The Intercept
Pro-Israel Effort to Smear Penn President Started Well Before Oct. 7
The push to oust Penn president Liz Magill began when the university hosted a festival celebrating Palestinian literature.
 Pro-Israel Effort to Smear University of Pennsylvania President Started Well Before Oct. 7.
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the Guardian
How to have a meaningful debate about racism? We asked 20,000 people, and this is what we found | Nina Kelly
The conversation is stuck: you’re either ‘playing the race card’ or ‘in denial’. But here’s a way to break through
 How to help people who disagree have reasonable discussions about the facts of racism and practical ways to reduce it.
[2/2] … sufficient training, many of them will die futile deaths. That benefits only Putin.
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the Guardian
Yes, Ukraine can still defeat Russia – but it will require far more support from Europe | Jack Watling
By finally delivering on their promises, Kyiv’s European allies will find the benefits extend to them, too, says Jack Watling of the Royal United...
 For Ukraine to defeat the Putin forces, Europe must increase its rate of arms production. Otherwise it risks being threatened with invasion by Putin, who would have at his disposal a higher rate of production than the whole of Europe. The author also points out that Ukraine needs to train its troops for longer before sending them into battle. Without …
[2/2] … but society has a tendency to treat them as helpless make them effectively prisoners of adults. This leads them to grow up without learning how to organize activities for themselves. The Free Range Kids campaign pushes to change this. Humans of age 10 and 11 are children, but "very young children" they are not. I've read that several European countries have set the age of criminal responsibility at 14. I think that is a reasonable policy.
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the Guardian
No very young children imprisoned in England and Wales since 2010, MoJ data shows
Justice system is more reluctant to criminalise 10- and 11-year-olds but government refuses to raise age of criminal responsibility
Free-Range Kids
A Mom Reads Her Kids the Children's Book She Loved...And They Go "Meh" - Free-Range Kids
This seasonal post comes from Kobi Nelson, a high school teacher in Denver with a Ph.D. in Education. Kobi enjoys life with her husband, two kids,...
 It is good that the UK has ceased to put children 10 or 11 years old in prison in the past 13 years, but calling them "very young children", as this article does, will do them harm in many ways. Children that age are old enough to do many things on their own, …
the Guardian
Maine disqualifies Trump from presidential primary ballot, citing insurrection clause
Move comes days after Colorado supreme court removes Trump from state primary ballot for same reason
 Maine has tentatively removed the insurrectionist from the ballot for the Republican presidential primary, pending court appeals.
the Guardian
‘I feel like a criminal for quitting’: nurses in the US fight ‘stay or pay’ agreements
Filipino nurses for Ohio-based company say they have been forced to pay thousands in fees after signing training contracts
 The exploitative practice of imposing debt on new workers coming from abroad, often associated with Persian Gulf countries, is now being perpetrated openly in the US.