Clockwise from upper left: LinkNYC kiosk. [courtesy Tdorante10 via Wikimedia under License CC Attribution 4.0] Warning, London Transport. [courtesy R/DV/RS via Flickr under License CC Attribution 2.0] Berlin Litfaßsäulen, with memoriam by Tina Zimmerman. [courtesy Tina Zimmerman] Berenice Abbott, Columbus Circle, Manhattan, 1938. [courtesy New York Public Library, public domain]…
Dean Obeidallah, a former attorney, is the host of SiriusXM radio’s daily program “The Dean Obeidallah Show” and a columnist for The Daily Beast. Follow him @DeanObeidallah. The opinions expressed in this commentary are his own. View more opinion articles on CNN. (CNN)GOP House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy appears pathetically…
WASHINGTON, July 31 (Reuters) – U.S. Representative Cori Bush, who was evicted three times and lived in her car with her two children before her career in politics, spent a sleepless night on the U.S. Capitol steps to protest the end on Saturday of a pandemic freeze on evictions. Bush,…
Parliament Speaker Rached Ghannouchi, head of the moderate Islamist Ennahda, poses during an interview with Reuters in his office, in Tunis, Tunisia, March 9, 2021. REUTERS/Jihed AbidellaouiTUNIS, July 31 (Reuters) – The head of Tunisia’s biggest party, the moderate Islamist Ennahda, on Saturday postponed a meeting of its highest council…
Eric Trump whined about the weaponization of politics and promptly got taken to task on Twitter. Critics mocked former President Donald Trumps son, suggesting he was trying to play the victim with his post. Just more harassment, he tweeted on Friday, claiming the weaponization of politics and evilness of the…
The prime ministers office in Apia, the capital of Samoa, which overlooks the harbour, has just been vacated by the man who held the job for 22 years. The bookshelves are still empty, but the room is filled with bunches of flowers, sent by well-wishers keen to congratulate the new…
An equally instructive split-screen image came out of a news conference of Senate Republicans on Tuesday: Roy Blunt of Missouri, a longtime party stalwart who is retiring after his current term, pleaded with Americans to get vaccinated, reading aloud news articles about unvaccinated Missourians stricken with the illness. Looking on…
Anazir Maria de Oliveira has a simple message for the man they call Lula. Comrade, I want you back, said the 88-year-old union veteran and black activist as she celebrated the return of her guru to Brazils political fray. Until just a few months ago, Lula full name Luiz Inácio…
Believe me, writes Jess Phillips in Everything You Really Need to Know About Politics; My Life As an MP, if you think you dont belong in Parliament or in political life because you have never made a rousing speech or are crap at public speaking then you are wrong you…
image copyrightGetty Images image captionVentura’s legendary career spanned six decades Iconic Dominican singer Johnny Ventura has died of a heart attack at the age of 81. Ventura, whose career spanned six decades, shot to fame after forming a merengue and salsa orchestra called the “combo show”. The band was considered…
