Core members of the Biden Administration convened industry stakeholders in dialogue on equitable decarbonization of America’s buildings, associated opportunities for jobs, and new programs for efficient electrified buildings.
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We speak with Palestinian reporter Youmna al-Sayed, who was among the journalists who had to flee for their lives when Israel bombed and leveled a 12-story Gaza building that housed the offices of media organizations including the Associated Press and Al Jazeera. Israel has claimed, without evidence, that the building was being used by Hamas operatives, but al-Sayed says it’s part of a pattern of Israeli attacks on media. “This is no coincidence,” she says.
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To save precious centuries-old Arabic texts from Al Qaeda, a band of librarians in Timbuktu pulls off a brazen heist worthy of Ocean’s Eleven. Read more about it in Joshua Hammer’s THE BAD-ASS LIBRARIANS OF TIMBUKTU.
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Jun 2, 2020
‘The Accidental Revolution: How the Westminster Constitution Became Fit for Purpose’
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