The cofounders of two tech giants have teamed up to rethink the Democratic Party. On the Fourth of July, they launched a project called WTF — short for "Win The Future" — that is virtually crowdsourcing a political agenda on Twitter, Recode reported.
“Its like coming back from the afterworld and so we are doing everything we can, but to be honest I don’t think we have the tools with his level of trauma, they have seen unspeakable violence.” ~ Bruno Geddo, head of the United Nations refugee agency in Iraq
The Syrian Kurds and their Arab allies are doing the fighting and the dying on the ground, and for better or worse, it’s their vision of governance that will take hold.
[.....] Since late 2007, when The Times first opened comments on stories, moderators on the community desk have reviewed 16 million of them, with a current rate of about 12,000 daily, said Bassey Etim, who has been the community editor since 2014.
The first black Bachelorette, Rachel Lindsay, has been cautiously diplomatic when discussing the role her race plays in the show, but her tact hasn’t prevented troublesome reality from intruding.
Like it or not, I think this is how culture change happens in our country
Thousands of workers face unemployment as retailers struggle to adapt to online shopping. But even as e-commerce grows, it isn’t absorbing these workers.
As Goldman Sachs’s long-suffering No 2., Cohn approached his board about his future. He didn’t get the answer he wanted. And then Jared Kushner swooped in. This is how Goldman Sachs took over the White House
A former CIA officer sold top secret and other classified documents to Chinese intelligence officials, according to charges filed Thursday in Alexandria federal court.
WASHINGTON — In the early days of the Trump administration, national security officials began exploring ways to free Austin Tice, an American journalist and former Marine officer believed to be held by the Syrian government. His case has frustrated investigators and diplomats since he disappeared while on assignment nearly five years ago.
