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18 February 20
Andy Borowitz | Bloomberg Enrages Trump by Buying Greenland
Andy Borowitz, The New Yorker
Borowitz writes: "In an apparently successful attempt to get under the skin of Donald Trump, former New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg has purchased Greenland from Denmark."
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The prospective 'organizer in chief' comes through town with a list of policies only a billionaire could hate. (photo: Lester Black/The Stranger)
Andy Borowitz, The New Yorker
Borowitz writes: "In an apparently successful attempt to get under the skin of Donald Trump, former New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg has purchased Greenland from Denmark."
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The prospective 'organizer in chief' comes through town with a list of policies only a billionaire could hate. (photo: Lester Black/The Stranger)
Bernie Sanders Draws Over 17,000 to the Tacoma Dome in Washington State
Rich Smith, The Stranger
Smith writes: "On President's Day (hint, hint) over 17,000 people packed the Tacoma Dome to rally in support of Democratic frontrunner Senator Bernie Sanders."
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Rich Smith, The Stranger
Smith writes: "On President's Day (hint, hint) over 17,000 people packed the Tacoma Dome to rally in support of Democratic frontrunner Senator Bernie Sanders."
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Mike Bloomberg. (photo: Andrew Burton/Getty Images)
Bloomberg Blasted for 2011 Comments Saying Black and Latino Males 'Don't Know How to Behave in the Workplace'
Chris Riotta, The Independent
Riotta writes: "Mike Bloomberg's past comments about race have once again stirred controversy after a newly unearthed interview from 2011 showed the presidential hopeful saying black and Latino males 'don't know how to behave in the workplace.'"
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Chris Riotta, The Independent
Riotta writes: "Mike Bloomberg's past comments about race have once again stirred controversy after a newly unearthed interview from 2011 showed the presidential hopeful saying black and Latino males 'don't know how to behave in the workplace.'"
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“There's this enormous cohort of black and Latino males, age, let's say, 16 to 25, that don't have jobs, don't have any prospects, don't know how to find jobs”, the former mayor said.
He went on to suggest the “cohort” of black and Latino males he was referring to “don't know what their skill sets are, [and] don't know how to behave in the workplace where they have to work collaboratively and collectively.”
The former mayor also touted New York City’s historically low crime rates under his tenure in the interview, describing it as “particularly important to black and Latino kids, and their families and their neighbourhoods, because that’s where the crime is”.
The comments quickly went viral online after the interview was resurfaced earlier this week. Donald Trump’s supporters quickly jumped on the video, including the president’s eldest son, who wrote in a tweet: “Bloomberg is everything the media claims Trump is, and they won’t do anything about it. What a disgrace.”
Meydi Guzman, right, a Crystal Lake Central High School senior who was in U.S. Immigration and Customs custody for several months, embraces friends as she is welcomed back at the home of school counselor Sara Huser on Thursday, Feb. 13, 2020, in Crystal Lake, Illinois. (photo: John Starks/Daily Herald/AP)
Honduran Woman Is Released From Immigration Detention, Thanks to Her Classmates
Nicole Acevedo, NBC News
Acevedo writes: "High school students at a Chicago suburb welcomed back a classmate who spent four months in an immigrant detention center as she battles possible deportation to Honduras."
Nicole Acevedo, NBC News
Acevedo writes: "High school students at a Chicago suburb welcomed back a classmate who spent four months in an immigrant detention center as she battles possible deportation to Honduras."
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Students and staff from Crystal Lake Central High School raised over $10,000 on GoFundMe to pay for their classmate Meydi Guzman's release and subsequent legal fees to fight her immigration case.
Guzman, 18, a senior, fled Honduras with her father, Fabio Guzman-Reyes, two years ago seeking U.S. asylum after gang members sexually assaulted Guzman, according to her attorneys, Kevin Bruning and Nathan Reyes.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement released Guzman from custody on Thursday after Sara Huser, Guzman's school counselor, posted a $2,000 bond.
“I am really happy and thankful for all the people who helped me,” Guzman told reporters outside a federal building in the Chicago area.
Huser has taken the teen into her home.
"I’m truly, truly blessed and so very happy that she is going to come join my family, come back to Crystal Lake, get back to school, back to her life," Huser said at a press conference.
Both Guzman and her father made it to the U.S.-Mexico border where they were stopped by border patrol agents in 2018. They were released and expected to show up to their immigration court hearings.
The father and daughter missed a Feb. 28, 2019, hearing in Chicago because of a possible mix-up in scheduling paperwork, according to Bruning and Reyes. They appeared in court on Oct. 16, when they were unexpectedly arrested and taken to an immigration detention center in southern Illinois.
“It was very difficult. The truth was I was not prepared for this, I did not think that turning 18 would take me to be in a prison,” Guzman said in Spanish at a press conference .
ICE did not respond to NBC News' request for comment.
Her release means Guzman will return to school and possibly stay on track to graduate with her classmates in May. However, her father is still in ICE custody at the Kankakee County Jail. The county jail has a contract with ICE to house hundreds of detained immigrants.
In this Nov. 9, 2018 photo, a Walmart associate checks out customers at a Walmart Supercenter in Houston. (photo: David J. Phillip)
Walmart Employees Say They're Preparing for Job Cuts as Retailer Rolls Out Its 'Great Workplace' Program
Abha Bhattarai, The Washington Post
Bhattarai writes: "Walmart, the nation's largest private employer, is telling employees that it is doing away with certain positions - including hourly supervisors and assistant store managers."
Abha Bhattarai, The Washington Post
Bhattarai writes: "Walmart, the nation's largest private employer, is telling employees that it is doing away with certain positions - including hourly supervisors and assistant store managers."
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The changes, executives say, are part of a broader plan to rethink the way stores and distribution centers operate as more sales move online. Walmart, based in Bentonville, Ark., has been investing heavily in advanced robots that can stock shelves, sort deliveries and scrub floors as it goes head-to-head with Amazon to stake out the future of retailing. The company also has spent billions of dollars buying e-commerce sites such as Jet.com and Bonobos, with mixed results. Last week Walmart said it would end its Jetblack personal shopping service and lay off nearly 300 employees in New York. (Jeff Bezos, the founder and chief executive of Amazon, owns The Washington Post.)
Walmart began testing small-scale changes to its store hierarchy two years ago, said Drew Holler, senior vice president of associate experience. It implemented its Great Workplace plan at 125 stores last year, and this year is expanding the program to all 688 of its small-format Neighborhood Market stores and about 400 of its 3,750 sprawling supercenters.
The 14-year Walmart worker in South Carolina said the company offered her a $12,000 severance package — roughly equal to four months’ pay — in exchange for signing a nondisclosure agreement. She decided against it and is applying for a new position at her store. “Quitting is not an option,” she said. “I need a steady job and insurance for me and my kids.”
Walmart, which has 1.5 million U.S. employees, is the country’s largest employer. The retail giant raised its hourly starting wage two years ago, from $9 to $11, to keep up with higher-paying competitors such as Target, Costco and CVS. Full-time U.S. employees now make an average $14.35 an hour, according to the company. Walmart does not disclose average pay for part-time workers, who make up about 45 percent of its U.S. workforce. The company reports quarterly earnings Tuesday morning.
Marielle Franco, the Brazilian sociologist, feminist and politician murdered in March 2018. (photo: EFE)
Bolsonaro Hails Killer of Marielle Franco as 'Hero'
teleSUR
Excerpt: "In a press conference in RÃo de Janeiro, the right-wing Brazilian President said: 'I requested my son to decorate (Adriano Magalhães da Nóbrega), to clear all doubts. He was a hero, I commanded him, you can put that on me.'"
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teleSUR
Excerpt: "In a press conference in RÃo de Janeiro, the right-wing Brazilian President said: 'I requested my son to decorate (Adriano Magalhães da Nóbrega), to clear all doubts. He was a hero, I commanded him, you can put that on me.'"
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'It was like a chop shop for bees.' (photo: Sebastien Nogier/EPA)
Hive Heists: Why the Next Threat to Bees Is Organized Crime
Oliver Milman, Guardian UK
Milman writes: "Mike Potts was aware he was at risk of being a victim of crime, he just didn't think it would happen to him. But Potts is an owner of an increasingly valuable commodity that thieves are targeting with growing sophistication in the US: bees."
Oliver Milman, Guardian UK
Milman writes: "Mike Potts was aware he was at risk of being a victim of crime, he just didn't think it would happen to him. But Potts is an owner of an increasingly valuable commodity that thieves are targeting with growing sophistication in the US: bees."
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A booming demand for honeybees for pollination drew Potts, owner of Pottsy’s Pollination in Oregon, to load 400 hives of his bees on trucks and drive them down to California’s agricultural heartland last month. He unloaded them to a holding area just outside Yuba City and returned just a few days later to find 92 hives had been whisked away by thieves.
“I pulled in the yard and noticed that there was some stuff missing,” said Potts, who estimated the theft cost him $44,000. Police subsequently pulled over three suspicious beekeepers traveling late at night, to no avail. “I’ve heard that there had been some stealing but didn’t think it would happen to me. It’s frustrating because it’s getting harder and harder to keep bees alive. And then you transport them down and they just get taken.”
The theft is the latest in a string of beehive heists, often undertaken at the dead of night using forklifts and trucks. Hives are regularly split open or dismantled, interventions that can kill tens of thousands of the kidnapped bees. The problem has become severe enough in California that certain police officers now specialize in hive crime.
The main driver of the demand for honeybees is the almond industry, which has doubled in size over the past two decades. There are currently 1.17m acres of almonds in California that require pollination which, at a standard rate of two beehives an acre, means the industry somehow needs to conjure up 2.34m beehives for a short window of time each February, when almond trees start to blossom.
But the almond industry’s growth is heightening the demand for more bees at a time when even maintaining current numbers is a struggle. Due to the ravages of deadly mites, diseases and toxic pesticides, beekeepers now typically lose 40% of their colonies each winter, only making these numbers up through splitting hives and using various treatments and supplements to boost reproduction rates.
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