Critics of police unions stress that the unions have far too much power, and contend that robust protections give many police officers a sense of impunity.Photograph by David Butow / Redux Police unions have long had a singular—and divisive—place in American labor. What is different at this fraught moment, however, is that these unions, long …
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King Leopold II of Belgium laid claim to the Congo and declared it his territory while exerting physical threats to the indigenous people of the Congo (Kongo). He declared the people and the land to be his property, and he quickly turned the country into a moneymaking venture for himself and his throne. Kongo was …
Among the numerous tragedies of the current COVID-19 crisis is the large number of Holocaust survivors who count among the disease’s victims. In recent weeks, newspapers across the world have published moving obituaries of individual Jews who, more than three-quarters of a century ago, fled persecution, went into hiding or survived the horrors of the …
•Col Abubakar Umar (Rtd) ABUJA ((SundiataPost) – Colonel Abubakar Dangiwa Umar (rtd), one-time Military Governor of Kaduna State, has warned President Muhammadu Buhari against continuing making lopsided appointments that favour one section of the country against other sections. In an open letter he wrote to Buhari on Sunday and made available to SundiataPost, Col Umar …
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A few things spring to mind. Trump lacks certain qualities which the British traditionally esteem. For instance, he has no class, no charm, no coolness, no credibility, no compassion, no wit, no warmth, no wisdom, no subtlety, no sensitivity, no self-awareness, no humility, no honour and no grace – all qualities, funnily enough, with which …
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