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SAN FRANCISCO By definition, 19 cities on Amazon's list of potential homes for its second headquarters won't make the cut. But even if they don't win the golden ticket up to 50,000 tech jobs and a $5 billion investment Amazon may be leaving its stamp.
Editor's note: this interview took place before the killings of over 100 Palestinians and the wounding of several thousand at the fence separating Israel from Gaza in late April and May so this interview focused on the book by Ehud Barak which was about to be released in the US in May with its representative presentation of how many in the Labor Party in Israel continue to think. I did not press Barak on many points because I had been told by many who know how he operates that doing so would likely have ended the interview at that point and in any event would not have convinced him of the Tikkun perspective.
Mixed signals from Washington over a possible agreement to preserve protections for young immigrants are increasing anxiety and confusion on college campuses, where the stakes are high. Amid the uncertainty, colleges and universities are stepping up efforts to protect students enrolled in the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, or DACA, telling them to be hopeful but plan for the worst.
Warren Hinckle, the swashbuckling editor of Ramparts magazine , died Thursday. His daughter Pia cited complications from pneumonia as the cause of death.
"Ultimately, if you're advertising, you're serious. If is truly competitive or had a chance to be competitive we would be seeing advertising," says Ken Goldstein, a political scientist with the University of San Francisco, and formerly with the University of Wisconsin.
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