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The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Adams Oshiomhole on Wednesday mocked Senate President, Bukola Saraki for losing his re-election bid. He said though the ruling party had been planning to impeach the Senate President, it was better his constituents retired him politically from the Red Chamber. He spoke with State House correspondents at the Presidential Villa, Abuja after congratulating President Muhammadu Buhari who was declared winner of last Saturday’s election by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). Oshiomhole also pointed out that there was apprehension before the February 23 presidential election over who was going to win the election. He said President Buhari’s statement that the ruling party should be magnanimous with the victory was what was expected of a statesman. According to him: “Even in victory, he sowed humility and hand of fellowship to those who share commitment to the future of Nigeria and contested against him. But ...

Those who predicted anarchy for Nigeria ahead of the 2019 presidential election have been put to shame, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, the National Chairman, All Progressives Congress(APC), has said. Oshiomhole made this known while fielding questions from State House correspondents after a congratulatory visit to President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday at the Presidential Villa. He said that by extending his hands of fellowship to everyone and congratulating those who contested with him, Buhari had proved he was a statesman who showed humility even in victory. And I think for those analysts who have been active since 1999, this is easily the most keenly contested election. My joy is that first, in the campaign, given the security issues in Nigeria, there was no incident of terrorist attack except the last day or so; maybe in Yobe or somewhere, I say to God be the glory. The second is that people who have predicted that Nigerians are going to fight; they are going to war and is like w...

Atiku Abubakar, the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has described the just-concluded presidential election as the worst held in the nation in the last 30 years. Atiku condemned the election while addressing party supporters and journalists on Wednesday in Abuja, the nation’s capital. Atiku, who rejected the outcome of the poll, said even the military government conducted a better election than the one conducted by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on February 23rd. “As I have always said, this year is my three decades in Nigeria’s struggle for democracy; but this is the worst election in those 30 years. And I told that to General Abdulsalami (Abubakar) two nights ago, when he called me. I said not even the military has conducted such a worst election” he said. The PDP candidate alleged that there were a lot of irregularities in the election which saw President Muhammadu Buhari extend his stay in the Aso Villa by another four years. Despite his ...

In a picture, a man posed with dirty secretion obvious on his face after fulfilling a vow to enter a gutter if President Muhammadu Buhari succeeds in his bid for re-election. On Wednesday, February 27, 2019, Nigeria's electoral body INEC, announced the incumbent as the winner of the presidential poll meaning an opportunity to continue with his plans. The man in the picture seemed happy about the idea with his hand gesture welcoming Buhari for another 4-year term as the President of Nigeria. Atiku Abubakar of the People's Democratic Party (PDP), who gained 11,262,978  votes against Buhari's 15,191,847, has rejected him as the winner. The PDP candidate in the election has assured his supporters that he shall contest the outcome in a court of law.

President Muhammadu Buhari has congratulated Mrs Dorothy Chinyere Anyiam-Osigwe, the Executive Vice Chairman of the Anyiam-Osigwe Group, on her 90th birthday. Mr Femi Adesina, Presidents Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, made the felicitations in a statement in Abuja on Wednesday. Adeshina said Buhari joined family members, friends and associates of the nonagenarian in celebrating a lifetime of achievements and Gods benevolence to the passionate teacher. Buhari affirmed that as the President of the Osigwe Anyiam-Osigwe Foundation, Osigwe had made significant contributions to human development in the country through the annual lecture series of the foundation. He said that such contributions were worthy of commendation by all true lovers of knowledge and the place of education in nation building. The president paid tribute to the exemplary leadership of the Anyiam-Osigwe matriarch, whom he described as a passionate mother, entrepreneur and humanitarian. He wished the celebra...

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Living Word Mission is recruiting to fill the position of: Data Entry Officer. The position is located in Lagos State. Interested candidates should possess minimum of SSCE with at least 1 year work experience.

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Vesselnet Integrated Services Limited is recruiting to fill the position of: Field Engineer. The position is located in Cross River State. Salary: N100,000 per month. Interested candidates should possess a B.Sc/HND in Electrical/Electronic Engineering with 1-2 years work experience.

Old Mutual Nigeria is recruiting to fill the position of: Finance Manager. Interested candidates should possess first degree or its equivalent in relevant field with at least 10 years work experience.

Ellae Creative Branding Agency Limited is recruiting to fill the position of: Front-End Web Developer. The position is located in Lagos State. Interested candidates should possess a B.Sc Computer Science/Engineering or related courses with at least 2 years work experience.

Willers Solutions Limited - Our client, a reputable International firm is recruiting to fill the position of: General Manager. The position is located in Lagos State. Interested candidates should possess minimum of M.Sc degree in Business Management or related field with at least 5 years work experience.

Car Mart Nigeria is recruiting to fill the position of: Graphics Designer. The position is located in Lagos State. Interested candidates should possess relevant qualifications.

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Denaro Properties Limited is recruiting to fill the position of: Marketing Officer. The position is located in Lagos State. Interested candidates should possess relevant qualifications.

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The Young Water Solutions invites applications for its 2019 Young Water Solutions Fellowship Program. The program aims to empower young leaders from low and middle income countries to implement projects to tackle water, sanitation & hygiene (WASH), water pollution and water scarcity issues, by offering them an intensive training program, seed funding grants for their projects, and mentoring support by senior level experts during one year.

A few hours after the announcement of his re-election by INEC, President Muhammadu Buhari has urged his supporters to desist from shaming the opposition. He then mentioned that his victory should is already a reward. See the message he shared via his official Twitter account below. Also, read: Husband killing: Court fixes March 20 to [...]The post 'Don't humiliate the opposition' President Buhari urges supporters appeared first on The Herald Nigeria.

Penultimate week, the governor of Kaduna State, Ahmed Nasir el-Rufai, broke a stormy news that shook a nervous country that was struggling to recover from the sudden postponement of its Presidential and National Assembly elections earlier scheduled for Saturday, February 16. He said he got a security report that 66 persons had been killed in []The post ADDRESSING KAJURU'S CONTROVERSIAL KILLINGS' REPORTS appeared first on Nigerian Pilot News.

The University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN) Administration has noted that many candidates offered admission in the 2018/ 2019 Primary and Supplementary Admissions have either not uploaded their O’ Level results to JAMB Portal or uploaded same at Cyber Cafes that do not have access code to JAMB Portal. All candidates already admitted in the 2018/2019 Primary and Supplementary Admissions should […] The post UNN Notice To Newly Admitted Students on O’level Results Upload appeared first on Nigeria Schools Blog .

Bowen University Academic Calendar for the 2nd Semester, 2018/2019 academic session has been published. Students are to note that the resumption of academic activities from election break is March 5th, 2019. Students with outstanding fees are advised to pay up their fees or will not be allowed to take part in the 2nd Semester Examination. S/N CURRENT EVENT 1 21-01-2019 […] The post Bowen University 2nd Semester Academic Calendar, 2018/2019 Session appeared first on Nigeria Schools Blog .

Federal College Of Education Umunze FCET Umunze Sandwich admission for 2019 Contact session has been annpunced. Applications are hereby invited from suitably qualified candidates for admission into the NCE/PDE/PRE-NCE Sandwich Programme of the 2019 contact. The available courses in the programme are indicated below; COURSES AVAILABLE • Agricultural Education, • Primary Education Studies, • Computer/Chemistry […] FINISH READING HERE >> FCET Umunze Sandwich Admission For 2019 Contact Session.

Bayero University, Kano (BUK) School Fees schedule for all undergraduate programmes in the 2018/2019 academic session has been published by the management of the university. All new and returning students of the Bayero University, Kano (BUK) are to note that the amount payable as school fees for the 2018/2019 academic session for the various undergraduate programmes are as shown on […] The post Bayero University, Kano School Fees Payment Schedule For 2018/2019 appeared first on Nigeria Schools Blog .

Bayero University, Kano (BUK) Registration procedure for new and returning students in the 2018/2019 academic session has been published. All the newly admitted and returning students of the university are hereby informed that they are to follow the procedure as outlined below to complete their registration for the 2018/2019 academic session. ALL activities related to undergraduate registration will close on […] The post Bayero University Registration Procedure For New & Returning Students, 2018/2019 appeared first on Nigeria Schools Blog .

Olabisi Onabanjo University, OOU matriculation ceremony date for the 2018/2019 academic session newly admitted students. Read through this page for more details; The management of the Olabisi Onabanjo University (OOU) has approved a new date for the 2018/2019 academic session Matriculation ceremony for fresh students. The Matriculation Ceremony for the newly admitted students into Olabisi […] FINISH READING HERE >> OOU Matriculation Ceremony Date 2018/2019 Fixed.

FUTO New students’ registration deadline for 2018/2019 academic session has been announced. All candidates offered Provisional admission into the undergraduate Programmes of the Federal University of Technology, Owerri, for the 2018/2019 session are to take note of the registration deadline as announced below; According to the management of the university, the registration deadline for all new students is Monday, March […] The post FUTO New Students’ Registration Deadline For 2018/2019 Academic Session appeared first on Nigeria Schools Blog .

The University Of Dundee – UK is offering the Global Excellence Scholarships to Individuals who wants to study the underlisted courses at the Institution; Anatomy / Forensic Anthropology / Forensic and Medical Art, Architecture and Urban Planning, Archives and Record Management, Art and Design, Biological/Biomedical Sciences, Biomedical Engineering, Business (Accountancy / Economics / Finance / International Business), Careers, Civil Engineering, […] The post Study In UK: 2019 Global Excellence Scholarships At University Of Dundee appeared first on Nigeria Schools Blog .

Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, LAUTECH academic calendar for the 2018/2019 academic session. See more details below; The management of the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH) has released the amended academic calendar for the first semester, 2018/2019 academic session. LAUTECH Academic Calendar. The following important dates and activities culled from the approved LAUTECH calendar […] FINISH READING HERE >> LAUTECH Academic Calendar 2018/2019 is Out Online

Bowen University, BU academic calendar for the 2018/2019 academic session is now available online. See more details below; The management of the Bowen University, Iwo, Osun State has released the academic calendar for the second semester, 2018/2019 academic session. Bowen University Academic Calendar. S/N CURRENT EVENT 1 21-01-2019 Second Semester Commences 2 22-01-2019 Registration and […] FINISH READING HERE >> Bowen University Academic Calendar 2018/2019 is Out Online.

Check MOUAU 24th Orientation Exercise Schedule of Events 2018/2019 Online, read through this page for more details; Michael Okpara University of Agriculture, Umudike, MOUAU 24th orientation exercise for freshmen. See more details below; The Vice Chancellor and the Management of Michael Okpara University of Agriculture, Umudike (MOUAU) invite all newly admitted students to the 24th […] FINISH READING HERE >> Check MOUAU 24th Orientation Exercise Schedule of Events 2018/2019 Online.

DELSU Pre-Degree Entrance Exam Schedule 2018…. Delta State University, DELSU pre-degree entrance examination schedule for the 2018/2019 academic session has been released. See more details below; DELSU Pre-Degree Entrance Exam Schedule This is to notify candidates that would be participating in the Delta State University (DELSU) 2018/2019 pre-degree entrance examination that the school management has […] FINISH READING HERE >> DELSU Pre-Degree Entrance Exam Schedule 2018/2019 is Out Online

The Delta State University, DELSU pre-degree entrance examination schedule for the 2018/2019 academic session has been released, read through this page for more details; This is to notify candidates that would be participating in the Delta State University (DELSU) 2018/2019 pre-degree entrance examination that the school management has released the examination schedule. DELSU pre-degree entrance […] FINISH READING HERE >> DELSU Pre-Degree Entrance Exam Schedule 2018/2019 is Out Online.

The University of Lagos (UNILAG) Institute of Continuing Education (ICE) in collaboration with the Faculty of Education (Sandwich) hereby announces applications for admission into B.Ed., B.A.Ed. and B.Sc.Ed. programmes from Friday, 22nd February 2019 till Friday 28th June 2019 in the under-listed Departments: ADULT EDUCATION EDUCATIONAL MANAGEMENT EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATIONS (GUIDANCE AND COUNSELING) HUMAN KINETICS AND HEALTH EDUCATION Health Education (Mainstream) […] The post UNILAG Sandwich Admission For 2018/2019 Session Announced appeared first on Nigeria Schools Blog .

Top Best Universities in Nigeria, 2019/2020 Best rated universities in Nigeria. Read through this page for more details; This is to inform the general public that the 2018 Edition of the top 100 best universities in Nigeria has been released by the 4 International Colleges & Universities (4ICU) Organization. Based on the ranking released by […] FINISH READING HERE >> Top 100 Best Universities in Nigeria 2019 – Latest 2019/2020 Edition.

The Delta State University (DELSU) Pre-degree entrance examination for the 2018/2019 session has been announced. Read through this page for more details; This is to notify all applicants to Delta State University (DELSU) Abraka for the 2018/2019 Pre-degree admission that the Entrance examination has been scheduled to hold on Thursday 28th February, 2019. Candidates have […] FINISH READING HERE >> DELSU Pre-degree Entrance Exam Date Venue and Time For 2018/2019 Session.

JAMB to Re-Confirm 2019 Mock & Main Exam Dates. Read through this page for more details; JAMB is still looking to confirm the dates for the 2019 Mock and Main Exams. This means the actual dates for both modes of exams (Mock & Main) will be confirmed and announced soon by the board. The Board […] FINISH READING HERE >> JAMB to Re-Confirm 2019 Mock & Main Exam Dates.

Confronted with the Government’s failure to sign a collective bargaining agreement and increase teachers' salary in the upcoming national budget, the Uganda National Teachers’ Union has given notice of industrial action beginning on 20 May.

French education unions are taking a stand against the planned increase in tuition fees for non-EU students.

The Australian Education Union (AEU) has reacted to a report into the provision of childcare, education and training: highlighting that pubic authorities favour private schools over public schools when it comes to funding, and demanding that an end be put to the Morrison government’s inequal treateent of public schools.

See The Official Timetabl for 2019 May/June Examination below: Monday, 1st April, 2019 to Friday, 26th April, 2019. Basketry 3 (Project Work)* Ceramics 3 (Project Work)* Graphic Design 3 (Project Work)* Jewellery 3 (Project Work)* Leather-work 3 (Project Work)* Picture Making 3 (Project Work)* Sculpture 3 (Project Work)* Textiles 3 (Project Work)* 6 hours a day for 5 days for […] The post WAEC Time Table For May/June 2019 Examination appeared first on Nigeria Schools Blog .

The student mobilisations against climate change are growing in intensity and reach - now teachers are voicing their support for their students' courage and determination.

An international delegation has joined the education union ACT to express its solidarity with teacher unionists, profiled and harassed by the government in contravention of commonly agreed human rights.

FUTO Academic Calendar 2018/2019 Session Published. The management of Federal University of Technology Owerri wishes to inform all undergraduate students of the institution that the updated academic calendar for 2018/2019 session is now available. The new academic calendar can be downloaded from the link below; >> https://ift.tt/2Voz7qD *Older** FUTO Academic Calendar: HARMATTAN SEMESTER 2018/2019 28TH OCTOBER, 2018          –      FRESH STUDENTS COME […] This post FUTO Academic Calendar for 2018/2019 Session Updated appeared first on Campus Portal Nigeria .

JAMB Mock 2019/2020 Date for UTME Candidates. The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has announced that the 2019 UTME Mock examination which was earlier scheduled to hold on Saturday, February 23rd, 2019 has been postponed. According to the JAMB’s head of media and publicity, Dr Fabian Benjamin, who stated this on Wednesday, the mock exam was postponed due to timing clash with […] This post JAMB Mock 2019 for UTME Candidate Postponed – See How To Participate appeared first on Campus Portal Nigeria .

UNIBEN Part-Time Degree Admission for 2018/2019 Begins. The University of Benin invites applications from suitably qualified candidates for admission into Part-Time Degree Programmes for the 2018/2019 academic session. AVAILABLE PROGRAMMES: The NUC has approved that the University of Benin can run the following degree programmes: B. A. (English and Literature); B. A. (International Studies and Diplomacy); B. A. (Linguistics); B. […] This post UNIBEN Part-Time Degree Form 2018/2018 is Out – New Screening Date appeared first on Campus Portal Nigeria .

Education International has sent a protest letter to the government of Iran deploring the arbitrary arrest and prolonged detention of Mokhtar Asadi, teacher and member of the Iranian Teacher Trade Association in the province of Kurdistan.  

Appearing as a guest on Tuesday's The Daily Show with Trevor Noah on Comedy Central, liberal singer John Legend excoriated President Donald Trump, calling him a "complete moron" and a******, as he gushed over recently getting to spend time with former President Barack Obama, lauding his "worldliness" and "intelligence."

[Deutsche Welle] A museum in Stuttgart has returned to Namibia a bible and whip that once belonged to Chief Hendrik Witbooi after more than 120 years, a step towards reconciliation between Germany and Nambia.

[The Conversation Africa] Wetlands support millions of people around Africa. They include all areas that are permanently or frequently covered by water, and could be at the edge of a lake or the mouth of a river.

The “Collectivos” are Cuban- backed guerilla gangs that intimidate, harass and kill people that oppose the Maduro dictatorship. The roam the streets in Venezuela and crack down on dissenters in the failed Socialist regime. WATCH: Collectivos terrifying the La Candelaria neighborhood in #Caracas . These are Cuban- backed guerilla gangs that intimidate, harass and kill people that oppose the Maduro dictatorship. #TrishRegan #VenezuelaLibre pic.twitter.com/hg7zwlXUlm — Trish Regan (@trish_regan) February 27, 2019 The collectivos are a force of terror in the Socialist regime. Chavista Collectives: The Forces of Terror in Venezuela https://t.co/LKZRpoW3UO pic.twitter.com/vZMZI6kGZ5 — David Duque Sierra (@Duque1902) February 28, 2019 On Wednesday the pro-Maduro collectivos stormed into the National Assmebly during session and opened fire. Caracas: moment when pro-Maduro supporters attempted to storm into the hall of sessions of the National Assembly during ordinary session...

Making a rare admission of a mistake, the special counsel’s office filed a memo in federal court revising its account of the evidence it used in asserting that Paul Manafort breached his plea deal.

 At The Nation, Ariel Dorfman writes— Salvador Allende offers you an outlet to Maduro . The late Chilean president shares some advice from beyond the grave: (If you prefer you can read his entire essay in Spanish .) Nicolás Maduro, Venezuela’s embattled president, has frequently invoked Chilean President Salvador Allende, who was overthrown and died in a US-backed coup on September 11, 1973, as a hero and a model. As a fervent supporter of the democratically elected Allende, who worked with him in the Presidential Palace in Santiago in the months before the military takeover, I feel compelled, therefore, to imagine the words of advice Allende might direct from beyond the grave to his Venezuelan colleague at this dangerous moment for Latin America. Señor Presidente Nicolás Maduro: I send you these words as you fight for your political life, vowing that you will not be deposed as I was in Chile by a military coup carried out by Gen. Augusto Pinochet, terminating democrac...

Mr. Cohen, the president’s former lawyer, said he had lied to Congress to protect President Trump. “I am not protecting Mr. Trump anymore,” Mr. Cohen said.

If you tuned in to Michael Cohen’s testimony this morning, you likely caught the moment when Rep. Jim Jordan, a Republican from Ohio, pressed Cohen on whether or not he “wanted to work in the White House,” with the implication being that Cohen was testifying against Trump in bitter resentment over not being given a place in the administration. In full, Jordan said: “Here’s what I see. I see a guy who worked for 10 years and is here trashing the guy he worked for for 10 years, didn’t get a job in the White House, and now you’re behaving just like everyone else who’s got fired or didn’t get the job they wanted—like Andy McCabe, like James Comey. Same kind of selfish motivation after you don’t get the thing you want. That’s what I see here today.” Cohen denied this accusation pretty vehemently, saying, “All I wanted was what I got: to be the personal attorney to the president, to enjoy the senior year of my son in high school, and waiting for my daughter who is graduating from...

Giovanni Gambino, an heir to the Gambino crime family predicted Trump’s former lawyer-turned-rat will get “whacked” in prison because ‘inmates hate rats.’ Michael Cohen is scheduled to report to prison on May 6th and Giovanni Gambino says Cohen will face a hit behind bars from furious inmates. The Daily Mail reported : ‘A message for Michael Cohen: He better keep his mouth shut,’ Giovanni Gambino told DailyMail.com on Wednesday morning, blasting Trump’s former fixer shortly before he publicly testified. Giovanni, the 43-year-old son of late Sicilian mob boss Francesco ‘Ciccio’ Gambino and cousin to infamous crime boss Carlo Gambino, speculated that Cohen’s withering testimony could have harsh consequences. ‘Inmates love Trump, and hate rats. If he wants to get out alive, he better keep his mouth shut about Trump,’ Giovanni said. Michael Cohen, a convicted liar who was just disbarred, testified in a public Congressional hearing on Wednesday. In his opening statement, Cohen cal...

Rep. Ben McAdams , USA Today

Nomi Prins , The Nation Inequality is the economic great wall between those with power and those without it.

Stephen Moore , Washington Times

Josh Kraushaar , National Journal

Emily Atkin , TNR

Evgeny Morozov , The Guardian

Holman Jenkins , Wall Street Journal

Michael Cohen, President Trump’s former lawyer, called him a conman and a cheat and provided financial documents about his business practices.

The requisite caveat about not presuming too much from the tenor of oral arguments before the Court is hereby duly noted, but more than one media observer today was struck by how open most of the justices seemed to leaving the cross in place. And when I say “most,” I don’t mean the conservative five. Breyer and Kagan also seemed wary of ruling in a way that would require Maryland to have the cross removed. What makes this worth noting, though, isn’t the particular issue in this case. It’s the fact that the Court sounds understandably frustrated with its Establishment Clause jurisprudence about religious monuments on public land and might be toying with creating a new standard. But wait, back up. What’s the Peace Cross, you ask, and what does the Court currently say about religious symbols on government property? As chance would have it, I wrote about that when this case was working its way through the appellate system. Go read , then come on back for fun from today’s hearing. ...

On Tuesday's MSNBC Live, host Stephanie Ruhle griped about the difficulty of passing new gun laws as she and Dick's Sporting Goods CEO Ed Stack pined for more gun control. Ironically, on the same day's New Day show, CNN's John Avlon admitted that there are problems with the gun laws that already exist being properly enforced.

Former Chicago Police Board President Lori Lightfoot and Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle, who are both Democrats, secured the two spots on the ballot for the April 2 general election in Tuesday’s nonpartisan primary for mayor of Chicago. Either Lightfoot or Preckwinkle would be the first black woman to serve as mayor of the Windy City, and Chicago will also soon become the largest city in America to ever be led by a woman of color. A Lightfoot victory would make Chicago the largest city in the country to ever be led by a gay mayor. Lightfoot took first place on Tuesday’s 14-way race with 17 percent of the vote , while Preckwinkle edged former White House chief of staff Bill Daley, the son and brother of Chicago’s two longest-serving mayors, 16-15 to claim the second general election spot. Preckwinkle, who is also the leader of the Cook County Democratic Party, looked like a frontrunner, if not the frontrunner, from the moment she entered the race in September , but L...

On national TV, President Trump’s old attack dog faced off against his new ones.

In their questioning of Michael Cohen, President Trump’s former lawyer, members of the House Oversight and Reform Committee made incorrect or misleading statements.

A picture from Democrat Virginia Governor Ralph Northam’s medical school yearbook surfaced in early February showing two men, one in a KKK hood and robe and one in ‘blackface’ on the same page as Northam. The photo was first published by Big League Politics  and later confirmed by other outlets such as WaPo and The Virginian Pilot. The Virginia Democrat leadership is initially defended the far left governor over the racist photos. Democrat leaders then called for Northam to resign.  But the blackface governor is still in office. Now this… Governor Northam’s wife Pam Northam is under fire for handing out cotton to black kids on a mansion tour. Philly.com reported: A Virginia state employee has complained that her eighth-grade daughter was upset during a tour of the historic governor’s residence when first lady Pam Northam handed a ball of cotton to her and another black child and asked them to imagine being enslaved and having to pick cotton. “The Governor and Mrs....

The Associated Press and the White House Correspondents’ Association denounced the restriction on journalists’ access to a meeting between the president and North Korea’s autocratic leader.

Rachel Maddow said Michael Cohen's testimony leaves two potential outcomes for Donald Trump: impeachment or criminal charges.

To cleanse the palate, lotta emotions running high today. I don’t know what this is really about but it’s not about the Cohen hearing. Williams rambles on a bit too long while panelist Morgan Ortagus is waiting to cut in, then he says something about a bunker, and — hoo boy. This is the closest the Fox News set has come to actual violence since the time Hannity pulled a gun on Juan . How has this guy survived this long? Two clips here from “The Five” plus one of Cohen’s closing statement today, which contained its own intimation of violence: “Given my experience working for Mr. Trump, I fear that if he loses the election in 2020, that there will never be a peaceful transition of power.” He’s overstating that; it’s not like Trump will deploy the military if he loses. But there’s literally no scenario in which he’ll graciously accept defeat, even if he loses by 10 million votes. Some sort of fraud and chicanery will be alleged to explain it. “That’s what they did to me with the Rus...

Dr. Bill Jenkins devoted most of his professional life to addressing racism in health care. While he had many accomplishments over the course of his extraordinary career, he was best known for trying to put an end to the Tuskegee Experiment , an unethical study conducted on black men by the U.S. government in order to learn the effects of syphilis on the human body. Jenkins died in Charleston, South Carolina, on Feb. 17 at the age of 73.  Jenkins was employed at the United States Public Health Service as a statistician when he learned about the study. The federal government had intentionally lied to hundreds of black men in Macon, Alabama, about treating their “bad blood,” a term used locally to describe a variety of illnesses. The men, many of whom had syphilis, were initially recruited under the belief that they were receiving free medical treatment at the Tuskegee Institute. Most of them were sharecroppers who had never before seen a doct...

The three weeks ago, the Globe and Mail story published a story alleging the Prime Minister’s Office pushed Justice Minister and Attorney General Jody Wilson-Raybould to go easy on SNC-Lavalin. The weeks since have been a vacuum filled with speculation and thunderous condemnation along with a pinch of ersatz partisan character assassination on the part […]

There is good news and bad news in the Alberta government’s third-quarter fiscal update released Wednesday. The good news: the provincial deficit, originally pegged at almost $9 billion, will be closer to $7 billion. The bad news: pretty much everything else. This is not a good news update, to say the least. Even the good […]

The GOP performance was just the latest demonstration that they no longer care about upholding their responsibilities as members of Congress.

In Miracle Workers and God Friended Me, God is threatening earthlings and using Facebook just months before Frances McDormand takes on the role As of late, the old God is more old hat than Old Testament. The image of the serious-faced Caucasian man clad in a long, flowing white beard and an even longer white robe is passé, as is the worshipful distance religious art tends to keep from him. The TV landscape of 2019 has allowed more room for an omnipotent deity than usual, all the while demystifying God as a person and idea. Sacrilegious? Maybe, but it has made for some fine entertainment (even if the creators might be consigning themselves to hell). Related: How Amy Sedaris and her distinctive comedy finally found a home Continue reading...

“Art does not reproduce the visible; rather, it makes visible.”-Klee An artist is continually making decisions – decisions about subject matter, themes, materials, size. Does one do pre-planning with preliminary drawings are just dive right in? Once those decisions are made then one gets into the nitty-gritty of all the decisions needed to bring a particular piece to completion. But what is the best approach to use in making those decisions – logic or intuition? I have always described my own process as a painter as one of maintaining a fine balance between control (logic) and letting go (intuition). Until about ten years ago there was a lot more “letting go” in my process than control. I never pre-planned anything – often working from a feeling, other times from a story or myth. There was so much “letting go” involved that some of my pieces, like Inanna’s Return which was destroyed and re-found many times, end up weighing 20 – 25 lbs because of all the paint on the canvas. All of ...