Andrew Kreig

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Editor’s Choice: Scroll below for our monthly blend of mainstream and alternative news and view in March, 2022

Note: Excerpts are from the authors’ words except for subheads and occasional “Editor’s notes” such as this. 

 

 

March 1

Top Headlines

• Washington Post, Convoy near Kyiv stalls but forces close in on Kharkiv, other cities
• New York Times, EXPLOSION SHAKES CENTRAL KHARKIV
• Washington Post, Live Updates: Massive Russian convoy nears Kyiv; Kharkiv is ‘surrounded,’ Ukraine’s capital braces for all-out assault
• Washington Post, In a Kyiv under siege, neighbors dig trenches and raise barriers to prepare for Russian attack
• Washington Post, What to know about Volodymyr Zelensky, Ukraine’s TV president turned wartime leade
• Washington Post, No breakthrough in talks; West increases financial pressure on Russia
• New York Times, Analysis: After a Fumbled Start, Russian Forces Hit Harder in Ukraine, Steven Erlanger
• BBC, Daily Summary: Dozens of civilians were killed earlier on Monday in Russian missile strikes on Ukraine’s second city, Kharkiv, the interior ministry says
• New York Times, Opinion: Russia Is a Potemkin Superpower, Paul Krugman
• Wayne Madsen Report, Investigative Commentary: Unrecognized state propped up by Moscow refuses to participate in invasion of Ukraine, Wayne Madsen
• Washington Post, Opinion: Five vile things Trump did to Zelensky and Ukraine that you forgot about, Greg Sargent

 

U.S. State of the Union

• Washington Post, Biden wanted to use the State of the Union for his agenda. Then Russia started a land war
• Washington Post, The state of the union, according to President Biden’s worried supporters

 

World Disasters, Climate Change

• Washington Post, Humanity has a ‘rapidly closing window’ to avoid a deadly future, U.N. climate report says
• New York Times, Analysis: Here are five takeaways from the U.N. report on climate hazards, Raymond Zhong
• New York Times, Climate Change Is Harming the Planet Faster Than We Can Adapt, the U.N. Warns; Read complete coverage of the I.P.C.C. report
• Washington Post, Cities submerged, at least 10 dead in ‘unprecedented’ Australian floods
• Washington Post, Cyberwar predictions are still unrealized in Russia’s invasion of Ukraine

 

Virus Victims, Responses

• New York Times The mask mandate in the Capitol is being lifted in time for President Biden’s State of the Union address on Tuesday
• New York Times, Live Updates: New York City is dropping school mask mandates and indoor vaccination rules
• Worldometer, World & U.S. Coronavirus Case Totals: U.S.

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