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This article is more than 3 months old The slogan beloved of politicians from Bill Clinton to Boris Johnson is all too often a cover for crony capitalism A food bank in Burnley, north-west England, December 2020. Photograph: Jon Super/Rex/Shutterstock A food bank in Burnley, north-west England, December 2020. Photograph: Jon Super/Rex/Shutterstock Tue 22 Dec 2020 02.00 EST Last modified on Tue 22 Dec 2020 13.06 EST In December 2006, two years after the Indian Ocean tsunami had brought terrible destruction and loss of life to large parts of south-east Asia, the UN published a report titled K...

The Village Voice Rises From the Dead The owner of LA Weekly, another independent publication, plans to restart The Voice next month. In addition to reviving the website, Brian Calle plans a quarterly print edition. The former Village Voice headquarters in Cooper Square, in New York.Credit...Zack DeZon for The New York Times Dec. 22, 2020 The Village Voice, the storied New York alt-weekly that shut down in 2018 after a 63-year run, will live again. Brian Calle, the chief executive of Street Media, the owner of LA Weekly, said on Tuesday that he had acquired the publication from its publisher,...

Three Skagit County school districts will ask voters in February to renew school levies. The Concrete, La Conner and Mount Vernon school boards have each recently approved sending replacement levy requests to voters for the Feb. 9 special election. The Concrete School Board approved Nov. 16 sending a three-year $2.50 per $1,000 in assessed property value replacement educational programs and operations (EPO) levy to the district’s voters. EPO levies are used to fund enrichment activities such as art, music and extracurricular activities, and fills gaps for underfunded programs, such as fo...

Russell Lee Manus Russell Lee “Rusty” Manus of Bradyville died after a short and courageous battle with cancer. He was diagnosed with cancer Saturday May 2, 2020. He was born Tuesday August 28, 1979 and was a native of Cannon County. He was preceded in death by his paternal grandparents John Morgan Manus and Hallie Arine Manus and maternal grandparents Elmer Lewis Davenport and Allie Fair Allen. He is survived by his parents George Edward SR. and Linda Faye Manus, Brother George Edward Manus JR. and sister Linda Ann Manus, all of Bradyville. He is also survived by several Aunts, Uncles, C...

Most fighters who compete under the GLORY banner have fought in kickboxing or Muay Thai for a significant part of their lives. Not Colorado’s Dustin Jacoby. The middleweight is a natural athlete that played college football and found himself competing in the UFC at just 23 years old. Four years later, the Factory X Muay Thai product finds himself as a top-five ranked kickboxer. Advertisement Jacoby has faced a gauntlet of fighters in his 12-fight kickboxing career, with all 12 bouts taking place in the GLORY ring. None of his opponents have been tougher than his GLORY 24 foe, Wayne Barrett,...