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The White House:
Statement by President Joe Biden on Armenian Remembrance Day
The Guardian:
Biden becomes first US president to recognise Armenian genocide
Discussion: CNN, allsides.com and Al Jazeera
New York Times:
The Slander Industry  —  I wanted to slander someone.  —  My colleague Kashmir Hill and I were trying to learn who is responsible for — and profiting from — the growing ecosystem of websites whose primary purpose is destroying reputations.  —  So I wrote a nasty post.  About myself.
Bob Brigham / Raw Story:
Anti-vaxxers are wearing Yellow Stars of David to protest coronavirus vaccines: report  —  Anti-vaccine protesters likening themselves to Jews during the holocaust were harshly criticized on Saturday.  —  Nazis required Jews to wear yellow Jewish stars and other holocaust badges to the lands they controlled during World War II.
Ashish K. Jha / Washington Post:
India's coronavirus surge could collapse its health system.  The U.S. can help.  —  Ashish K. Jha is dean of the Brown University School of Public Health.  —  India, the world's largest democracy, is now the epicenter of the pandemic and on the brink of a humanitarian catastrophe.
Discussion: Carnegie India
Heather Knight / San Francisco Chronicle:
After death of baby, S.F. domestic violence victim advocates ask whether Chesa Boudin is doing enough  —  The news itself was crushing.  A 7-month-old baby boy named Synciere Williams died Tuesday.  The man charged with taking care of him that day, Joseph Williams, 26, was booked by police for allegedly murdering the child.
Ray Brescia / The Hill:
Corporations can - and must - fight for voting rights  —  One of the driving forces of the civil rights movement in the 1950s and 1960s was what the late Derrick Bell dubbed “interest convergence.”  African Americans and white elites saw value in ending Jim Crow.
Jonathan Turley / The Hill:
The difficult realities of lethal force  —  The shooting of 16-year-old Ma'Khia Bryant in Columbus, Ohio, has produced a torrent of objections to how police respond to armed suspects.  Some, like MSNBC host Joy Reid, simply declare that the use of lethal force to stop a knife attack is “murder.”
Discussion: The Western Journal
Washington Post:
Americans give Biden mostly positive marks for first 100 days, Post-ABC poll finds  —  President Biden nears the end of his first 100 days in office with a slight majority of Americans approving of his performance and supporting his major policy initiatives, but his approval rating is lower …
David Gelles / New York Times:
C.E.O. Pay Remains Stratospheric, Even at Companies Battered by Pandemic  —  While millions of people struggled to make ends meet, many of the companies hit hardest in 2020 showered their executives with riches.  —  Boeing had a historically bad 2020.  Its 737 Max was grounded for most of the year …
Discussion: Hackwhackers
Martyn McLaughlin / Scotsman:
Revealed: Donald Trump's firms charges Secret Service more than £17,000 for 2017 trips  —  Donald Trump's golf resorts in Scotland and Ireland charged the US Secret Service more than £17,000 for a series of previously undisclosed trips during his first full year in office.
Ian Birrell / Daily Mail:
Worrying new clues about the origins of Covid: How scientists at Wuhan lab helped Chinese army in secret project to find animal viruses, writes IAN BIRRELL  — Scientists at Wuhan lab were on massive project investigating animal viruses  — Documents obtained by The Mail on Sunday have revealed a nationwide scheme
Michael Wines / New York Times:
Half a Year After Trump's Defeat, Arizona Republicans Are Recounting the Vote  —  An audit of the vote in Arizona's most populous county was meant to mollify angry Trump voters.  But it is being criticized as a partisan exercise more than a fact-finding one.  —  PHOENIX — It seemed so simple back in December.
Discussion: Raw Story, Daily Kos, CNN and Insider
CNN:
Trump supporters could be incited to future violence by his continued promotion of 2020 election lies, DOJ and judges say  —  (CNN)Former President Donald Trump's continued promotion of the “big lie” about the 2020 election could still incite his followers to violence, the Justice Department …
Discussion: Twitchy
Ally Mutnick / Politico:
Troy Carter wins Louisiana special election in blow to progressives  —  Progressives suffered a disappointing setback on Saturday, after their favored candidate lost to a more establishment-aligned opponent in a special congressional election in Louisiana.  —  State Sen. Troy Carter …
New York Times:
The World Needs Many More Coronavirus Vaccines  —  Wealthy nations have to step up.  —  The editorial board is a group of opinion journalists whose views are informed by expertise, research, debate and certain longstanding values.  It is separate from the newsroom.
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Washington Post:
As pandemic surges anew, global envy and anger over U.S. vaccine abundance
Discussion: HotAir, The Guardian and Forbes
Kim Lyons / The Verge:
Twitter censored tweets critical of India's handling of the pandemic at its government's request  —  Tweets from government officials and other high-profile people were among those removed  —  Twitter has removed more than 50 tweets critical of the Indian government's handling of the coronavirus pandemic …
Matthew Stolle / Bemidji Pioneer:
Minnesota county's GOP event featured far-right conspiracy theorist  —  Loudon's hour-long talk was rife with communist and Marxist conspiracy theories.  —  Screen capture from a YouTube post entitled “Trevor Loudon's New Book: WHITE HOUSE REDS.  LIVE in MINNESOTA, March 27, 2021.  TRIUMPHAL RETURN!!!”
Zachary D. Carter / New York Times:
The Woman Who Shattered the Myth of the Free Market  —  Joan Robinson upended the misogynistic good-old-boys' network of economists and devised theories around competition and labor vital to the antitrust debates of today.  —  Mr. Carter is the author of “The Price of Peace: Money, Democracy, and the Life of John Maynard Keynes.”
 
 
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Esteban Castellanos / Air Force Times:
Enough about ‘not picking sides.’ The only right position is against white supremacy and extremism
Discussion: Raw Story
Maxine Bernstein / Oregonian:
Mayor Ted Wheeler asks public to help ‘unmask’ violent demonstrators, extends state of emergency
Montgomery County Police Reporter:
STATE REPRESENTATIVE BUSTED ON SUSPICION OF DWI FOLLOWING CRASH
Discussion: The Texas Tribune
Jeff Stein / Washington Post:
White House's new $1.8 trillion ‘families plan’ reflects ambitions — and limits — of Biden presidency
Discussion: HuffPost and Political Wire
Harry Enten / CNN:
Early front-runners like Andrew Yang usually win NYC mayoral primaries
Associated Press:
1 verdict, then 6 police killings across America in 24 hours
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Martin Pengelly / The Guardian:
Tucker Carlson: US journalists are ‘cowards’ and ‘cringing animals’
Discussion: HuffPost
Jan Ransom / New York Times:
In NYC Jail System, Guards Often Lie About Excessive Force
Washington Post:
Minutes before Trump left office, millions of the Pentagon's dormant IP addresses sprang to life
Danielle Demetriou / Yahoo News:
Japanese man arrested after dating 35 women at the same time in bid to ‘get birthday presents’
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Sarah Jones / New York Magazine:
George W. Bush Can't Paint His Way Out of Hell The chilling spectacle of watching the political class redeem a criminal, again.
New York Times:
As Covid-19 Devastates India, Deaths Go Undercounted
Discussion: Balloon Juice, Daily Kos and Forbes
Alex Pareene / New Republic:
The Right to Crash Cars Into People
Discussion: Raw Story
 

 
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