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brooklynite's JournalMPs vote to extend equal marriage and abortion rights to Northern Ireland
Source: The Guardian
MPs have voted resoundingly to extend both same-sex marriage and access to abortion to Northern Ireland, bringing the region into line with the rest of the UK on two of the most significant social issues of the era.
The Commons voted 383 to 73 to pass the same-sex marriage amendment to a largely technical bill on the stalled Northern Ireland assembly, tabled by the Labour MP Conor McGinn, a longstanding campaigner for equal marriage in Northern Ireland.
In a subsequent vote MPs approved an amendment by another Labour MP, Stella Creasy, to extend abortion rights to Northern Ireland, the only part of the UK where it remains illegal. The vote was passed by 332 to 99.
Both second reading amendments were free votes for MPs, as they were viewed as a matter of conscience.
Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2019/jul/09/mps-vote-to-extend-same-sex-marriage-to-northern-ireland
The Chicago Defender, Legendary Black Newspaper, Prints Last Copy
Source: New York Times
CHICAGO — Decade by decade, the newspaper told the story of black life in America. It took note of births and deaths, of graduations and weddings, of everything in between. Through eras of angst, its reporters dug into painful, dangerous stories, relaying grim details of lynchings, clashes over school integration, and of the shootings of black men by white police officers. Among a long list of distinguished bylines: Langston Hughes and Gwendolyn Brooks.
After more than a century, The Chicago Defender will cease its print editions after Wednesday, the newspaper’s owner has announced. The Defender will continue its digital operation, according to Hiram E. Jackson, chief executive of Real Times Media, which owns The Defender and other black newspapers around the country. He said the move would allow the news organization to adapt to a fast-changing, highly-challenging media environment that has upended the entire newspaper industry.
“It is an economic decision,” Mr. Jackson said, “but it’s more an effort to make sure that The Defender has another 100 years.”
Still, the demise of The Chicago Defender’s print editions represented a painful passage for many people who grew up in Chicago and for those with memories of its influence far beyond this city. Of its many significant effects over many years, The Defender told of economic success in the North, and was seen as a catalyst in the migration of hundreds of thousands of black Americans from the South.
Read more: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/09/us/chicago-defender-newspaper.html?smtyp=cur&smid=tw-nytpolitics
Ross Perot, self-made billionaire, patriot and philanthropist, dies at 89
Source: Dallas Morning News
Ross Perot, self-made billionaire, renowned patriot and two-time independent candidate for U.S. president, has died after a five-month battle with leukemia.
He was 89.
The pioneer of the computer services industry, who founded Electronic Data Systems Corp. in 1962 and Perot Systems Corp. 26 years later, was just 5-foot-6, but his presence filled a room.
"Describe my father?" Ross Perot Jr., his only son and CEO of the Perot Group, asked rhetorically in an interview. "Obviously a great family man, wonderful father. But at the end of the day, he was a wonderful humanitarian.
Read more: https://www.dallasnews.com/business/business/2019/07/09/ross-perot-self-made-billionaire-patriot-philanthropist-dies-89
Evening Reception with Cory Booker
Please Join Presidential Candidate Senator Cory Booker For an Evening Reception
Thursday, July 18, 2019
8:00 PM
Contribution Levels
Co-Chair: $5,000 (write/raise)*
Co-Host: $2,800 per person*
Supporter: $1,000 per person
Friend: $500 per person
*Includes a photo with Cory
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Lunch with Steve Bullock
Please join supporters for a New York Lunch in support of Governor Steve Bullock
Wednesday, July 17th, 2019
12:00PM
Address Available Upon RSVP
New York, NY
Co-Host ($2,800)
Champion ($1,000)
Supporter ($500)
Friend ($250)
https://donate.stevebullock.com/onlineactions/eDaASqy1H0yV-8sOXX_IZA2
Join Kamala Harris in Brooklyn
Join Kamala Harris in Brooklyn!
Wednesday July 10th, 2019
Doors open at 6:00pm
Brooklyn Bowl
Brooklyn, NY
Arrival details provided closer to event date
Ticket Levels:
-$2,800: Backstage Reception + Photo Line
-$1,000: VIP Lounge Section + Photo Line
-$500: VIP Lounge Section with Kamala's husband, Doug Emhoff!
-$250: General Admission + Premium Viewing Section
-$100: General Admission
https://give.kamalaharris.org/onlineactions/acFNcs683kWTV6EzbNbLNQ2?attr=100755978
Andrew Yang Wants to Save Your Dying Mall
CityLabAccording to his campaign, some 300 malls will fold over the next 4 years, a number in line with an estimate by Credit Suisse that one-quarter of all malls will close by 2022. Many dozens or hundreds more will struggle as anchor stores collapse and retail outlets wither. Yang’s American Mall Act would devote $6 billion to finding new purposes for these dying retail complexes.
Yang announced the plan over the weekend in a video from Columbia Place, a shopping hub in suburban Columbia, South Carolina, that today is only a shadow of its former self. “It’s a massive challenge to try to keep these structures vital and filled,” Yang said in the spot. “No one wants to go to the vast empty parking lot.”
It’s an apparent pitch to Palmetto State voters who recognize the retail apocalypse as a potential spur for suburban blight. With it, Yang has landed on a niche issue that could benefit from some visionary thinking: greyfields, economically obsolete real-estate assets so named for the asphalt expanses of their vacant parking lots.
So now he has TWO minutes of things to say at the next debate?
Miami Herald: Acosta should resign
The Hill“He is an ethically compromised public servant who has failed to address his suspect actions in this case, but he continues to act on citizens’ behalf in the public domain,” the board wrote in an editorial published late Monday. “He has to go.”
Acosta, who was previously U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, approved a deal with Epstein that enabled him to serve 13 months in “custody with work release” after a 2008 conviction for soliciting prostitution from underage girls. The deal also let Epstein spend 16 hours a day outside of prison.
Acosta has continued to stand by the deal as necessary means to ensure Epstein served time.
North Carolina runoff tests GOP efforts to boost female candidates
PoliticoPediatrician Joan Perry has powerful allies in her corner to help her capture the GOP nomination for the special election, including all 13 Republican women currently serving in the House. She’s been the beneficiary of more than $1 million in support from groups set up to support Republican women.
But Perry is also running headlong into obstacles — namely, a conservative power structure backing her opponent, fellow physician Greg Murphy, including an influential male member of Congress from the state.
The race sets up as a test of whether GOP primary voters see gender diversity as an important value in the way Democrats did in the 2018 midterms, when voters sent a wave of Democratic women to Congress.
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