Transparency International’s 2020 Corruption Perceptions Index lists fraud and corruption linked to emergency Covid-19 funds among the main challenges that face South Africa. But if you think these are the only challenges, think again.
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When asked whether food insecurity would be one of his key issues as second gentleman, Emhoff said, It s got to be an issue for everybody. So, I want to do what I can to amplify it. I think it s something everyone needs to be concerned about.
Of Dreaming Out Loud s work at the farm, he said, This is just so amazing to see the passion, the way these folks are approaching it, coming to a school on a plot of land that hadn t been used and actually grow food and serving the community that way and also to educate the community about what s going on. . We re in very good hands.
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RICHMOND, Va. (CN) The Fourth Circuit appeared unlikely Thursday afternoon to side with Maryland in a dispute over state courts’ ability to limit the dissemination of otherwise publicly available court recordings.
“The government has already made the subject information available,” said U.S. Circuit Judge Pamela Harris, a Barack Obama appointee, who at times sounded noticeably perturbed by the state’s claim that broadcasting raw audio or video is illegal but allowing reenactments of that same content is fine.
“What matters is what they made public,” she said. “You’re getting an actual video or audio record.”
The Capitol riot on Jan. 6 didn’t spring up in isolation.
From Oregon to Texas and Michigan to Washington, D.C., stark scenes of sometimes-violent protests and gun-toting militia groups have proliferated nationwide over the past year, underscoring the growing radicalization of extremist groups on both ends of the American political spectrum.
“The genie is out of the bottle,” says Chris Loftis, spokesman for the Washington State Patrol. “That genie had hid its face, but . it is with us,” he says, “exposing to everyone how deep and dangerous our vulnerabilities are.”
Experts say solutions to radicalism will require persistent effort – even though the vast majority of Americans aren’t prone to political violence. New efforts to counter extremism are percolating, from vigilance by social media platforms to more robust steps by law enforcement and state legislators.