| Post-Harvey, Houston considers the line between safety and sacrifice Posted: 28 Aug 2018 12:50 PM PDT ![Post-Harvey, Houston considers the line between safety and sacrifice]( "Post-Harvey, Houston considers the line between safety and sacrifice") As the rains from tropical storm Harvey intensified last year, Marina Ageyeva stayed relatively calm. Fifteen miles to the southeast, Andrew Nat had been in his home for 22 years and never flooded. What they didn't know was that they were living inside the flood pool for the Addicks and Barker reservoirs, which meant that, in the event of torrential rain, their neighborhood could be intentionally flooded to protect downtown Houston.
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| Hush money, the president, and the law: a primer Posted: 28 Aug 2018 11:44 AM PDT ![Hush money, the president, and the law: a primer]( "Hush money, the president, and the law: a primer") All eyes were on President Trump's former personal lawyer, Michael Cohen, as he stood before a federal judge in New York last week and pleaded guilty to arranging "hush money" payments for two women to cover up extramarital affairs they'd allegedly had a decade ago with Mr. Trump. Mr. Cohen told the judge he was working "under the direction and coordination" of candidate Trump, and his accusation has raised new questions about Trump's own vulnerability to ongoing investigations. Q: Since Cohen admitted in open court that he violated campaign finance laws, does that mean that Trump must be guilty as well?
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| Nicaraguan activists flee their country, but not the fight Posted: 28 Aug 2018 11:30 AM PDT ![Nicaraguan activists flee their country, but not the fight]( "Nicaraguan activists flee their country, but not the fight") Clara and Jorge met manning community-run barricades in Nicaragua last spring, at the onset of anti-government protests. President Daniel Ortega, a Sandinista revolutionary who helped unseat dictator Anastasio Somoza in 1979, is under fire for crackdowns on civilian protests in Nicaragua. The government puts the death toll closer to 200, and calls the demonstrators terrorists angling for a coup.
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| Argentina tries breaking corrupt habits Posted: 28 Aug 2018 10:08 AM PDT ![Argentina tries breaking corrupt habits]( "Argentina tries breaking corrupt habits") Since 2015, when Argentina elected a new reform-minded president, it has made a swift and upward advance in the Corruption Perceptions Index, a world ranking compiled by the group Transparency International. The respected La Nacion newspaper published revelations from "notebooks" kept for years by a chauffeur for a senior official tracking illegal payments from businesspeople to top government leaders. The most powerful recipients, according to the documents, were the former president, Cristina Fernández de Kirchner (CFK), and her deceased predecessor and husband, Néstor Kirchner.
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