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November 24, 2023

New Gene Editing Treatment Cuts Dangerous Cholesterol in Small Study

Gina Kolata The New York Times

The trial involved only 10 patients, but it suggests cholesterol can be permanently reduced with a single treatment for patients at risk of heart disease

November 24, 2023

The Pinochet Dictatorship Declassified: Confessions of a DINA Hit Man

National Security Archive National Security Archive

"I accuse the government of Chile of my death,” wrote DINA agent Michael Townley in March 1978, as FBI agents pursued him for the September 1976 car bomb assassination of Orlando Letelier and Ronni Karpen Moffitt in Washington, D.C.

November 24, 2023

Argentina’s Labor Leaders Warn of Resistance to President-Elect

Daniel Politi AP

Argentina’s unions and social organizations are vowing pushback and protests if Right-wing populist President Javier Milei makes good on his promises to slash the size of the state and privatize companies

November 24, 2023

Spanish PM Proposes Talks on the Establishment of a Palestinian State

Al Jazeera

In meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Spain’s Pedro Sanchez proposes international peace talks

How Israel Created a Water Crisis for Palestinians

November 24, 2023

How Israel took control of the region's water supply and created a deadly scarcity crisis for Palestinians.

Chicago's Radical Solution for Broken Tipping Culture

November 24, 2023

Your tips are subsidizing the payrolls of multi-billion dollar chains. How tipping culture got so broken, and the fight to fix it.

Frybread Face and Me | Movie

November 24, 2023

Two adolescent Navajo cousins from different worlds bond during a summer herding sheep on their grandmother's ranch

Why Being Bilingual Is Good for Your Brain | BBC

November 24, 2023

From delaying dementia to enhancing problem solving, turns out bilingualism is good for you

Investigating Buffy Sainte-Marie’s Claims to Indigenous Ancestry | The Fifth Estate

November 24, 2023

The investigation includes genealogical documentation, historical research and personal accounts, and examines the harms of “pretendians” — those faking Indigenous heritage.

November 24, 2023

Friday Nite Videos | November 24, 2023

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Investigating Buffy Sainte-Marie’s Claims to Indigenous Ancestry. Why Being Bilingual Is Good for Your Brain. Frybread Face and Me | Movie. Chicago's Radical Solution for Broken Tipping Culture. How Israel Created a Water Crisis for Palestinians.