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POLITICO Playbook: The sympathizer-in-chief heads to Tulsa Presented by People rest their hands in prayer during a Prayer Wall memorial gathering at the AME Church during commemorations of the 100th anniversary of the Tulsa Race Massacre on Monday, May 31, in Tulsa, Okla. | Brandon Bell/Getty Images DRIVING THE DAY One hundred years ago today, white assailants stormed a prosperous Black neighborhood in Tulsa, Okla., leaving the area known as a hub of African American entrepreneurship in total r...

‘Do you have body armor?’ the Afghan pilot asked us as we prepared for a trip to outposts surrounded by the Taliban.

A Black Colonel Takes Command of a Key Marine Corps Brigade The assignment gives Col. Anthony Henderson, whose promotion to brigadier general takes effect in July, further opportunity for advancement in a service that has had few African-American leaders. Col. Anthony Henderson receiving an award at Camp Pendleton, Calif., in 2016. His new command comes as the Pentagon is grappling with issues of race.Credit...United States Marine Corps May 11, 2021 WASHINGTON — The Marine Corps on Tuesday pu...

2021-04-19 08:35:49 GMT2021-04-19 16:35:49(Beijing Time) Xinhua English LASHKAR GAH, Afghanistan, April 19 (Xinhua) -- Nine militants have been killed and three others injured in cleanup operations conducted by government forces in Marja district in Afghanistans southern Helmand province, provincial police said in a statement released here Monday. A large number of arms and ammunitions were also seized from the Taliban hideouts in the operations launched Sunday, according to the statemen...

For Afghanistan veterans, old feelings of frustration and loss surface as the US prepares to end its longest war Published 3 hours ago Spc. Dallas Purdy from Hockley, Texas, hangs a message of support from friends Ashley and Katie Daniels while serving with the 1-320th Alpha Battery, 2nd Brigade of the 101st Airborne Division at COP Nolen, in the volatile Arghandab Valley, Kandahar, Afghanistan on July 29, 2010. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd, File) Share on Facebook Print article As the U.S. milit...

Antiwar.com Original Afghanistan: Stay or Go? The final decision will depend largely on whether Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin can face down white White House armchair warriors allergic to "losing" wars already long lost, as well as arms makers profiteering on the ones that drag on for decades. Austin has had up-close experience with both of these centers of power. But he has also seen – and borne more immediate responsibility for – the bloody consequences. Can he draw...

Landscape architecture studio Narchitektura has used 40 grey sandstone slabs to create a memorial park on the site of a former synagogue in Oświęcim, the Polish city where the Auschwitz concentration camp was located. Named The Great Synagogue Memorial Park, the memorial stands on the site of Oświęcims Great Synagogue, which was burnt down by the Nazi party in 1939 during Germanys occupation of Poland. The park occupies the site of Oświęcims Great Synagogue "The main idea behind the mem...

Narchitektura creates memorial park on site of Oświęcims Great Synagogue Dezeen 04/03/2021 © Provided by Dezeen The Great Synagogue Memorial Park in Oświęcim Landscape architecture studio Narchitektura has used 40 grey sandstone slabs to create a memorial park on the site of a former synagogue in Oświęcim, the Polish city where the Auschwitz concentration camp was located. Named The Great Synagogue Memorial Park, the memorial stands on the site of Oświęcims Great Synagogue, which...

La 5e édition de Less Is More annonce sa sélection Les participants à Less Is More 2021 La cinquième édition de Less Is More (LIM), le programme européen de développement de longs métrages de fiction à budget limité, a annoncé sa sélection. Elle se compose de 16 projets de scénario et de 12 "development angels". En dépit de cette période de crise, 350 candidats, issus de plus de 70 pays, parmi lesquels quelques nouveaux venus, ont répondu à l’appel. LIM est un programme de...

The fifth edition of Less Is More announces its selection The participants in Less Is More 2021 The fifth edition of Less Is More (LIM), the European development programme for limited feature films, has announced its selection, which consists of 16 script projects and 12 Development angels. Despite these troubling times, a total of 350 applicants from more than 70 countries, including a handful of new ones from around the world, applied. LIM is a training and coaching programme dedicated to scr...