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Democracy Now! 

"The Message": Ta-Nehisi Coates on the Power of Writing & Visiting Senegal, South Carolina, Palestine

We spend the hour with the acclaimed writer Ta-Nehisi Coates, whose new book The Message features three essays tackling the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, book bans and academic freedom, and the legacy of the transatlantic slave trade. The Message is written as a letter to Coates’s students at Howard University, where he is the Sterling Brown Endowed Chair in the English department. As part of the research for the book, Coates traveled to Senegal and visited the island of Gorée, often the last stop... Читать дальше...

Raw Story 

'Mixed message': GOP pours millions into voting push Trump dismisses as 'stupid stuff'

A multi-million dollar effort to urge Republican voters to cast their ballots before Election Day is being undermined by the top of the GOP ticket, Politico reports.

According to Politico, Republicans “have spent the better part of the last four years trying to undo” Donald Trump’s “vilification of mail and early voting method” — a crucial component of the former president’s “web of stolen-election conspiracy theories.”

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Kotaku.com 

Every Star Wars TV Show, Ranked From Worst To Best

Ever since Disney bought Lucasfilm back in 2012, there’s been a steady drip feed of Star Wars television shows airing on Disney+. Before that, we had a few shows set in George Lucas’ space opera universe, but they were only animated series (mostly) geared towards children. Since the Disney deluge, Disney has released…

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Economictimes.indiatimes.com 

1.48% Jammu and Kashmir voters opt for NOTA against 0.38% in Haryana

Recent Election Commission data shows more voters in Jammu and Kashmir used the NOTA button than in Haryana. In Haryana assembly elections, 0.38 percent opted for NOTA, while in Jammu and Kashmir, it was 1.48 percent. Former chief election commissioner O P Rawat stated NOTA currently holds symbolic significance without impacting election results.

Business Standard 

Assembly polls: 1.48% J-K voters opt for Nota against 0.38% in Haryana

More voters in Jammu and Kashmir used the NOTA button against those in Haryana, latest Election Commission data shows. In elections to the 90-member Haryana assembly, out of over two crore electors, 67.90 per cent had exercised their franchise. Out of these, 0.38 per cent used the none of the above (NOTA) option on the voting machine. In the three-phased Jammu and Kashmir assembly polls to 90 seats, 63.88 per cent of the total electorate voted. Out of these, 1.48 per cent opted for the NOTA option. Читать дальше...