| Even in his absence, McCain’s influence is strongly felt Posted: 06 Feb 2018 12:50 PM PST ![Even in his absence, McCain's influence is strongly felt]( "Even in his absence, McCain's influence is strongly felt") Republican Sen. John McCain may be thousands of miles from Washington, receiving cancer treatment at home in Arizona. This week, Senator McCain, along with fellow Sen. Chris Coons (D) of Delaware, unveiled a new bipartisan attempt at an immigration compromise that would protect so-called "Dreamers" from being deported while beefing up border security.
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| How the Olympics can reshape the Koreas Posted: 06 Feb 2018 12:15 PM PST ![How the Olympics can reshape the Koreas]( "How the Olympics can reshape the Koreas") When South Korea was chosen in 2011 to host this year's Winter Olympics, one big hope was that North Koreans would participate with their fellow Koreans in the sporting events. The best evidence is the widespread resentment and protests after players on South Korea's women's ice hockey team – who practiced hard for the Olympics – had to give up 12 places for North Korean athletes just for the political purpose of showing kinship and to promote a temporary peace. The forced unity was seen as unfair and violating the norms of decency in South Korea.
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| Russia's media scene: not just a state affair Posted: 06 Feb 2018 09:48 AM PST ![Russia's media scene: not just a state affair]( "Russia's media scene: not just a state affair") The cramped editorial offices of the weekly tabloid Moyaw invoke sharp contradictions to several widely held stereotypes of what the media in Vladimir Putin's Russia must look like. The journalists at Moyaw have a clear opinion about that.
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| Can alt-weeklies write a future for themselves in a digital era? Posted: 06 Feb 2018 08:47 AM PST ![Can alt-weeklies write a future for themselves in a digital era?]( "Can alt-weeklies write a future for themselves in a digital era?") In a news landscape filled with layoffs and closings, the alt-weekly may be perhaps the most precarious form of journalism. Lisa Snowden-McCray has started one anyway. The veteran journalist launched the Baltimore Beat after her old newsroom, the Baltimore City Paper, shuttered operations in November after 40 years.
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