily detained in violation of international law, a United Nations human rights panel has concluded.

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Wednesday, February 3, 2016

Toxic Loans Around the World Weigh on Global Growth - The New York Times

Toxic Loans Around the World Weigh on Global Growth - The New York Times:



"Beneath the surface of the global financial system lurks a multitrillion-dollar problem that could sap the strength of large economies for years to come."



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Donald Trump Says Ted Cruz Stole Victory in Iowa Caucuses - First Draft. Political News, Now. - The New York Times

Donald Trump Says Ted Cruz Stole Victory in Iowa Caucuses - First Draft. Political News, Now. - The New York Times:



"Updated, 4:21 p.m. | After hinting at it for a day, Donald J. Trump on Wednesday bluntly accused Senator Ted Cruz of “stealing” victory in the Iowa caucuses and demanded a do-over."



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Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio Made History. Didn’t You Hear? - The New York Times

Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio Made History. Didn’t You Hear? - The New York Times:



"DEFYING most polls and predictions, a Latino won the Republican Iowa caucuses, and another Latino came in third. Together, they won more than half the vote."



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Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio Made History. Didn’t You Hear? - The New York Times

Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio Made History. Didn’t You Hear? - The New York Times:



"DEFYING most polls and predictions, a Latino won the Republican Iowa caucuses, and another Latino came in third. Together, they won more than half the vote."



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Social Media: Destroyer or Creator? - The New York Times

Social Media: Destroyer or Creator? - The New York Times:



"Over the last few years we’ve been treated to a number of “Facebook revolutions,” from the Arab Spring to Occupy Wall Street to the squares of Istanbul, Kiev and Hong Kong, all fueled by social media. But once the smoke cleared, most of these revolutions failed to build any sustainable new political order, in part because as so many voices got amplified, consensus-building became impossible."



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Tuesday, February 2, 2016

Francisco Flores, Ex-President of El Salvador, Dies at 56 - The New York Times

Francisco Flores, Ex-President of El Salvador, Dies at 56 - The New York Times:



"Francisco Flores, a former president of El Salvador who was facing charges of diverting $15 million in contributions for earthquake victims to his personal and political party accounts, died on Saturday in San Salvador. He was 56."



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Signe Anderson, Jefferson Airplane Singer, Dies at 74 - The New York Times

Signe Anderson, Jefferson Airplane Singer, Dies at 74 - The New York Times:



"Signe Toly Anderson, the original female vocalist with Jefferson Airplane, who left the band after its first album and was replaced by Grace Slick, died on Thursday at her home in Beaverton, Ore. She was 74."



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Monday, February 1, 2016

Bernie!

Bernie Sanders and the Youth Vote - The New York Times

Bernie Sanders and the Youth Vote - The New York Times:



 "WATERLOO, Iowa — Bernie Sanders held a rock concert rally in Iowa this weekend, which seemed both fitting and unnecessary for a candidate whose every speech features cheering fans shouting requests for his greatest hits."



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