Sand or Rock?

INTERNATIONAL FOCUS

VENEZUELA

The Six Players in Venezuela's Crisis

Is Venezuela on the verge of civil war? OPINION

Treasury sanctions Venezuelan president over elections

Venezuelan opposition figures taken into custody

COLOMBIA

The FARC arrives at Congress to become a political party 

Rebel faction in Colombia reaches peace deal ahead of Pope Francis’s visit

As Pope Francis heads to Colombia, will third time be the charm?

Researchers thought peace in Colombia would mean more science funding. They were wrong

Tomorrow Belongs to God

ECUADOR

Galápagos and Machu Picchu: The Best of Ecuador and Peru 

Chinese Ship Accused of Ecuador Shark Smuggling Linked to Fujian Fishing Giant

BRAZIL

Strong growth in BRICS countries' trade in 2017 – Maersk 

China Merchants buys control of Brazil's most profitable port

ARGENTINA

Argentina Delivers Thousands Of Documents To U.S. Holocaust Museum 

PERU

Galápagos and Machu Picchu: The Best of Ecuador and Peru 

CHILE

Chile’s president is a woman — and she just scored a major policy victory for women 

Anti-Uber protests disrupt major Chilean airport; one dead

URUGUAY

'Cocaine king of Milan' arrested in Uruguay after 23 years on the run 

GUYANA

Guyana and Suriname to participate in first Islamic science and technology summit in Kazakhstan

Over one hundred Guyanese awaiting deportation, but government won’t finance their return

USA NATIONAL FOCUS

ROBERT MUELLER, SPECIAL COUNSEL

Mueller Team Reportedly Questioning If Trump Hid Knowledge Of Russia Meeting 

Mueller examining Trump’s draft letter firing FBI Director Comey

Bob Mueller has an unreleased Trump letter about firing James B. Comey. Here’s why that’s big.

Robert Mueller just undercut Trump’s use of the pardon power OPINION

JARED KUSHNER “Jack of All Trades”

Kushner's Mideast peace push met with Palestinian skepticism

EXILES ON PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE: HOW JARED AND IVANKA WERE REPELLED BY WASHINGTON’S ELITE

Kushner's business switches to 'crisis communications' PR firm as Russian investigations heat up

Kushner Stumbles on Bumps in the Road on Mideast Junket

Kushners’ China Deal Flop Was Part of Much Bigger Hunt for Cash

STEVE BANNON

Steve Bannon is back at Breitbart. But can his page of rage survive 

Will Steve Bannon's legacy live on? China trade probe poses key test

Bannon’s Breitbart tears into Trump after Afghanistan speech

Steve Bannon Will Speak at ZOA Gala

Bannon wages war against Trump-backed candidate in Alabama

Trump's predecessors left him Vietnam in Afghanistan, the Cuban Missile Crisis in North Korea and the Bay of Pigs in Venezuela.  Steve Bannon

DEMOCRATIC PARTY

Dems begin lining up 2020 staff, cash 

Get to Work, Democrats: Become the Jobs Party

Clinton’s score-settling frustrates Democrats

Bernie backers' attacks on Democrats infuriate the party

BERNIE SANDERS

Bernie Sanders Has No Time For Chris Cuomo Asking About The 2020 Election

Sanders plans to introduce single-payer bill in September

Sanders single-payer bill poses dilemma for 2020 Dem hopefuls

Bernie Sanders blasts Trump over DACA

Hillary Clinton’s subtly savage takedown of Bernie Sanders

Clinton says sexist Bernie Bros helped Trump win

UNIONS

Graduate students won right to organize as employees, but that victory is in peril under Trump 

Rightwing alliance plots assault to 'defund and defang' America's unions

America needs its unions more than ever

LABOR

We’ve fixed the jobs gap, but people still aren’t working OPINION

Jobs gap is closed, but millions remain out of the labor force PODCAST

The labor market: Who is in and who is out?

For Labor Day, facts about US jobs and workers

Celebrate Labor Day by supporting national paid family leave OPINION

6 Reasons You’re Not Getting Promoted

BOOKS

I Got'cha! YOUNG ADULT 

Fast Track To Glory: An International Thriller (A Nina Monte Mystery Thriller Book 1) FICTION

Watch Me Disappear FICTION

Horsemen of the Trumpocalypse: A Field Guide to the Most Dangerous People in America NONFICTION

Transgender History NONFICTION

White House Confidential: The Little Book of Weird Presidential History NONFICTION

SCREEN

“Disjointed” is a cannabis sitcom with just enough of a buzz

Jewish Actor Pulls Out Of ‘Hellboy’ After Discovering His Character Is Supposed To Be Asian

ABACUS: Small Enough to Jail – A Critically Acclaimed Documentary

Sea Prayer: a 360-degree illustrated film by award-winning novelist Khaled Hosseini

Joan Didion Gets New Netflix Documentary

NOTE: The news sources here vary.  Not all sources have the same credibility, but in an effort to share some different perspectives, they are included here.  This compendium itself cannot claim to be unbiased.  Please take into consideration where these different perspectives originate in assessing their value.  Thank you