‘Executed by firing squad’: video shows police firing a dozen shots at man
Cellphone footage sparks outrage days after six California officers fired at Willie McCoy, who had been asleep in his car
Haiti’s Unfolding Revolution Is Directly Linked to Venezuela’s Haiti Liberte
Oregon official: texts show police-extremist collusion AP
Labor
Teachers strike ending as union declares ‘Denver teachers win for Denver students’ Daily Kos
The Denver teachers strike is over. They won. Vox
‘No One Should Be Surprised’: After Long Career Stiffing Workers, Trump Blocks Back Pay for Federal Contractors Common Dreams
The Rebirth of Mexico’s Electrical Workers NACLA
Johns Hopkins’ latest plan for police force prompts protest from students, faculty, neighbors Baltimore Sun
The Greensboro Sit-In Protests, Explained Teen Vogue
Venezuela
Maduro reveals secret meetings with U.S. envoy Politico
Two senior Venezuelan officials who were not authorized to discuss the meetings publicly said the two encounters between Abrams and Foreign Minister Jorge Arreaza came at the request of the U.S. The first one on Jan. 26 they described as hostile, with the U.S. envoy threatening Venezuela with the deployment of troops and chastising the Venezuelan government for allegedly being in league with Cuba, Russia and Hezbollah.
The Tienditas Bridge “blockade”
Or how to turn an unopened bridge into an international news story to build support for your coup
Venezuela and Disaster Capitalism Verso
As Giuliani Calls for Regime Change in Iran, Netanyahu Raises the Specter of “War” Intercept
US Media Trying to Drum up a New ‘Cold War’ Counterpunch
Ukraine: NATO in the Constitution Manlio Dinucci
Ilhan Omar
What Ilhan Omar Said About AIPAC Was Right
I’m ashamed to admit that endorsing AIPAC positions was all about the Benjamins for me and my candidate.
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A billion-dollar empire made of mobile homes Washington Post
Is the Opioid Overdose Crisis a Story of Supply or Demand? Depends Where You Look Institute for New Economic Thinking
Blockchain and Trust Schneier on Security
Much has been written about blockchains and how they displace, reshape, or eliminate trust. But when you analyze both blockchain and trust, you quickly realize that there is much more hype than value. Blockchain solutions are often much worse than what they replace.
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