José María Cabral went to prison nearly every day for almost a year. The prisoners called him el preso libre, the free prisoner. He did live some elements of the prison life — the smell, the overpopulation, the limited access to food and water. But mostly it was art, not the law, that held him […]
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‘A danger to this republic’: Sen. Al Franken asks why the Trump administration took so long to fire Michael Flynn
Screenshot via CNN Democratic Sen. Al Franken asked former Deputy Attorney General Sally Yates on Monday why the Trump administration waited nearly three weeks to fire former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn after Yates had warned the White House’s top lawyers that Flynn could be susceptible to blackmail by the Russians. That assessment came after US intelligence agencies captured […]
Livng the dream: Discover the Dominican Republic
Relaxing in a shallow natural pool in the middle of the Caribbean Sea – just off the southeastern tip of the Dominican Republic – the hustle and bustle of my London life seemed a million miles away. The sun was beating down and shoals of colourful fish darted around when I put my head under […]
‘Something is broken in our republic’: Presidential candidates blast French government over school violence
© AFP/File KENZO TRIBOUILLARD Bobigny (France) (AFP) – Far-right presidential candidate Marine Le Pen and right-wing Francois Fillon on Wednesday lashed out at the French government a day after a mob of school children in a Paris suburb assaulted police and smashed public property. Chaotic images of tear gas being fired outside a secondary school […]
Indie Game Development in the Czech Republic
The Czech game industry has a long history, though it wasn’t until fairly recently that their indie scene began to blossom. Matej Jariabka of Gamifi.cc, the independent Czech studio behind The Great Wobo Escape, currently available on Android and headed soon to PC on Steam, talks about the how that history has led to the […]
