>"To understand the urgency of defending voting rights and the country's young and fragile multiracial democracy, turn to Keisha N. Blain's incredible new book, "Until I Am Free: Fannie Lou Hamer's Enduring Message to America.""

>"The document, already in use in five of the country’s 10 provinces and all three of its territories, will replace a patchwork of programs across Canada."

Long overdue and another step in assuring our senior officials are not driven by wrong incentives.

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>"The three-stage NURI, which has been in development for 10 years, lifts off from Goheung site."

If wealthy people in the Tories’ southern heartlands had died in their thousands, it would have been a very different story.

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"There's no quick fix for the current pandemic-induced supply chain crisis, but the bipartisan infrastructure bill currently held up in Congress would help prepare the complicated system to handle the next disruption."

"A battle is raging at the heart of the European Union over accusations that its two most right-wing governments are subverting democratic principles and..."

"South Korea failed to put a dummy satellite into orbit on Thursday after the first launch of its domestically developed three-stage Nuri rocket, the country's President Moon Jae-in announced on Thursday."

"The agency will also allow vaccine recipients to pick which vaccine they want as a booster, endorsing a mix-and-match approach."

This is really interesting. Perhaps some businesses are being a bit too picky with who they want to hire.

>"The launch of the platform, dubbed TRUTH Social, comes months after Trump was banned from most major social media sites."

>"Slow vaccine supply to poorer nations means the crisis will last longer than it needs to, experts say."

The decades-old fight for power in Afghanistan continues as Russia seeks to profit from the USA's failures.