Tag: David Hoffman
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Welcome to the Age of the Broligarchs | Vince Bzdek
One of the most remarkable things about the inauguration Monday was the prominence of place given to tech titans during the ceremonies. Magnates worth more than $1 trillion were seated right behind the president and a row ahead of Donald Trump’s Cabinet as Trump was sworn in. Tesla and X CEO Elon Musk, Meta CEO…
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Liberty’s torchbearers, like Oswaldo Payá, can be found the world over | Vince Bzdek
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save They are, in the words of Pulitzer-Prize winning author David Hoffman, “dreamers who dared to wish for more.” They are people like Volodymyr Zelensky, president of Ukraine. Or Alexei Navalny, imprisoned opposition leader and freedom fighter in Russia. Or Mahsa Amini, the young woman whose…
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Today we are all Ukrainians | Vince Bzdek
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Why should we Coloradans, 5,000 miles away, care about Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine? The answer is simple. This is the Berlin of our generation. This is the absolute front lines of democracy against the dark forces of dictatorship. This is the new flashpoint in…