Abu-Jamal supporters applaud DA’s decision not to move forward with appeal
Videos appear to show armed militia detaining migrants at US-Mexico border Guardian
The Baltimore Uprising: Four Years Later RNN
In the Bronx, AOC Advocates for a ‘VA for All’ The Nation
The gig economy is distorting U.S. economic data Axios
The McKinsey Way to Save an Island NYMag
Why is a bankrupt Puerto Rico spending more than a billion dollars on expert advice?
‘The FBI Appears to Be Engaged in a Modern-Day Version of COINTELPRO’ FAIR
CounterSpin interview with Nusrat Choudhury on FBI targeting of black activists
The Hustlers and Swindlers of the Mueller Report NewYorker
Pete Buttigieg Fired South Bend’s Black Police Chief. It Still Stings. NYTimes
France
Reaction of the rich to the Notre Dame fire teaches us a lot about the world we live in
Billionaires face ‘yellow vest’ scorn over Notre-Dame pledges Telegraph
China
China Rising In The Caribbean Zerohedge
Libya
Libya – U.S. Reveals Support For Hafter’s Side Moon of Alabama
Trump praises Haftar in apparent reversal of US policy on Libya Al Jazeera
Massive pro-Assange protest hits Ecuador’s capital Quito Daily Sabah
The Persisting Relevance of Walter Rodney’s “How Europe Underdeveloped Africa” Los Angeles Review of Books
Boeing ‘shielded’ from 737 Max order cancellations MarketWatch
The Captain Swing Riots; Workers and Threshing Machines in the 1830s The Conversable Economist
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