| What it’s like to live in a town the whole country is yelling about Posted: 25 Jan 2019 01:56 PM PST ![What it's like to live in a town the whole country is yelling about]( "What it's like to live in a town the whole country is yelling about") Before Covington became a code word for all that is wrong in America today – whether you think that means the smugness of white privilege, or the vindictive bias of the liberal media – it was known as a proud Rust Belt city on the rise. This northern Kentucky city on the banks of the Ohio River is a place where Hillary Clinton received more votes than Donald Trump. Where a professional clown who once worked for a Trump casino is inviting the community to join a Lakota Sioux tribal leader this weekend to begin the healing process.
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| Europe is trying to make the internet more fair. How that may backfire. Posted: 25 Jan 2019 01:15 PM PST ![Europe is trying to make the internet more fair. How that may backfire.]( "Europe is trying to make the internet more fair. How that may backfire.") The motives behind Europe's effort to reform its copyright law appear unambiguously altruistic. The reformers argue that internet giants like Google or Facebook are taking money that should be going to smaller publishers like local media or artists. "Due to outdated copyright rules, online platforms and news aggregators are reaping all the rewards while artists, news publishers, and journalists see their work circulate freely, at best receiving very little remuneration for it," the European Parliament's legislative committee explained earlier this month.
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| As new ‘caravan’ enters Mexico, a different welcome awaits Posted: 25 Jan 2019 12:50 PM PST ![As new 'caravan' enters Mexico, a different welcome awaits]( "As new 'caravan' enters Mexico, a different welcome awaits") The so-called caravan has been joined by hundreds from El Salvador and Guatemala, traveling together, like groups before them, in hopes of maintaining safety in numbers. This past October, when one of the largest caravans to date was in Alcántar's position, preparing to cross into Mexico, the situation was starkly different. Under pressure from the US government, then-President Enrique Peña Nieto sent 200 police in riot gear to the border, and security forces blocked off the pedestrian bridge connecting Mexico and Guatemala, creating an anxious crowd of migrants that seemed poised to end in a stampede.
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| A name change that changes Europe Posted: 25 Jan 2019 10:19 AM PST ![A name change that changes Europe]( "A name change that changes Europe") In southeast Europe, a region that triggered major wars in the 20th century, every step that douses fiery nationalism is welcome. On Friday, the Greek Parliament approved a measure to end a 27-year dispute with its northern neighbor over the official name for that country. After the vote, the neighbor commonly known as Macedonia will be called the Republic of North Macedonia.
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