David Beard
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When Black Panthers Carried Guns, Conservatives Supported Gun Control
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The debate around guns has not always been the partisan stalemate it is today. But it has, like so many other political issues in the US, always been partly about race.
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David Beard Flashback: When the NRA supported gun control to undercut advocates of racial justice, "whose insistence on exercising their constitutional rights threatened white Americans’ political & social dominance in a way that white conservatives couldn’t accept." 32h
Fires set stage for irreversible forest losses in Australia
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Australia’s forests are burning at a rate unmatched in modern times and scientists say the landscape is being permanently altered as a warming climate brings profound changes to the island...
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David Beard The #Australia wildfires fueled by heat waves and drought have now burned an Ohio-sized area (40,000 square miles)—and scientists doubt reseeding and other interventions can match the scope of the destruction 58h
Discovery of unused disaster supplies angers Puerto Rico
Los Angeles Times 3d 1 tweets
People discovered a warehouse filled with water, cots and other unused emergency supplies, then set off a social media uproar when they broke in to retrieve goods.
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David Beard Puerto Ricans suffering from a string of earthquakes discovered a government warehouse filled with desperately needed water, cots and other unused emergency supplies. The outrage prompted the governor to fire the emergency management director 3d
Overlooked No More: Ana Orantes, Whose Gruesome Murder Brought Change to Spain
Raphael Minder - Nytimes.com 5d 1 tweets
In 1997, Orantes was killed by her husband after she went on television to describe his abuse. Her story led to major legal reforms to protect women from domestic violence.
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David Beard Overlooked no more: Ana Orantes, whose gruesome murder brought change to Spain. After 4 decades, she had gotten a divorce and went on TV to talk about the domestic violence she suffered. 13 days later, she was dead. 5d
Television Academies Support Documentarian Feras Fayyad – The Emmys
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David Beard This Oscar- & Emmy-nominated director made a film about brave medics who saved 1000s of Syrians wounded by Russian bombs. The Russian-backed US admin won't let him enter the US for an awards ceremony. TV execs ask the to reconsider. #TheCave 6d
Where Christian evangelicals worship Trump more than Jesus – key voters stay loyal to president
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Large numbers of voters across rural Wisconsin flipped from supporting Obama to Trump – now dividing lines over the president are even deeper
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David Beard Wisconsin pastor: I'm worried that so many members of my congregation appear to idolize Donald Trump more than they worship Jesus. "Scripture should warn us against that." 6d
Journalists quit Iranian state broadcaster over crash cover-up
Patrick Wintour - the Guardian 8d 6 tweets
Presenter Gellare Jabbari apologised to Iranians ‘for the 13 years I told you lies’
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David Beard 2 anchors quit state-run media in Iran after its coverup for Tehran's downing of a civilian jetliner. Another journalist, who quit earlier, asks Iranians to forgive "the 13 years I told you lies." 8d
In these bleak times, imagine a world where you can thrive | Gary Younge
Gary Younge - the Guardian 12d 21 tweets
As I write my last column for the Guardian, my thoughts turn to the lessons my mother taught me, says Gary Younge
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David Beard I was asked what kind of job I would aspire to if I ever got to work at the paper. “A columnist,” said. “There’s only room for a handful of columnists on a newspaper,” he was told. “And why shouldn’t 1 of them be me?” he responded. 12d
ICE Detention Center Captain Was On a Neo-Nazi Website and Wanted to Start a White Nationalist Group
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“Deep down no one really gives a shit about racism,” Travis Frey, who was then a senior employee at an Indianapolis jail, wrote on Iron March.
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David Beard A senior employee at a for-profit immigrant detention center in Nevada was active on the neo-Nazi site Iron March and aspired to establish a white nationalist chapter in his area. He's still employed there—and is now a captain. 15d
Deceased GOP Strategist's Daughter Makes Files Public That Republicans Wanted Sealed
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Republicans in North Carolina fought in court to stop computer files found on the redistricting expert's hard drives from going public. Now his daughter, Stephanie Hofeller, is sharing them online.
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David Beard She discovered her dad worked to negate the vote of Blacks and Latinos. The GOP fought hard to keep their consultant's documents & hard drives secret. His daughter just made them public, saying Americans must see how her dad was ruining democracy. 16d
Thousands Flee to Shore as Australia Fires Turn Skies Blood Red
Nytimes.com 22d 33 tweets
The country’s east coast was dotted with apocalyptic scenes on the last day of the warmest decade on record in Australia.
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David Beard Last Tuesday, got what may be the iconic photograph of #AustraliaOnFire — a kangaroo in a decimated town. The wildfires have burned a Denmark-sized chunk of the nation. Here's his photo for the 17d
Daily Cartoon: Thursday, June 20th
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“This your first reëlection campaign, kid?”
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David Beard Six months ago, he drew it. Yesterday, wrote: "Sadly, an old political cartoon of mine seems relevant again." Here it is, with the caption: “This your first reëlection campaign, kid?” #Suleimani 17d
Federal judge says Lev Parnas, indicted Rudy Giuliani associate, may give records to House
Los Angeles Times 18d 1 tweets
A federal judge says a Rudy Giuliani associate facing campaign finance charges can give documents to Congress as part of the impeachment process against Trump.
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David Beard Drip drip drip: US judge approves turnover of documents by Lev Parnas, indicted Rudy Giuliani associate, to Congress as part of the impeachment proceeding against President Trump 18d
The Shadow Commander
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Qassem Suleimani is the Iranian operative who has been reshaping the Middle East. Now he’s directing Assad’s war in Syria.
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David Beard Who did the US just assassinate, essentially opening war with Iran? From Dexter Filkins in 2013: "Suleimani has orchestrated attacks in places as far flung as Thailand, New Delhi, Lagos & Nairobi—at least 30 attempts in the past 2 years alone." 19d
Hospitals and Schools Are Being Bombed in Syria. A U.N. Inquiry Is Limited. We Took a Deeper Look.
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Attacks on civilian sites in Syria have grown so frequent that the U.N. launched a rare inquiry to document the violations. But the investigation is limited in scope and the final report may not be made public. The New York Times did its own...
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David Beard Civilian schools and hospitals are being bombed in northern Syria. Kids are being killed. Putin's Russia is trying to stop you from finding out who is doing it. One attack: 20d
It's Never Too Late: 20 Art-World Superstars Who Only Found Success Long After Others Would Have Given Up
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Sometimes it seems like success comes only to the young. But here are 20 major figures who hit their stride later in life.
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David Beard It’s not too late: Check our these late-bloomers h/t former long-haul trucker and winner 20d
Monsey Stabbing: Several Wounded at Rabbi’s Home in N.Y. Suburb
Nytimes.com 24d 23 tweets
The attack occurred at an ultra-Orthodox synagogue in an area with a large population of ultra-Orthodox Jews.
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David Beard “This spate of assaults we saw this past week was unlike anything I’ve experienced in my 6 1/2 years at the ADL." “It’s very scary,” she said, of being Jewish in Rockland County, adding that she thinks synagogues should have more armed security. #Monsey 24d
Jamal Khashoggi and Mexico’s Lydia Cacho top ‘10 Most Urgent’ list of press freedom cases - The Boston Globe
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October 2 will mark one year since the brazen killing of the Washington Post columnist, and to date, there has been no independent criminal investigation. In Mexico, despite government-provided protection since 2009, Lydia Cacho, continues to suffer...
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David Beard Journalist has had to flee Mexico after exposing pedophile rings, sex trafficking and child pornography. Today, the and the demanded in a full-page ad that the Mexican government do more to protect journalists. 25d
Lynsey Addario: A life in nine photographs
Public Radio International 25d 1 tweets
She's seen warfare. Been kidnapped. Interviewed victims of rape and helped an Afghan woman in labor get to a hospital. Photographed a dying boy with her own son growing inside her womb. She tells the stories behind these photographs.
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David Beard Here's Lynsey's full story on that photo and on her work. 25d
Best of the decade
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Journey through National Geographic’s most powerful photographs of the decade
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David Beard Why were two women out alone in Afghanistan, wondered? It turned out one was in labor. They rushed her to the hospital (after getting her husband's permission), Lynsey told me. This image is one of 's photos of the decade. 25d