2020

Ashley Judd Wants the Next Women’s March to Be a ‘Victory March’

Politics /

“Just think for a minute about how different life would be had Ashley Judd run for the Senate, because she would have been elected,” Ms. Nelson said. Speaking without notes this time, Ms. Judd hit more talking points, extolling Ms. Warren’s climate and environmental commitments, and lamenting the Trump administration’s rollback of protections of wetlands […]

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Pompeo Denounces News Media, Undermining U.S. Message on Press Freedom

Politics /

Some journalists pointed out that Mr. Pompeo appears to erupt more often at female reporters. In an interview with Deirdre Shesgreen of USA Today last year, Mr. Pompeo at one point repeated her name nine times: “No, not O.K., but. Deirdre, Deirdre, Deirdre, Deirdre, Deirdre, Deirdre, Deirdre, Deirdre, Deirdre. Not O.K., but.” For some, Mr.

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Grammys 2020: Seven things to watch out for – and how to watch the ceremony

Entertainment /

Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Lizzo and Lil Nas X are among the leading nominees for this year’s awards The 62nd annual Grammy Awards take place in Los Angeles on Sunday night. Billed as “music’s biggest night”, the ceremony is more like “music’s longest day” – with festivities kicking off at lunchtime in LA

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Three women who were part of a quiet resistance against the Nazis in Berlin

World /

In the heart of Hitler’s Nazi Germany, ordinary people worked tirelessly and at great risk to themselves to help those whose lives were threatened. Among them was Ruth Winkelmann, who witnessed 16 members of her family being taken away to concentration camps. She managed to live in a garden shed for two years, hiding her

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