January 6, 2023 – We discuss the West’s renewed efforts to send weapons to Ukraine. Plus: the US president, Joe Biden, announces a plan for the Mexican border, a flick through the day’s papers and Singapore Art Week.
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Previews: The Progressive Magazine – December 2022

@theprogressive Magazine December 2022/January 2023:
Revitalizing America’s News Deserts
The devastating loss of local news outlets is a crisis for democracy. We can still fix it.
Edge of Sports: The World Cup of Shame
Qatar’s event is a human rights disaster—and a spectacle of sportswashing in an age of capitalist decay.
Big Brother at the Border
U.S. Customs and Border Protection is searching, downloading, and storing electronic data from thousands of travelers’ devices each year without a warrant.
Morning News: Pfizer Booster, U.S. Immigration, Ethiopia Hunger Crisis
Who is eligible to get Pfizer’s COVID-19 booster shots? And why are certain Haitian migrants detained along the US-Mexico border being released while others are deported? Plus, new documents reveal the extent of Ethiopia’s hunger crisis.