Giving Tuesday urges Lawrence to back nonprofits
Editorial notes Giving Tuesday's rise from a 2012 idea to a major fundraising day with online donations surpassing 117 million last year. It urges Lawrence residents to support local nonprofits, including Just Food and Douglas County United Way, amid lingering sentiment from a former mayoral scandal.
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Lawrence
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Ballard Center
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Just Food
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Douglas County
United Way
Castro and the illusion of dead utopianism
George Will reflects on Fidel Castro from 1959 to the later 20th century, contrasting his regime with historic utopian promises. He notes early praise from Sartre and Mussolini’s echoed phrases, Castro’s selective democracy, and brutal prison conditions. Will surveys U S attempts to remove him, the Bay of Pigs aftermath, and Cuba’s stagnation under a regime Marcosed by slogans.
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Europe
George Will
Washington Post Writers Group
Trump faces regional pushback over border wall and trade
Andres Oppenheimer notes Latin American leaders warn that Trump’s plans for a border wall mass deportations and scrapping free trade could unite the region in opposition. Chilean figures urge a Latin American summit to denounce the wall defend climate pacts and safeguard trade, with Central America monitoring deportation shocks.
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Washington
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