the coming of american fascism, 1920–1940

Roosevelt himself sounded the same note in a speech a year later when he said “I am greatly in favor of decentralization, and yet the tendency is, every time we have [a recession] in private industry, to concentrate it all the more in New York. ... Even liberal newspapers like..

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thanks for making new york's first sketchbattle at jalopnik hq a huge

Huge news for the people of New York City you have Sketchmaster, and his name is Kevin Richards. OK, to be fair it's the time we've had one of those, and his title was hard-won at the first ever New York Sketchbattle Championship hosted at Jalopnik HQ this week. ..

spring of the times : the dong-a ilbo

A cherry blossom festival is held in New York City every April. Some 600 cherry blossom trees lined on Roosevelt Island, situated east side of Manhattan, bloom just like the cherry trees adorned on the streets of Seoul’s Yeouido. ... A cherry blossom festival is held in New..

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myanmar holiday prisoner amnesty disappoints, with all but two

A Myanmar woman (R) greets her son (L) after he is released from Insein Prison as part of a presidential amnesty for prisoners during the Buddhist New Year, in Yangon, April 17, 2019. ... Intolerance for satire In a related development, New York-based Human Rights Watch (HRW) on..

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