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Fiat Chrysler Reach Tentative 4-Year Contract With Auto Union

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<p>(DETROIT) — The United Auto Workers and Fiat Chrysler reached a tentative agreement Saturday on a new four-year contract, which includes a total of $9 billion in investments but still needs final approval from workers.</p>
<p>Both sides declined to offer details on the deal, but it includes a $9,000 bonus for workers when the agreement is ratified, a promise not to close any factories where vehicles are assembled for the next four years, and a commitment to keep making vehicles at a plant in Belvidere, Illinois, according to a person briefed on the matter. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because the talks are confidential.<br /></p>
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<p>The UAW-FCA national council will meet Dec. 4 to go over the details of the tentative deal. If adopted, it would go to Fiat Chrysler Automobiles’ 47,000 union workers, and a vote by hourly and salary workers could begin on Dec. 6.</p>
<p>Fiat Chrysler is the last company to settle on a new contract with the union. GM settled Oct. 31 after a bitter 40-day strike that paralyzed the company’s U.S. factories, but Ford reached a deal quickly and settled in mid-November.</p>
<p>Talks have focused on Fiat Chrysler for almost two weeks, and both sides negotiated into the early morning hours earlier this week before taking a break for the Thanksgiving holiday.</p>
<p>The Illinois factory west of Chicago now makes the Jeep Cherokee small SUV and employs about 3,700 union workers on two shifts.</p>
<p>Of the $9 billion in total investments included in the deal, half were newly announced Saturday, and the other $4.5 billion are investments announced earlier this year.</p>
<p>The $9,000 ratification bonus isn’t as much as the $11,000 that GM workers got, but it’s equal to the money paid to Ford workers. Both companies gave workers a mix of pay raises and lump-sum payments, ratification bonuses, an end to a two-tier pay scale for full-time workers and a clear path for temporary workers to go full-time.</p>
<p>The union also got commitments for new vehicles to be built at several GM and Ford factories.</p>
<p>Even if union leaders approve the deal, ratification isn’t guaranteed. In 2015, workers voted down the first deal reached with Fiat Chrysler but approved a second one.</p>
<p>Fiat Chrysler apparently is agreeing to the “pattern” agreement reached with GM and Ford even though the company’s CEO said earlier this month that all of the companies are in different labor circumstances. Following the same deal would cost Fiat Chrysler more because the makeup of its workforce is different. FCA has more temporary workers than either GM or Ford, and it also has more so-called “second tier” workers hired after 2007 who now make less than longtime workers.</p>
<p>The deal with Ford and GM gives pay raises to workers hired after 2007, so they reach top UAW production wages of more than $32 per hour within four years. It also gives temporary workers a path to full-time jobs within three years.</p>
<p>Ford has about 18,500 workers hired after 2007 who will get big pay raises with the new contract, compared with GM’s 17,000. Fiat Chrysler has over 20,000 union employees hired after 2007.</p>
<p>In addition, about 11% of Fiat Chrysler’s UAW workforce is temporary, while Ford has a cap at 8% and GM is around 7%.</p>
<p>Fiat Chrysler in past years has enjoyed a labor-cost advantage compared with Ford and GM. FCA’s labor costs, including wages and benefits, amounted to $55 per hour going into the contract talks, while they were $61 at Ford and $63 at GM, according to the Center for Automotive Research, an industry think tank. That compares with an average of $50 per hour at U.S. plants owned by foreign-based automakers.</p>
<p>General Motors last week filed a federal racketeering lawsuit against FCA, alleging that the company bribed UAW officials to get more favorable contract terms than GM. Fiat Chrysler has called the lawsuit “meritless.”</p>
<p>General Motors alleges that the move, which it contends cost it billions of dollars, was aimed at forcing a merger with Fiat Chrysler that was desperately sought by FCA CEO Sergio Marchionne, who died in 2018. Last month, Fiat Chrysler announced plans to merge with France’s PSA, which will create the world’s fourth-largest auto company worth $50 billion.</p>
<p>The Fiat Chrysler talks could be complicated by an ongoing federal bribery and embezzlement investigation into some of the UAW’s leadership, which started at Fiat Chrysler. Many workers at the company have been suspicious of the union’s leadership since the scandal became public in 2017.</p>
<p>Union President Gary Jones, whose home was raided by federal agents and is implicated in the scandal, resigned from the union last week. He has not been charged but has been linked to a plot to embezzle union conference funds to buy expensive cigars, wines, rounds of golf and stays at exclusive villas. Jones lawyer J. Bruce Maffeo says all the expenses were reported in detail and never questioned by the union’s accounting department or executive board.</p>
<p>Vice President Rory Gamble, who negotiated the contract with Ford, is now acting president.</p>
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Fiat Chrysler Reach Tentative 4-Year Contract With Auto Union

Fiat Chrysler Reach Tentative 4-Year Contract With Auto Union

(DETROIT) — The United Auto Workers and Fiat Chrysler reached a tentative agreement Saturday on a new four-year contract, which inc...

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Black Friday Online Sales Hit Record $7.4 Billion as Fewer Shoppers Visit Stores

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<p>(NEW YORK) — This year’s Black Friday was the biggest ever for online sales, as fewer people hit the stores and shoppers rang up $7.4 billion in transactions from their phones, computers and tablets.</p>
<p>That’s just behind the $7.9 billion haul of last year’s Cyber Monday, which holds the one-day record for online sales, according to Adobe Analytics. Adobe measures sales at 80 of the top 100 U.S. online retailers.</p>
<p>Adobe expects online sales to jump to another record this Cyber Monday with an estimated total of $9.4 billion. Much of the shopping is happening on people’s phones, which accounted for 39% of all online sales Friday and 61% of online traffic.<br /></p>
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<p>Shoppers have been looking for “Frozen 2” toys in particular. Other top purchases included sports video games and Apple laptops.</p>
<p>All the online shopping may have helped <a href="https://apnews.com/1dab15e7062d40c694849ae3ea0cf031" target="_blank">thin the crowd at malls</a> on Black Friday.</p>
<p>Traffic at stores fell 2.1% on Black Friday from a year ago, according to preliminary figures from RetailNext. It tracks in-store activity at tens of thousands of locations, including specialty apparel retailers, big-box stores and mall-based stores. The drop in traffic helped lead to a 1.6% dip in sales.</p>
<p>Online and in-store shopping aren’t always completely separate, though. Many people buy things online, only to head to the store to pick them up. Such sales surged 43.2% on Black Friday from a year ago, according to Adobe.</p>
<p>This holiday shopping season may be the most harried in years because it’s the shortest since 2013. Thanksgiving this year fell on the last Thursday in November — the latest possible date it could be.</p>
<p>Much is riding on the success of the holiday season’s sales. The U.S. economy is still growing steadily, but gains have slowed since its sizzling start to the year. Economists say strong spending by households is helping to bolster growth and make up for weak confidence among businesses given all the uncertainties about the U.S.-China trade war and other factors.</p>
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Black Friday Online Sales Hit Record $7.4 Billion as Fewer Shoppers Visit Stores

Black Friday Online Sales Hit Record $7.4 Billion as Fewer Shoppers Visit Stores

(NEW YORK) — This year’s Black Friday was the biggest ever for online sales, as fewer people hit the stores and shoppers rang up $7...

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Dutch Police Arrest Suspect in Stabbing of 3 Teens in The Hague

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<p>(THE HAGUE, Netherlands) — Dutch police arrested a 35-year-old homeless man Saturday on suspicion of stabbing three teens on a street in The Hague that was crowded with Black Friday shoppers.</p>
<p>The man, whose identity wasn’t released, was detained in The Hague early Saturday evening and taken to a police station for questioning, police spokeswoman Marije Kuiper said.</p>
<p>The victims, two 15-year-old girls and a 13-year-old boy, were treated in a hospital and released late Friday. Police said in a statement that they didn’t know one another.</p>
<p>The victims have spoken to detectives.</p>
<p>Earlier, police said they were “using all our available means — visible and unseen — to find the suspect in this stabbing as soon as possible” and appealed for witnesses.</p>
<p>That included studying video footage from the area, where many surveillance cameras are located.</p>
<p>The attack in the Netherlands came hours after a man wearing a fake explosive vest stabbed several people in London, killing two, before he was fatally shot by officers. Police are treating it as a terrorist attack.</p>
<p>Dutch police say the motive for the stabbing in The Hague remains unknown. “We are keeping all scenarios open,” their statement said.</p>
<p>The stabbing occurred around 7:45 p.m. in an area teeming with shoppers and close to the city’s most popular nightlife centers.</p>
<p>Police cordoned off the area until deep into the night as forensics experts combed the street for clues.</p>
<p>The street was opened again Saturday.</p>
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Dutch Police Arrest Suspect in Stabbing of 3 Teens in The Hague

Dutch Police Arrest Suspect in Stabbing of 3 Teens in The Hague

(THE HAGUE, Netherlands) — Dutch police arrested a 35-year-old homeless man Saturday on suspicion of stabbing three teens on a stre...

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Iraq’s Prime Minister Abdul-Mahdi Formally Resigns Amid Increasing Violence

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<p>(BAGHDAD) — Three anti-government protesters were shot dead and at least 58 wounded in Baghdad and southern Iraq on Saturday, security and medical officials said, as Prime Minister Adel Abdul-Mahdi formally submitted his resignation to parliament.</p>
<p>Lawmakers were expected to either vote or accept outright Abdul-Mahdi’s resignation letter in a parliamentary session Sunday, two members of parliament said.</p>
<p>The prime minister announced Thursday he would hand parliament his resignation on Friday amid mounting pressure from mass anti-government protests, a day after more than 40 demonstrators were killed by security forces in Baghdad and southern Iraq. The announcement also came after Iraq’s top Shiite cleric withdrew his support for the government in a weekly sermon.<br /></p>
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<p>The formal resignation came after an emergency Cabinet session earlier in which ministers approved the document and the resignation of key staffers, including Abdul-Mahdi’s chief of staff.</p>
<p>In a pre-recorded speech, Abdul-Mahdi addressed Iraqis, saying that following parliament’s recognition of his stepping down, the Cabinet would be demoted to caretaker status, unable to pass new laws and make key decisions.</p>
<p>He listed his government’s accomplishments, saying it had come to power during difficult times. “Not many people were optimistic that this government would move forward,” he said.</p>
<p>He said the government had managed to push through important job-creating projects and improve electricity generation.</p>
<p>“But unfortunately, these events took place,” he said, referring to the mass protest movement that engulfed Iraq on Oct. 1. “We need to be fair to our people and listen to them.”</p>
<p>At least 400 people have died since the leaderless uprising shook Iraq with thousands of Iraqis taking to the streets in Baghdad and the predominantly Shiite southern Iraq decrying corruption, poor services, lack of jobs and calling for an end to the post-2003 political system.</p>
<p>Security forces have used live fire, tear gas and sound bombs to disperse crowds leading to heavy casualties.</p>
<p>Three protesters were killed and 24 wounded in the holy city of Najaf in southern Iraq on Saturday as security forces used live rounds to disperse them from a key mosque, security and hospital officials said.</p>
<p>In Baghdad, at least 11 protesters were wounded near the strategic Ahrar Bridge when security forces fired live ammunition and tear gas to prevent demonstrators from removing barricades. The protesters are occupying part of three strategic bridges – Ahrar, Sinak and Jumhuriya – in a stand-off with security forces. All three lead to the heavily fortified Green Zone, the seat of Iraq’s government.</p>
<p>In the southern city of Nasiriyah, security forces used live fire and tear gas to repel protesters on two main bridges, the Zaitoun and the Nasr, which lead to the city center. Heavy fighting has taken place in Nasiriyah in recent days, with at least 31 protesters killed.</p>
<p>The officials spoke on condition of anonymity in line with regulations.</p>
<p>Abdul-Mahdi referred to the rising death toll by security forces in his speech.</p>
<p>“We did our best to stop the bloodshed, and at the time we made brave decisions to stop using live ammunition, but unfortunately when clashes happen there will be consequences,” he said.</p>
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Iraq’s Prime Minister Abdul-Mahdi Formally Resigns Amid Increasing Violence

Iraq’s Prime Minister Abdul-Mahdi Formally Resigns Amid Increasing Violence

(BAGHDAD) — Three anti-government protesters were shot dead and at least 58 wounded in Baghdad and southern Iraq on Saturday, secur...

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Climate Activists Invade East German Coal Mines

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<p>(LEIPZIG, Germany) — Climate activists protested at open-pit coal mines in eastern Germany, pouring onto the premises to urge the government to immediately halt the use of coal to produce electricity.</p>
<p>The news agency dpa reported that police estimated more than 2,000 people took part Saturday at sites near Cottbus and Leipzig and that some of the demonstrators scuffled with police. Three officers were reported slightly injured at the Janschwaelde mine near Cottbus. The mine operators, Leag und Mibrag, filed police reports asking for an investigation and possible charges.</p>
<p>Burning coal releases carbon dioxide, the main greenhouse gas blamed by scientists for global warming. The German government plans to end the use of coal by 2038 and spend 40 billion euros ($44 billion) on assistance for the affected mining regions.</p>
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Climate Activists Invade East German Coal Mines

Climate Activists Invade East German Coal Mines

(LEIPZIG, Germany) — Climate activists protested at open-pit coal mines in eastern Germany, pouring onto the premises to urge the gov...

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Bystanders Subdued the Alleged London Bridge Attacker. One of Them Was Reportedly a Polish Immigrant Armed Only With a Narwhal Tusk.

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<p>On Friday, <a href="https://time.com/5741580/gunshots-london-bridge/">two people were killed</a> in a stabbing on <a href="https://time.com/5739590/muslim-woman-anti-semite-tube/">London</a> Bridge in Central London, which police have labeled a “terror incident.” Three others remain in the hospital. The alleged attacker was shot by the police and died.</p>
<p>But more lives might have been lost if not for bystanders who jumped in and subdued the attacker before the police arrived, tackling him to the ground. One of those men was reportedly armed with nothing by a narwhal tusk, and another with just a fire extinguisher.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/51b100fc-12f7-11ea-aa63-2a87a83b86bb" target="_blank">According to media reports</a>, one of the men who sprang into action to stop the attack was a Polish immigrant named Luckasz, who grabbed a Narwhal tusk off the wall of Fishmongers’ Hall and ran at the alleged terrorist. Luckasz reportedly works at Fishmongers’ Hall.<br /></p>
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<p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/video/2019/nov/30/london-bridge-attacker-tackled-with-narwhal-tusk-and-fire-extinguisher-video?utm_term=Autofeed&CMP=twt_gu&utm_medium=&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1575120100" target="_blank">According to <em>The Guardian</em></a>, another member of the public who confronted the alleged attacker was armed with just a fire extinguisher.</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr" xml:lang="en">Speechless. Members of the public with nothing but a narwhal tusk and a fire extinguisher tackle a murderous terrorist.</p>
<p>Heroism, pure and simple. <a href="https://t.co/QAlVkFiexs" target="_blank">pic.twitter.com/QAlVkFiexs</a></p>
<p>— Matthew Thompson (@mattuthompson) <a href="https://twitter.com/mattuthompson/status/1200703269192028160?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">November 30, 2019</a></p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr" xml:lang="en">The Times has named the man who grabbed a narwhal tusk and ran at the terrorist as “Luckasz”, a chef from Poland who worked in the hall’s kitchen.<a href="https://t.co/qlJKZYfsoN" target="_blank">https://t.co/qlJKZYfsoN</a> <a href="https://t.co/YOsaVHcqpe" target="_blank">https://t.co/YOsaVHcqpe</a></p>
<p>— Jim Waterson (@jimwaterson) <a href="https://twitter.com/jimwaterson/status/1200675956916183040?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">November 30, 2019</a></p>
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<p><a href="http://news.met.police.uk/news/update-on-london-bridge-terror-attack-from-assistant-commissioner-neil-basu-388676" target="_blank">Police confirmed</a> on Saturday that the attacker was 28-year-old Usman Khan, who had been convicted in 2012 for terrorism offenses, and had been released from prison in 2018.</p>
<p><a href="http://news.met.police.uk/news/statement-from-the-commissioner-following-incident-at-london-bridge-388673" target="_blank">At a press conference</a> Friday night, Metropolitan Police Commissioner Cressida Dick thanked the members of the public who helped stop the attacker, either by tackling him or by the following the police’s instructions.</p>
<p>“The empty ideology of terror offers nothing but hatred and today I urge everyone to reject that,” Dick said. “Ours is a great city because we embrace each other’s differences. We must emerge stronger still from this tragedy. In doing that we will ensure that the few who seek to divide us will never, ever succeed.”</p>
<p>Speaking to the BBC Saturday morning, Sadiq Khan, the mayor of London, praised the bystanders who jumped into action. He pointed out that the attacker was wearing a dummy suicide vest — which the bystanders didn’t know was fake — and yet they still confronted him. “I’m so proud, and we should all be really proud,” Khan said.</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr" xml:lang="en">I am in awe of the people who ran towards danger to keep us all safe. The bravery of the emergency services and ordinary Londoners is incredible. <a href="https://twitter.com/BBCBreakfast?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">@bbcbreakfast</a>: <a href="https://t.co/gcyIkKNMkH" target="_blank">pic.twitter.com/gcyIkKNMkH</a></p>
<p>— Sadiq Khan (@SadiqKhan) <a href="https://twitter.com/SadiqKhan/status/1200730139585339392?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">November 30, 2019</a></p>
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<p>In a statement Friday night, Khan said, “Heartbreaking confirmation from the Met Commissioner that two people who were attacked this afternoon have tragically died – victims of the appalling terrorist attack at London Bridge. My heart goes out to them, their loved ones and to everybody affected. London will never be cowed by terrorism. Terrorism will never win.”</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr" xml:lang="en">Please read my updated statement on the terror attack at London Bridge.</p>
<p>I will be attending the government's emergency COBRA meeting tonight. <a href="https://t.co/oItKLpTaP7" target="_blank">pic.twitter.com/oItKLpTaP7</a></p>
<p>— Sadiq Khan (@SadiqKhan) <a href="https://twitter.com/SadiqKhan/status/1200515120536997890?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">November 29, 2019</a></p>
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Bystanders Subdued the Alleged London Bridge Attacker. One of Them Was Reportedly a Polish Immigrant Armed Only With a Narwhal Tusk.

Bystanders Subdued the Alleged London Bridge Attacker. One of Them Was Reportedly a Polish Immigrant Armed Only With a Narwhal Tusk.

On Friday, two people were killed in a stabbing on London Bridge in Central London, which police have labeled a “terror incident....

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The 10 Best Podcasts of 2019

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<p>Some of the best podcasts of 2019 spent the year looking backwards—at the ramifications of slavery, at companies that imploded, at important thinkers and celebrities who passed away. Podcast hosts retold their parents’ stories, revisited monumental movies and re-investigated weird and wonderful cultural phenomena. And every single show on this list indulges in nostalgia—even the fiction podcast.</p>
<p>Perhaps reaching the end of the decade has made podcasters more reflective and insightful than ever before, or perhaps we as listeners are just craving an explanation for our current moment and turning to the past to find it. Whatever the reason, it made for great listening. Here are TIME’s best podcasts of 2019.<br /></p>
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<h2>10. <em>Spectacular Failures</em></h2>
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<p class="p1">Lauren Ober recounts the epic meltdowns of companies like MoviePass and Toys “R” Us with a healthy dose of skepticism: when she reports that the implosion of U-Haul was preceded by boardroom brawls between brothers, she jokes, “There’s not enough Xanax in the world to get me to go into business with my family.” In reporting on how many of these CEOs simply rebrand or start over, leaving legions of unemployed workers in their wake, Ober exposes the “failing up” culture that pervades Silicon Valley, Wall Street and—as in the episode about Trump’s Atlantic City casinos—the White House.</p>
<p><a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/mobituaries-with-mo-rocca/id1449045549" target="_blank"><em>Listen on Apple Podcasts</em></a></p>
<h2>9. <em>Mobituaries</em></h2>
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<p class="p1">CBS correspondent Mo Rocca hosts a surprisingly fun podcast about death. Each episode, he eulogizes a different person or thing—from Sammy Davis Jr. to two trees whose deaths sparked an ugly turn in a football rivalry between two schools. He approaches each subject earnestly and curiously, enlisting the likes of Bill Clinton to reflect on being inaugurated the day Audrey Hepburn died, or Tony winners to write a show tune commemorating Thomas Paine.</p>
<p><a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/mobituaries-with-mo-rocca/id1449045549" target="_blank"><em>Listen on Apple Podcasts</em></a></p>
<h2><em>8. Conan O’Brien Needs a Friend</em></h2>
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<p class="p1">The jokey premise of the show is that Conan O’Brien has no real friends and wants to use the podcast to force celebrities to hang out with him. In fact, his years-long relationships with veterans of comedy like Tina Fey and Will Farrell are what make this podcast funnier and more insightful than just another interview podcast with a celebrity host. He recalls war stories from the set of <i>Saturday Night Live</i> and embarrassing anecdotes that a journalist would have no way of unearthing.</p>
<p><a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/conan-obrien-needs-a-friend/id1438054347" target="_blank"><em>Listen on Apple Podcasts</em></a></p>
<h2>7. <em>Scattered</em></h2>
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<p class="p1">When comedian Chris Garcia’s father died, he requested that his family scatter his ashes off the coast of his homeland, Cuba. But Garcia’s mother had no interest in returning to the country where her husband was forced to work in an internment camp and received electroshock therapy. Garcia seizes the opportunity to learn about his parents’ immigration—but he leavens the harrowing stories with hilarious asides, like when his mother obsesses over the singer Pitbull. It’s the sort of deeply personal account that’s essential at a moment when immigration is so politicized.</p>
<p><a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/scattered/id1483117984" target="_blank"><em>Listen on Apple Podcasts</em></a></p>
<h2>6. <em>Decoder Ring</em></h2>
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<p class="p1"><i>Slate</i> critic Will Paskin explores a bizarre and delightful cultural phenomenon each month, from “Baby Shark” to Chuck E. Cheese, to try to understand what makes people obsessed with seemingly arbitrary touchstones. These fixations can spin out of control, leading to toxic fights on forums or basements full of broken animatronic critters. But Paskin lends a sympathetic ear to fanboys and fangirls to understand how the strangest media can elicit an emotional attachment.</p>
<p><a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/decoder-ring/id1376577202" target="_blank"><em>Listen on Apple Podcasts</em></a></p>
<h2>5. <em>Moonface</em></h2>
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<p class="p1">The cinematic soundscape of creator James Kim’s fiction podcast immediately draws the listener into the restaurants and dive bars of Downey, California outside of Los Angeles. Paul (Joel Kim Booster) lives there with his mother, though their conversations are stilted: she speaks little English, he little Korean. Paul cites the language barrier to his friends as the reason he hasn’t come out to his family. As he tries to bridge the emotional and linguistic gap, the show trusts that non–Korean speakers will understand the sentiments, if not every word, of their conversations: the struggle to be understood is universal.</p>
<p><a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/moonface/id1479092574" target="_blank"><em>Listen on Apple Podcasts</em></a></p>
<h2>4. <em>Last Days of August</em></h2>
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<p class="p1">This could have been a bad true-crime series: When an adult film star named August Ames dies by suicide after writing a controversial tweet, several of her friends tell journalist Jon Ronson that they suspect foul play. To Ronson’s credit, he refuses to play amateur sleuth and build tension on a false supposition of murder. What he produces instead is a nuanced and considered portrait of Ames, a lonely woman who had a complicated relationship with an industry that both worshipped and abused her.</p>
<p><a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-last-days-of-august/id1258779354" target="_blank"><em>Listen on Apple Podcasts</em></a></p>
<h2>3. <em>Blank Check With Griffin and David</em></h2>
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<p class="p1">This consistently great movie podcast examines the filmography of one director at a time. But the series hit new heights this year when hosts Griffin Newman and David Sims focused on Hayao Miyazaki, the man behind masterworks like <i>Spirited Away</i> and <i>My Neighbor Totoro</i>—whose films are not available to stream, and thus criminally under-appreciated outside of Japan. (The films will make their streaming debut next year on <a href="https://variety.com/2019/film/news/hbo-max-studio-ghibli-rights-1203373947/" target="_blank">HBOMax</a>.) Newman and Sims offered listeners a chance to seek out his movies and participate in a critical conversation about how Americans can access and appreciate foreign-language films—which, as movies like <a href="https://time.com/5697795/bong-joon-ho-parasite-interview/"><i>Parasite</i></a> generate Oscar buzz, is more relevant than ever.</p>
<p><em><a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/blank-check-with-griffin-david/id981330533" target="_blank">Listen on Apple Podcasts</a></em></p>
<h2>2. <em>You’re Wrong About…</em></h2>
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<p class="p1">You might think you know everything about Tonya Harding or O.J. Simpson, but as journalists Michael Hobbes and Sarah Marshall re-examine these and other stories from surprising new angles—like the perspective of Paula Barbieri, Simpson’s girlfriend at the time of his trial—they prove even the most well-known figures have unplumbed depths. While they never sacrifice accuracy for the sake of fun, their breezy tone keeps even the heaviest of topics engaging.</p>
<p><a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/youre-wrong-about/id1380008439" target="_blank"><em>Listen on Apple Podcasts</em></a></p>
<h2>1. <em>1619</em></h2>
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<p class="p1">Four hundred years after the frigate <i>White Lion</i> brought slavery to America, New York <i>Times</i> writer Nikole Hannah Jones reframes the country’s history through the lens of that institution. (The podcast accompanies the New York <em>Times</em> Magazine’s <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/08/14/magazine/1619-america-slavery.html" target="_blank">1619 Project</a>.) Each episode demonstrates how our economy, political system and popular culture are rooted in the slave trade and built on the work of African Americans. Despite the podcast’s sweeping goals, the stories are intimate and conversational—as with a standout episode in which culture critic Wesley Morris identifies the echoes of black artists’ songs in the most unexpected music genres.</p>
<p><a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/1619/id1476928106" target="_blank"><em>Listen on Apple Podcasts</em></a></p>
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Here’s Everything New on Amazon Prime Video in December 2019

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<p>Amazon Prime’s <a href="https://time.com/5683955/emmys-2019-kit-harington-sophie-turner-hug/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Emmy-winning comedy</a> <a href="https://time.com/5399408/alex-borstein-emmys-2018/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel</em></a> returns for a third season on Dec. 6, kicking off the <a href="https://time.com/5702490/new-on-amazon-prime-video-november-2019/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">streamer’s additions</a> for December.</p>
<p>The original series content also includes the fourth season of science-fiction series <em>The Expanse,</em> which is available starting Dec. 13.</p>
<p>Rounding out the original content is the film <em>The Aeronauts,</em> which hits theaters Dec. 6 and will be available for streaming online starting Dec. 20. Based on a true story, the movie stars Felicity Jones and Eddie Redmayne.</p>
<p>The acclaimed A24 drama <a href="https://time.com/5601988/the-last-black-man-in-san-francisco-movie-review/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>The Last Black Man in San Francisco</em></a> will also be available on Amazon starting Dec. 5, among a dozen other licensed movies like <em>Almost Famous</em> and <em>Footloose.</em><br /></p>
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<p>Here is all the original content—and licensed movies and shows—ready for streaming on Amazon Prime Video in December 2019.</p>
<h2><b>Here are the new Amazon Prime originals in December 2019</b></h2>
<h3>Available Dec. 6</h3>
<p><em>The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel:</em> Season 3</p>
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<p><em>Clifford:</em> Season 1A</p>
<p><em>Inside Edge:</em> Season 2</p>
<h3>Available Dec. 13</h3>
<p><em>The Expanse:</em> Season 4</p>
<h3>Available Dec. 20</h3>
<p><em>The Aeronauts</em></p>
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<h3>Available TBD</h3>
<p><em>LOL: Last One Laughing</em>: Season 2</p>
<h2><b>Here are the TV shows and movies streaming on Amazon Prime in</b> <b>December</b> <b>2019</b></h2>
<h3>Available Dec. 1</h3>
<p><em>A Better Life</em></p>
<p><em>Almost Famous</em></p>
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<p><em>Bug</em></p>
<p><em>Footloose</em></p>
<p><em>Hamlet</em></p>
<p><em>Hancock</em></p>
<p><em>Havana Motor Club</em></p>
<p><em>In Secret</em></p>
<p><em>Out of Time</em></p>
<p><em>Phase IV</em></p>
<p><em>Some Kind of Wonderful</em></p>
<p><em>The Aviator</em></p>
<p><em>The Pawnbroker</em></p>
<p><em>The Spirit</em></p>
<p><em>The Winning Season</em></p>
<h3>Available Dec. 3</h3>
<p><em>My Boss’ Daughter</em></p>
<h3>Available Dec. 5</h3>
<p><em>The Last Black Man in San Francisco</em></p>
<h3>Available Dec. 9</h3>
<p><em>Light of My Life</em></p>
<h3>Available Dec. 11</h3>
<p><em>Fast Color</em></p>
<h3>Available Dec. 13</h3>
<p><em>Bumblebee</em></p>
<h3>Available Dec. 18</h3>
<p><em>The Kid</em></p>
<h3>Available Dec. 20</h3>
<p><em>The Wedding Year</em></p>
<h3>Available Dec. 21</h3>
<p><em>The Kill Team</em></p>
<h3>Available Dec. 25</h3>
<p><em>Night Hunter</em></p>
<h3>Available Dec. 30</h3>
<p><em>Transformers: Dark of the Moon</em></p>
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<p><em>What Men Want</em></p>
<p><em>Wonder Park</em></p>
<h3>Available Dec. 31</h3>
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<p>December is here, and Netflix is spreading the holiday cheer with <a href="https://time.com/5470461/best-christmas-kid-movies/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Christmas movies</a> and TV series aplenty.</p>
<p>Fans of <em><a href="https://time.com/5058485/a-christmas-prince-twitter/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">A Christmas Prince</a></em> and its sequel can rejoice: the third installment of the <a href="https://time.com/5715268/best-christmas-rom-coms-2019/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">romantic saga</a> in fictional Aldovia premieres on Dec. 5, joining the streamer’s new original Christmas movies like <em>Let It Snow</em> and <em>The Knight Before Christmas.</em></p>
<p>Noah Baumbach’s critically acclaimed <a href="https://time.com/5664305/marriage-story-review-noah-baumbach/" rel="noopener" target="_blank"><em>Marriage Story</em></a>, starring <a href="https://time.com/5338524/scarlett-johansson-transgender-movie/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Scarlett Johansson</a> and <a href="https://time.com/4490070/adam-driver-star-wars-episode-viii-similar-empire-strikes-back/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Adam Driver</a>, had a limited release in theaters starting Nov. 6 and will be available on Netflix beginning Dec. 6. And <a href="https://time.com/5716592/winter-movies/" rel="noopener" target="_blank"><em>The Two Popes</em></a>, another buzzed-about release which hit theaters Thanksgiving week, hits the platform on Dec. 19.<br /></p>
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<p>If you’re in need of a binge-watch while you’re <a href="https://time.com/5725731/best-thanksgiving-movies/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">home for the holidays</a>, look no further than the second season of <em>You</em>, available starting Dec. 26.</p>
<p>Here are all the new shows and movies coming to <a href="https://time.com/5708329/new-on-netflix-november-2019/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Netflix</a> in December.</p>
<h2>Here are the Netflix originals available in December 2019</h2>
<h3>Available Dec. 1</h3>
<p><em>Dead Kids</em></p>
<h3>Available Dec. 2</h3>
<p><em>Team Kaylie:</em> Part 2</p>
<h3>Available Dec. 3</h3>
<p><em>Especial de Natal Porta dos Fundos: A Primeira Tentação de Cristo</em></p>
<p><em>Tiffany Haddish: Black Mitzvah</em></p>
<h3>Available Dec. 4</h3>
<p><em>Let’s Dance</em></p>
<p><em>Los Briceño</em></p>
<p><em>Magic for Humans</em>: Season 2</p>
<h3>Available Dec. 5</h3>
<p><em>A Christmas Prince: The Royal Baby</em></p>
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<p><em>Apache: La vida de Carlos Tevez</em></p>
<h3>Available Dec. 5</h3>
<p><em>Home for Christmas:</em> Season 1</p>
<p><em>V Wars</em></p>
<h3>Available Dec. 6</h3>
<p><em>Astronomy Club: The Sketch Show</em></p>
<p><em>The Chosen One: Season 2</em></p>
<p><em>The Confession Killer</em></p>
<p><em>Fuller House:</em> Season 5</p>
<p><em>Glow Up</em></p>
<p><em>Marriage Story</em></p>
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<p><em>Spirit Riding Free: The Spirit of Christmas</em></p>
<p><em>Teasing Master Takagi-san:</em> Season 2</p>
<p><em>Three Days of Christmas:</em> Season 1</p>
<p><em>Triad Princess</em></p>
<p><em>Virgin River</em></p>
<h3>Available Dec. 9</h3>
<p><em>A Family Reunion Christmas</em></p>
<h3>Available Dec. 10</h3>
<p><em>Michelle Wolf: Joke Show</em></p>
<h3>Available Dec. 12</h3>
<p><em>Especial de Natal Porta dos Fundos</em></p>
<p><em>Jack Whitehall: Christmas with my Father</em></p>
<h3>Available Dec. 13</h3>
<p><em>6 Underground</em></p>
<h3>Available Dec. 17</h3>
<p><em>Ronny Chieng: Asian Comedian Destroys America!</em></p>
<h3>Available Dec. 18</h3>
<p><em>Don’t F**k With Cats: Hunting an Internet Killer</em></p>
<p><em>Soundtrack</em></p>
<h3>Available Dec. 19</h3>
<p><em>After the Raid</em></p>
<p><em>Ultraviolet</em>: Season 2</p>
<p><em>Twice Upon a Time</em></p>
<p><em>The Two Popes</em></p>
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<p><em>The Witcher</em></p>
<h3>Available Dec. 24</h3>
<p><em>Carole and Tuesday: Part 2</em></p>
<p><em>Como caído del cielo</em></p>
<p><em>Crash Landing on You</em></p>
<p><em>John Mulaney and the Sack Lunch Bunch</em></p>
<p><em>Lost in Space:</em> Season 2</p>
<p><em>Terrace House: Tokyo 2019-2020: Part 2</em></p>
<h3>Available Dec. 26</h3>
<p><em>The App</em></p>
<p><em>Le Bazar de la Charité</em></p>
<p><em>Fast and Furious Spy Racers</em></p>
<p><em>You:</em> Season 2</p>
<h3>Available Dec. 27</h3>
<p><em>The Gift</em></p>
<p><em>Kevin Hart: Don’t F**k This Up</em></p>
<h3>Available Dec. 28</h3>
<p><em>Hot Gimmick: Girl Meets Boy</em></p>
<h3>Available Dec. 30</h3>
<p><em>Alexa and Katie:</em> Season 3</p>
<p><em>The Disastrous Life of Saiki K.: Reawakened</em></p>
<h3>Available Dec. 31</h3>
<p><em>The Degenerates:</em> Season 2</p>
<p><em>The Neighbor</em></p>
<p><em>Yanxi Palace: Princess Adventures</em></p>
<h2><b>Here are the TV shows and movies coming to Netflix in December 2019</b></h2>
<h3>Available Dec. 1</h3>
<p><em>A Cinderella Story: Christmas Wish</em></p>
<p><em>The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl</em></p>
<p><em>Austin Powers in Goldmember</em></p>
<p><em>Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery</em></p>
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<p><em>Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me</em></p>
<p><em>Cut Ban</em></p>
<p><em>Eastsiders:</em> Season 4</p>
<p><em>Malcolm X</em></p>
<p><em>Searching for Sugar Man</em></p>
<p><em>Sweet Virginia</em></p>
<p><em>The Tribes of Palos Verdes</em></p>
<h3>Available Dec. 2</h3>
<p><em>Nightflyers:</em> Season 1</p>
<h3>Available Dec. 3</h3>
<p><em>War on Everyone</em></p>
<h3>Available Dec. 4</h3>
<p><em>The Last O.G.:</em> Season 2</p>
<h3>Available Dec. 5</h3>
<p><em>Greenleaf:</em> Season 4</p>
<h3>Available Dec. 8</h3>
<p><em>From Paris With Love</em></p>
<h3>Available Dec. 9</h3>
<p><em>It Comes At Night</em></p>
<h3>Available Dec. 10</h3>
<p><em>Outlander:</em> Season 3</p>
<h3>Available Dec. 11</h3>
<p><em>The Sky Is Pink</em></p>
<h3>Available Dec. 15</h3>
<p><em>A Family Man</em></p>
<p><em>Dil Dhadakne Do</em></p>
<p><em>Karthik Calling Karthik</em></p>
<h3>Available Dec. 16</h3>
<p><em>Burlesque</em></p>
<p><em>The Danish Girl</em></p>
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<p><em>The Magicians:</em> Season 4</p>
<h3>Available Dec. 22</h3>
<p><em>Private Practice:</em> Seasons 1-6</p>
<h3>Available Dec. 23</h3>
<p><em>Transformers Rescue Bots Academy:</em> Season 1</p>
<h3>Available Dec. 25</h3>
<p><em>Sweetheart</em></p>
<h3>Available Dec. 27</h3>
<p><em>The Secret Life of Pets 2</em></p>
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<h3>Available Dec. 31</h3>
<p><em>Die Another Day</em></p>
<p><em>GoldenEye</em></p>
<p><em>Heartbreakers</em></p>
<p><em>Red Dawn</em></p>
<p><em>Tomorrow Never Dies</em></p>
<p><em>The World Is Not Enough</em></p>
<h2><b>Here’s everything leaving Netflix in December 2019</b></h2>
<h3>Leaving Dec. 1</h3>
<p><em>Yoga Hosers</em></p>
<h3>Leaving Dec. 2</h3>
<p><em>Africa</em>: Season 1</p>
<p><em>Blue Planet II</em>: Season 1</p>
<p><em>Frozen Planet: On Thin Ice</em></p>
<p><em>Frozen Planet:</em> Season 1</p>
<p><em>Frozen Planet: The Epic Journey</em></p>
<p><em>Life</em></p>
<p><em>Life On Location</em></p>
<p><em>Life Story</em></p>
<p><em>Nature’s Great Events:</em> Series 1</p>
<p><em>Nature’s Great Events: Diaries:</em> Series 1</p>
<p><em>Planet Earth II</em></p>
<p><em>Planet Earth:</em> Season 1</p>
<p><em>The Blue Planet: A Natural History of the Oceans</em>: Season 1</p>
<p><em>The Blue Planet: A Natural History of the Oceans</em>: Season 1</p>
<p><em>The Hunt</em>: Season 1</p>
<p><em>The Making of Frozen Planet:</em> Series 1</p>
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<p><em>Thor: Ragnarok</em></p>
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<p><em>Beyblade: Metal Fusion:</em> Season 1</p>
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<p><em>Helix:</em> Season 2</p>
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<p><em>Miss Me This Christmas</em></p>
<p><em>You Can’t Fight Christmas</em></p>
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<p><em>George of the Jungle 2</em></p>
<h3>Leaving Dec. 25</h3>
<p><em>Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown:</em> Season 7-11</p>
<p><em>Kurt Seyit ve Şura:</em> Season 1</p>
<p><em>Star Wars: Episode VIII: The Last Jedi</em></p>
<h3>Leaving Dec. 31</h3>
<p><em>About a Boy</em></p>
<p><em>Billy Elliot</em></p>
<p><em>Black Hawk Down</em></p>
<p><em>Christmas with the Kranks</em></p>
<p><em>Daddy Day Care</em></p>
<p><em>Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas</em></p>
<p><em>Frasier:</em> Season 1-10</p>
<p><em>Frasier: The Final Season</em></p>
<p><em>Jackie Brown</em></p>
<p><em>Leap Year</em></p>
<p><em>Mona Lisa Smile</em></p>
<p><em>Pulp Fiction</em></p>
<p><em>Rain Man</em></p>
<p><em>Rocky</em></p>
<p><em>Rocky II</em></p>
<p><em>Rocky III</em></p>
<p><em>Rocky IV</em></p>
<p><em>Rocky V</em></p>
<p><em>Schindler’s List</em></p>
<p><em>Tears of the Sun</em></p>
<p><em>The Crow</em></p>
<p><em>The Dark Crystal</em></p>
<p><em>The Pink Panther</em></p>
<p><em>Wet Hot American Summer</em></p>
<p><em>White Christmas</em></p>
<p><em>Winter’s Bone</em></p>
<p><em>XXX: State of the Union</em></p>
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Millions Around The World Strike on Black Friday for Action on Climate Change

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<p>For years, <a href="https://time.com/5731389/best-black-friday-cyber-monday-tech-deals-2019/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Black Friday</a> has been sold as a holiday day for the consumer. In the 2018, Black Friday resulted in $6.22 billion in online sales alone, <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2018/11/24/black-friday-pulled-in-a-record-6point22-billion-in-online-sales-adobe.html" target="_blank">per CNBC</a>. This year, climate activists wants people to stop and reconsider such rampant consumption.</p>
<p>Climate protests are taking place around the world this Black Friday to raise awareness about the dangers of <a href="https://time.com/climate-change-solutions/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">climate change</a>. The protests are also timed to demand action during the U.N. climate negotiations, <a href="https://time.com/5723787/chile-climate-change-cop25/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">COP25,</a> which will begin in Madrid, Spain on Dec. 2.</p>
<p>Climate activists say more than 80 strikes are happening in the U.S. alone. Protests have already happened in Asia and Europe. In Germany alone, activists say 630,000 turned out.<br /></p>
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<p>According to organizers, protesters plan to disrupt large shopping centers in Chicago and hold a <a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/1132807730396681/" target="_blank">march and a rally</a> in Los Angeles called “Don’t Shop. Strike!” <a href="https://www.reuters.com/article/us-climate-change-strike/australian-students-kick-off-global-climate-change-protests-idUSKBN1Y308N?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=twitter" target="_blank">According to Reuters</a>, organizers expect strikes to take place in 2,300 cities in 152 countries around the world.</p>
<p>Ritvik Janamsetty, a spokesman for climate coalition Earth Uprising, tells TIME he estimates around 2 million people took part in strikes Friday.</p>
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<figcaption class="image-caption"><span class="credit">Jens Meyer—AP</span><span class="caption">Thousands of demonstrators attend a protest climate strike ralley of the ‘Friday For Future Movement’ in Leipzig, Germany, Friday, Nov. 29, 2019.</span></figcaption>
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<p>“We are striking because our leaders haven’t been listening to us. They think our voices are ones they can ignore and not take seriously,” 16-year-old American climate activist Maya Arengo said in a statement. “They don’t understand that we, the youth, are terrified for our futures and we won’t stop fighting until our futures are secure.”</p>
<p>Thunberg <a href="https://time.com/collection/100-most-influential-people-2019/5567758/greta-thunberg/">rose to prominence</a> in 2018 when she started striking from school on Fridays to demand action on climate change in her home country of Sweden. She has since launched a movement called Fridays for Future, inspiring millions of people around the world to strike from school or work on Fridays to demand movement to fight the climate crisis.</p>
<p>In September, <a href="https://time.com/5682318/nyc-global-climate-strike/">Thunberg and other activists</a> led a <a href="https://time.com/5682404/global-climate-strike/">global climate strike</a>, which drew millions of people around the world to protest and <a href="https://time.com/5550823/climate-change-protest-schoolchildren/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">demand action</a> to fight the coming climate catastrophe. Those same organizers have planned protests around the world on Black Friday, hoping to raise awareness of the days ecological impact and demand climate action from COP25 in Spain next week.</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr" xml:lang="en">In September 7,5 million people around the world took to the streets. Tomorrow we’re doing it again. Everyone’s needed. Everyone’s welcome. Join us! <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/FridaysForFuture?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#FridaysForFuture</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ClimateStrike?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#ClimateStrike</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/schoolstrike4climate?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#schoolstrike4climate</a></p>
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<p>Ice Cream company Ben & Jerry’s, whose owners are known for progressive politics, tweeted out a map of strikes in the U.S.</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr" xml:lang="en">STRIKE TODAY! Climate change is the biggest threat to our future. Youth across the US will lead a <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ClimateStrike?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#ClimateStrike</a> today & Dec 6 to demand legislative action to combat the climate crisis.<br />
Learn more and join a strike: <a href="https://t.co/AIDjyzDuiJ" target="_blank">https://t.co/AIDjyzDuiJ</a> <a href="https://t.co/KSmMyyNC6o" target="_blank">pic.twitter.com/KSmMyyNC6o</a></p>
<p>— Ben & Jerry's (@benandjerrys) <a href="https://twitter.com/benandjerrys/status/1200461959524687872?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">November 29, 2019</a></p>
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<p>Reuters reports that thousands of people in Asia and Europe have already taken part in the protests.</p>
<p>According to social media, protests took place across the U.K., including in London, Belfast, Bristol Brighton and Plymouth.</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr" xml:lang="en">Massive turnout in London for the <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ClimateStrike?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#ClimateStrike</a> <a href="https://t.co/Ga8Zs94WTX" target="_blank">pic.twitter.com/Ga8Zs94WTX</a></p>
<p>— Jake Woodier (@JakeWoodier) <a href="https://twitter.com/JakeWoodier/status/1200405228002201600?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">November 29, 2019</a></p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr" xml:lang="en"><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/climatestrike?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#climatestrike</a> Belfast <a href="https://twitter.com/Muscail8?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">@Muscail8</a> <a href="https://t.co/IDwf5M2Zid" target="_blank">pic.twitter.com/IDwf5M2Zid</a></p>
<p>— Bayview Media (@BayviewMedia) <a href="https://twitter.com/BayviewMedia/status/1200405752189460481?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">November 29, 2019</a></p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr" xml:lang="en">Bristol is out in force! <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ClimateStrike?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#ClimateStrike</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/FridaysForFuture?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#FridaysForFuture</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/BristolPost?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">@BristolPost</a> <a href="https://t.co/osP9qTKmlz" target="_blank">pic.twitter.com/osP9qTKmlz</a></p>
<p>— Extinction Rebellion Bristol 🛑🏗️ (@XRBristol) <a href="https://twitter.com/XRBristol/status/1200391755398549505?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">November 29, 2019</a></p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr" xml:lang="en">Great energy at an <a href="https://twitter.com/XRebellionUK?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">@XRebellionUK</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ClimateStrike?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#ClimateStrike</a> march in Plymouth today. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/wakeuptoclimatechange?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#wakeuptoclimatechange</a> <a href="https://t.co/CIPGEp1fI1" target="_blank">pic.twitter.com/CIPGEp1fI1</a></p>
<p>— Bill Simpson (@crickbar) <a href="https://twitter.com/crickbar/status/1200437740741021696?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">November 29, 2019</a></p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr" xml:lang="en">Climate protesters are outside Churchill Square shopping centre in Brighton. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/climatestrike?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#climatestrike</a> <a href="https://t.co/um5Bhg8pbf" target="_blank">pic.twitter.com/um5Bhg8pbf</a></p>
<p>— BBC Sussex (@BBCSussex) <a href="https://twitter.com/BBCSussex/status/1200398992460386305?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">November 29, 2019</a></p>
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<p>Protestors in Australia have also turned out. The the country has been hit by a series of devastating wildfires.</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr" xml:lang="en">People as far as the eye can see! Thanks for showing up for those impacted by fires and the climate crisis Sydney! <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ThisIsClimateChange?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#ThisIsClimateChange</a> <a href="https://t.co/q0boLh2O4B" target="_blank">pic.twitter.com/q0boLh2O4B</a></p>
<p>— School Strike 4 Climate (@StrikeClimate) <a href="https://twitter.com/StrikeClimate/status/1200205918417256448?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">November 29, 2019</a></p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr" xml:lang="en">Sydney, Australia Climate Strike<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/FridaysForFuture?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#FridaysForFuture</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/GretaThunberg?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">@GretaThunberg</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ClimateEmergency?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#ClimateEmergency</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ClimateAction?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#ClimateAction</a> <a href="https://t.co/j3hJ6WorEG" target="_blank">pic.twitter.com/j3hJ6WorEG</a></p>
<p>— Fridays For Future Sydney (@fff_Sydney) <a href="https://twitter.com/fff_Sydney/status/1200240331704291328?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">November 29, 2019</a></p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr" xml:lang="en">Australia is On Fire, and So Are We! <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ClimateStrike?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#ClimateStrike</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/FridaysForFuture?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#FridaysForFuture</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/SchoolStrike4Climate?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#SchoolStrike4Climate</a> <a href="https://t.co/tok9RiDs1o" target="_blank">https://t.co/tok9RiDs1o</a></p>
<p>— Small But Mighty Kids Change the World (@KidsOutFront) <a href="https://twitter.com/KidsOutFront/status/1200482670305787905?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">November 29, 2019</a></p>
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<p>Greenpeace Philippines tweeted video of climate protestors in Manila.</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr" xml:lang="en">HAPPENING NOW: <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ClimateStrike?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#ClimateStrike</a> in Manila supporting the call for <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/climatejustice?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#climatejustice</a>! <a href="https://t.co/LIRuMjRq5O" target="_blank">pic.twitter.com/LIRuMjRq5O</a></p>
<p>— Greenpeace Philippines (@gpph) <a href="https://twitter.com/gpph/status/1200307992177999873?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">November 29, 2019</a></p>
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<p>Activist Lucky Tran tweeted video of protests she says are from Tokyo:</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr" xml:lang="en">The <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ClimateStrike?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#ClimateStrike</a> movement is growing in Japan with a big turnout in Tokyo today <a href="https://t.co/NE25ytNyBh" target="_blank">pic.twitter.com/NE25ytNyBh</a></p>
<p>— Dr. Lucky Tran (@luckytran) <a href="https://twitter.com/luckytran/status/1200419234150600704?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">November 29, 2019</a></p>
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<p>Per social media, protesters also turned out in Denmark, India, Bangladesh, Austria, Germany and Belgium.</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr" xml:lang="en">Jumping for future in Copenhagen at the <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ClimateStrike?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#ClimateStrike</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/Fridays4future?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">@Fridays4future</a> <a href="https://t.co/xig67vQ2X6" target="_blank">pic.twitter.com/xig67vQ2X6</a></p>
<p>— SussiLillelund (@SussiLillelund) <a href="https://twitter.com/SussiLillelund/status/1200397334376583170?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">November 29, 2019</a></p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr" xml:lang="en">In India,the government produce energy by polluting the city.All the waste is burned to produce energy and what's leftover is waste, toxic fumes and more emissions.<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/FridaysForFuture?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#FridaysForFuture</a> outside incineration plant, New Delhi<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ClimateStrike?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#ClimateStrike</a></p>
<p>Via <a href="https://twitter.com/johnpauljos?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">@johnpauljos</a></p>
<p><a href="https://t.co/q3UFkzhISi" target="_blank">pic.twitter.com/q3UFkzhISi</a></p>
<p>— Greenpeace India (@greenpeaceindia) <a href="https://twitter.com/greenpeaceindia/status/1200328661695488001?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">November 29, 2019</a></p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr" xml:lang="en">Right now, in Brussels! <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ClimateStrike?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#ClimateStrike</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/FridaysForFuture?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#FridaysForFuture</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ClimateEmergency?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#ClimateEmergency</a> <a href="https://t.co/8JBS4DbU4L" target="_blank">pic.twitter.com/8JBS4DbU4L</a></p>
<p>— Giorgio Gotra (@GiorgioGtr) <a href="https://twitter.com/GiorgioGtr/status/1200421640104005633?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">November 29, 2019</a></p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr" xml:lang="en">Berlin right now! We will never give up on our beautiful planet 💚🌍 <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ClimateStrike?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#ClimateStrike</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/NeustartKlima?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#NeustartKlima</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/FridaysForFuture?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#FridaysForFuture</a> <a href="https://t.co/OvazdDRB8Q" target="_blank">pic.twitter.com/OvazdDRB8Q</a></p>
<p>— Lisa Göldner (@lisagoeldner) <a href="https://twitter.com/lisagoeldner/status/1200405986974031872?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">November 29, 2019</a></p>
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<p lang="de" dir="ltr" xml:lang="de">Unser „traditionelles“ Zeitraffer zum <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Klimastreik?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#Klimastreik</a>!<a href="https://twitter.com/ViennaForFuture?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">@ViennaForFuture</a> komprimiert auf 33 Sekunden! <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/FridaysForFuture?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#FridaysForFuture</a> <a href="https://t.co/806a8nQ2Px" target="_blank">pic.twitter.com/806a8nQ2Px</a></p>
<p>— Greenpeace Austria 💚 (@GreenpeaceAT) <a href="https://twitter.com/GreenpeaceAT/status/1200414278337146880?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">November 29, 2019</a></p>
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<p><a class="c-link" href="https://twitter.com/Shantan60786029/status/1200304567126122501?s=20" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">ttps://twitter.com/Shantan60786029/status/1200304567126122501?s=20</a></p>
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<p>Thunberg has planned to take part in a student strike in Lisbon, per Reuters, although her zero-carbon emissions sailboat crossing the Atlantic from New York was slowed down a few days by high winds. Protests took place in Portugal Friday.</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr" xml:lang="en">We are many and we traded <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/BlackFriday?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#BlackFriday</a> by <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/FridaysForFurture?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#FridaysForFurture</a> in the streets of <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Lisbon?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#Lisbon</a>! ✊🏻<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ExtinctionRebellion?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#ExtinctionRebellion</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ClimateStrike?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#ClimateStrike</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ClimateAction?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#ClimateAction</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ClimateEmergency?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#ClimateEmergency</a> <a href="https://t.co/Y9Qfj8TX4q" target="_blank">pic.twitter.com/Y9Qfj8TX4q</a></p>
<p>— Telma Laurentino (@TelmaLaurentino) <a href="https://twitter.com/TelmaLaurentino/status/1200423927895515140?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">November 29, 2019</a></p>
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<p>According to the Associated Press, protestors near Paris blocked one of Amazon’s warehouses to protest over-production. They reportedly had signs that said: “Amazon: For the climate, for jobs, stop expansion, stop over-production!”</p>
<p>“The planet burns, oceans die, and we still want to consume, consume, and therefore produce, produce – until we eradicate all living things? … We will not betray our children for a 30% discount!” also reads the manifesto of protestors around Paris, per the AP.</p>
<p>Some French lawmakers have proposed banning Black Friday because it causes “resource waste” and “over consumption,” the AP reports.</p>
<p>In <a href="https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/climate-strikes-un-conference-madrid-by-greta-thunberg-et-al-2019-11?" target="_blank">an article</a> posted on the website Project Syndicate, Thunberg, and activists Luisa Neubauer and Angela Valenzuela called for a strike next Friday as well. “To the leaders who are headed to Madrid, our message is simple: the eyes of all future generations are upon you. Act accordingly.”</p>
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Millions Around The World Strike on Black Friday for Action on Climate Change

Millions Around The World Strike on Black Friday for Action on Climate Change

For years, Black Friday has been sold as a holiday day for the consumer. In the 2018, Black Friday resulted in $6.22 billion in on...

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U.S. Says Cryptocurrency Expert Violated North Korea Sanctions

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<p>(NEW YORK) — Federal prosecutors have charged a cryptocurrency expert with violating economic sanctions against North Korea by presenting at a conference there this year after the U.S. government denied his request to travel to Pyongyang.</p>
<p>Virgil Griffith, 36, was expected to appear in federal court Friday in Los Angeles, a day after he was arrested at Los Angeles International Airport.</p>
<p>Griffith is an American citizen but lives in Singapore. Messages were sent to Griffith’s defense attorney seeking comment.</p>
<p>Federal prosecutors said Griffith secured a visa through “a (North Korean) diplomatic mission facility” in Manhattan for 100 euros and then traveled to the country through China in April.<br /></p>
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<p>A request for comment was sent to North Korea’s United Nations mission in New York.</p>
<p>At the conference, Griffith talked about how North Korea could use cryptocurrency to “achieve independence from the global banking system,” according to a criminal complaint.</p>
<p>The conference was attended by 100 people, prosecutors said, including several who appeared to work for the North Korean government.</p>
<p>The criminal complaint says Griffith showed the FBI photographs of himself in North Korea and provided agents with propaganda from the country.</p>
<p>“Griffith announced his intention to renounce his U.S. citizenship and began researching how to purchase citizenship from other countries,” the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Manhattan said in a news release.</p>
<p>Prosecutors say another person involved in the alleged conspiracy was to be brought to New York and arrested. That person is not named in the criminal complaint against Griffith.</p>
<p>The U.S. attorney in Manhattan, Geoffrey Berman, said Griffith “provided highly technical information to North Korea, knowing that this information could be used to help North Korea launder money and evade sanctions.”</p>
<p>The U.S. and the U.N. Security Council have imposed increasingly tight sanctions on North Korea in recent years to try to rein in its nuclear and ballistic missile programs. Pyongyang says it wants the U.S. to get the sanctions lifted and provide security guarantees before North Korea will abandon its advancing nuclear arsenal; the U.S. has said the North has to take substantial steps toward denuclearization before the sanctions will come off.</p>
<p>The U.S. government amended sanctions against North Korea in 2018 to prohibit “a U.S. person, wherever located” from exporting technology to North Korea. Prosecutors said Griffith acknowledged that his presentation amounted to a transfer of technical knowledge to conference attendees.</p>
<p>A self-described former hacker who went on to get a doctorate in computer science, Griffith became something of a tech-world enfant terrible in the early 2000s. He told The New York Times in 2008 that he considered himself a “disruptive technologist.”</p>
<p>In 2007, he created WikiScanner, a tool that aimed to unmask people who anonymously edited entries in Wikipedia, the crowdsourced online encyclopedia. WikiScanner essentially could determine the business, institutions or government agencies that owned the computers from which some edits were made.</p>
<p>It quickly identified businesses that had sabotaged competitors’ entries and government agencies that had rewritten history, among other findings.</p>
<p>“I am quite pleased to see the mainstream media enjoying the public-relations disaster fireworks as I am,” Griffiths told The Associated Press in 2007. (Wikipedia creator Jimmy Wales, for his part, said he welcomed WikiScanner as a tool of transparency.)</p>
<p>Four years earlier, as a college student at the University of Alabama, Griffith and a student at another university were about to tell a hacker conference about purported security flaws in a widely used campus debit card system when the manufacturer sued the two. They had posted online about ways to exploit the alleged flaws to get free vending-machine sodas, laundry machine use and more.</p>
<p>A judge barred the students from discussing the card-swiping system. In a settlement a few months later, they apologized to the company, promised to never actually build a transaction-processing device and agreed to complete 40 hours of community service.</p>
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<p>Associated Press writer Michael R. Sisak contributed to this report.</p>
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U.S. Says Cryptocurrency Expert Violated North Korea Sanctions

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Dutch Police: Multiple People Injured in Stabbing in the Hague

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<p>(THE HAGUE, Netherlands) — Multiple people were injured in a stabbing incident in The Hague’s main shopping street Friday night, police said.</p>
<p>The incident happened in the city’s main shopping street, which was busy with people looking for Black Friday deals.</p>
<p>Pictures from the area showed several dozen onlookers kept behind police fencing seeking a glimpse of the area where the stabbing took place.</p>
<p>The Hague police said in a statement that they were looking for a man, about 45 to 50 years old, in a grey jogging suit.</p>
<p>Police spokeswoman Marije Kuiper told The Associated Press in a telephone interview that it was not clear if the stabbing was a terror incident.</p>
<p>Further details were not immediately available.</p>
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Dutch Police: Multiple People Injured in Stabbing in the Hague

Dutch Police: Multiple People Injured in Stabbing in the Hague

(THE HAGUE, Netherlands) — Multiple people were injured in a stabbing incident in The Hague’s main shopping street Friday night, poli...

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Brazil’s President Blames Leonardo DiCaprio Donations for Amazon Fires

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<p>(RIO DE JANEIRO) — Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro is blaming actor Leonardo DiCaprio for making donations to nonprofit organizations that he claims are behind some of the fires in the Amazon rainforest.</p>
<p>Bolsonaro told supporters Friday: “DiCaprio is a cool guy, isn’t he? Giving money to set the Amazon on fire.”</p>
<p>DiCaprio’s environmental organization has pledged $5 million to help protect the Amazon after fires destroyed large parts of the rainforest in July and August.</p>
<p>Boslonaro’s comments follow a police raid at the headquarters of two nonprofit groups in the Amazonian state of Para.</p>
<p>Several volunteer firefighters, who deny wrongdoing, were arrested and later released. Local police say they are being investigated for allegedly igniting fires to obtain funding through nonprofits.</p>
<p>Federal prosecutors say their investigation points to local land-grabbers as primary suspects.</p>
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Brazil’s President Blames Leonardo DiCaprio Donations for Amazon Fires

Brazil’s President Blames Leonardo DiCaprio Donations for Amazon Fires

(RIO DE JANEIRO) — Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro is blaming actor Leonardo DiCaprio for making donations to nonprofit organizati...

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Sudan Overturns Moral Policing Law, Disbands Ex-Ruling Party

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<p>(CAIRO) — Sudan’s transitional government announced Friday it overturned a moral policing law that criminalized revealing clothing for women and drinking alcohol and moved to dissolve the country’s former ruling party, fulfilling two major demands from the country’s pro-democracy protesters.</p>
<p>Rights groups say the Public Order Act targets women and is a holdover from the three-decade rule of toppled autocrat Omar al-Bashir.</p>
<p>“This law is notorious for being used as a tool of exploitation, humiliation & violation of rights,” Prime Minister Abdallah Hamdok tweeted in reference to the overturned law. “I pay tribute to the women and youth of my country who have endured the atrocities that resulted from the implementation of this law.”<br /></p>
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<p>The Public Order Act was first passed in 1992 by al-Bashir’s Islamist government and enforced only in the capital, Khartoum, before being applied nationwide four years later. The Shariah-inspired law criminalized a wide range of individual behavior including revealing clothing and drinking alcohol. Those convicted of violating the act could face prison sentences, fines, lashing and confiscation of property.</p>
<p>For decades, human rights activists have decried the law and argued that its vague language gave the police and judges leeway to prosecute women, who later played a crucial role in the mass protests that culminated in al-Bashir’s overthrow in April.</p>
<p>Amnesty International welcomed the repeal of the controversial law as “a step forward for women’s rights.”</p>
<p>The London-based rights group also called on the transitional government to overturn other repressive clauses in criminal laws such as articles dictating women’s dress code and flogging as a form of punishment.</p>
<p>Sudan’s sovereign council and cabinet announced both decisions after a fourteen-hour long meeting that ended shortly after midnight on Thursday. It said the law to dismantle al-Bashir’s National Congress Party would also confiscate all the ex-ruling party’s assets and funds.</p>
<p>The sovereign council grew out of a power-sharing agreement between the country’s ruling generals and protesters demanding sweeping political change. Under the deal, the council and the civilian-led cabinet share legislative powers until a new parliament is formed.</p>
<p>Pro-democracy groups in the country have also held fresh protests demanding the former ruling party’s disbandment and the exclusion of all its remnants from different state institutions.</p>
<p>Prime Minister Hamdok tweeted that the bill dismantling al-Bashir’s party is not the outcome of “a quest of vengeance but rather to preserve and restore the dignity of our people who have grown weary of the injustice under the hands of NCP, who have looted & hindered the development of this great nation.”</p>
<p>The Sudanese Professionals Association, which spearheaded the uprising against al-Bashir, hailed the move as “an important step” towards the establishment of a civil and democratic state in Sudan.</p>
<p>Sudan’s Justice Minister Nasr-Eddin Abdul-Bari announced that the law passed by the interim government on Friday would transfer all assets and funds of al-Bashir’s party to the state treasury.</p>
<p>“With this law, we will be able to retrieve a lot of funds that were taken from the public treasury to create institutions that acted as a parallel state,” Abdul-bari told reporters after the meeting.</p>
<p>Al-Bashir was arrested after his overthrow in April and is currently on trial for charges of corruption and money laundering. A verdict is scheduled for Dec. 14.</p>
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Reports of Shots Fired at London Bridge

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<p>There is a large police operation happening at London Bridge, following reports of shots fired at the central London location where there was a terrorist attack in 2017.</p>
<p>London’s Metropolitan Police said on Twitter they were in the early stages of an investigation into an incident at the location.</p>
<p>Reuters <a href="https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-britain-security-shot/person-believed-to-have-been-stabbed-in-london-bridge-area-suspect-shot-source-idUKKBN1Y31PE?il=0" target="_blank">reported</a> that a person had been stabbed and police had shot a suspect, according to a security source.</p>
<p>Police said that officers were called to a stabbing at 1.58 p.m. local time. “A man has been detained by police. We believe a number of people have been injured,” police tweeted.<br /></p>
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<p>Emergency services attended, including officers from the Met and <a href="https://twitter.com/colp?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">@CoLP</a></p>
<p>A man has been detained by police. We believe a number of people have been injured. Further info to follow.</p>
<p>— Metropolitan Police (@metpoliceuk) <a href="https://twitter.com/metpoliceuk/status/1200424686968098816?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">November 29, 2019</a></p>
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<p>The BBC journalist John McManus was at the scene, and indicated in a call to <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/live/bbcnews" target="_blank">BBC News</a> that it was police who fired the shots, after he saw what he thought to be a fight on the bridge. People were trying to hold somebody down, he said, and then two shots were fired. After crowds were moved away by police, he continued, several more shots were fired.</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr" xml:lang="en">A man running around with a knife and been shot in London bridge outside my office wtf just witnessed with my own eyes</p>
<p>— Lauren (@laurenannette_) <a href="https://twitter.com/laurenannette_/status/1200418908957749249?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">November 29, 2019</a></p>
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<p>Ambulances and several police vans are now on the scene, which is near the Shard skyscraper to the south and the City of London financial hub to the north.</p>
<p>In June 2017, three terrorists who were inspired by ISIS mounted a vehicle attack on London Bridge, running down pedestrians in a van before attacking people with knives. The attack came days before the 2017 British election; there are currently less than two weeks to go until Britain’s next election.</p>
<p>This is a developing story. Please refresh for updates.</p>
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Reports of Shots Fired at London Bridge

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Iraq’s Prime Minister Abdul-Mahdi to Resign Amid Anti-Government Protests

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<p>(BAGHDAD) — Iraq’s prime minister said Friday he would submit his resignation to parliament, a day after more than 40 people were killed by security forces and following calls by Iraq’s top Shiite cleric for lawmakers to withdraw support.</p>
<p>The move by Adel Abdul-Mahdi 13 months after he took over as prime minister triggered celebrations by anti-government protesters who have been camped out in Baghdad’s Tahrir Square for nearly two months. Young men and women broke out in song and dance as news of his imminent resignation reached the square, the capital’s largest.</p>
<p>In a statement, Abdul-Mahdi said he had “listened with great concern” to Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani’s sermon and made his decision in response to his call and in order to “facilitate and hasten its fulfillment as soon as possible.”<br /></p>
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<p>“I will submit to parliament an official memorandum resigning from the current prime ministry so that the parliament can review its choices,” he said. Abdul-Mahdi was appointed prime minister just over a year ago as a consensus candidate between political blocs.</p>
<p>Al-Sistani said parliament, which elected the government of Abdul-Mahdi, should “reconsider its options” in his weekly Friday sermon delivered in the holy city of Najaf via a representative.</p>
<p>“We call upon the House of Representatives from which this current government emerged to reconsider its options in that regard,” al-Sistani said in the statement — a clear sign he was withdrawing his support for the prime minister.</p>
<p>It wasn’t immediately clear whether Abdul-Mahdi’s resignation would placate protesters, who are now calling for the removal of the entire political class that has ruled Iraq since the 2003 downfall of Saddam Hussein. Nearly 400 people have been killed in the bloody crackdown on protests since Oct. 1, most of them young protesters shot dead or killed by exploding tear gas canisters fired by security forces.</p>
<p>Amira, a 25-year-old protester, said the resignation should have come many weeks ago.</p>
<p>“We will not stop with the prime minister, we still have more fighting to do. We will push forward until our demands are met,” she said, declining to give her full name, fearing retaliation.</p>
<p>Forty protesters were shot dead by security forces in Baghdad and the southern cities of Najaf and Nasiriyah on Thursday, in a sharp escalation of violence that continued Friday. Najaf is the headquarters of the country’s Shiite religious authority headed by al-Sistani.</p>
<p>Three more protesters were shot and eight wounded by security forces in Nasiriyah on Friday when the demonstrators attempted to enter the city center to resume their sit-in, security and hospital officials said. Security forces had fired live rounds the previous day to disperse protesters from two key bridges, killing 31 people.</p>
<p>Al-Sistani also said protesters should distinguish between peaceful demonstrators and those seeking to turn the movement violent, following the burning of an Iranian consulate building in Najaf on Wednesday that government officials say was perpetrated by saboteurs from outside the protest movement.</p>
<p>The Islamic Dawa party called for parliament to convene immediately and choose an alternative government, in a statement.</p>
<p>A former oil and finance minister and an ex-vice president, the 77-year-old Abdul-Mahdi was seen as a political independent when he took the post in October 2018 and is Iraq’s first prime minister from outside the Dawa party in 12 years.</p>
<p>He moved his offices out of Baghdad’s highly secure Green Zone on the first day of his term, saying he wanted to bring his government closer to the people, and said he wanted to provide security, water and electricity for all Iraqis during his term.</p>
<p>But reality soon caught up as he faced a raft of challenges including high unemployment, widespread corruption and dilapidated public services. His government and key staffers in his office were also seen to be close to Iran.</p>
<p>In Baghdad, protesters gathered around the historic Rasheed Street near the strategic Ahrar Bridge and burned the Iranian flag, chanting “Iran out!”</p>
<p>Four people were shot by security forces on the bridge the previous day. Protesters are also occupying parts of the nearby bridges Jumhuriya and Sinar — all of which lead to the fortified Green Zone, the seat of Iraq’s government.</p>
<p>A spokesman for the U.N. secretary-general expressed deep concern over the use of live ammunition against protesters on Friday.</p>
<p>“The Secretary-General reiterates his call on the Iraqi authorities to exercise maximum restraint, protect the lives of demonstrators, respect the rights to freedom of expression and assembly, and swiftly to investigate all acts of violence,” said Stéphane Dujarric, in a statement.</p>
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Iraq’s Prime Minister Abdul-Mahdi to Resign Amid Anti-Government Protests

Iraq’s Prime Minister Abdul-Mahdi to Resign Amid Anti-Government Protests

(BAGHDAD) — Iraq’s prime minister said Friday he would submit his resignation to parliament, a day after more than 40 people were k...

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The 10 Best TV Shows of 2019

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<p dir="ltr">List season has hit particularly hard this year, as the end of our <a href="https://time.com/5722419/best-tv-shows-2010s-decade/">first full decade</a> of social media immersion has culminated in a multi-month spree of ranking and revisiting the likes of which humanity has probably never seen before. So I feel compelled to open by thanking you, the reader, for giving yet another highly subjective hit parade your attention.</p>
<p dir="ltr">My hope is that along with a few of the zeitgeisty critical darlings (<em>Fleabag</em>, <em>Watchmen</em>, <em>Succession</em>) you’re sure to find in every other top 10 of 2019, this list will point you in the direction of some equally wonderful series (<em>Vida</em>, <em>David Makes Man</em>, <em>Back to Life</em>) that haven’t gotten the shine they deserve. What you won’t find here, incidentally, is anything from the initial slate of shows on <a href="https://time.com/5736490/streaming-wars-disney-plus-apple-tv/">brand-new streaming services</a> Apple TV+ or Disney+. Whether that disappointment turns out to be a pattern or a fluke, only time will tell.</p>
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<h2>10. <em>Back to Life</em> (Showtime)</h2>
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<p dir="ltr">Few characters have embodied the saying “you can’t go home again” as fully as <em><a href="https://time.com/5691648/showtime-back-to-life-review/">Back to Life</a></em> creator Daisy Haggard’s Miri Matteson. Out on parole after spending half her life in jail for a crime she committed at age 18, Miri returns to her small English hometown—not because she’s missed the place, but because she has nowhere to go but her parents’ house. While enduring harassment at the hands of neighbors who will never forget what she did, she struggles to find work, companionship and peace. From the producers of <em>Fleabag</em>, this quieter, gentler traumedy weighs Miri’s crime against the less extreme but more malicious transgressions of her family and friends. It poses the question of whether anyone who pays their debt to society really gets a fair chance to start over—and it suggests that you can tell a lot about a community by getting to know its scapegoats.</p>
<h2>9. <em>When They See Us</em> (Netflix)</h2>
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<p dir="ltr"><a href="https://time.com/collection/firsts/4899130/ava-duvernay-firsts/">Ava DuVernay</a> is the rare popular artist fueled by an irrepressible optimism about building a better future as well as righteous anger about the past and present. She brought both of these defining traits to bear on this four-part drama about the <a href="https://time.com/5597843/central-park-five-trump-history/">Central Park Five</a>—whom her miniseries rechristened the Exonerated Five. Along with exposing how and suggesting why a broken New York City criminal justice system was so eager to vilify blameless children of color in the aftermath of a monstrous act of sexual violence, DuVernay and her stellar young cast worked with the real Five to create multifaceted portraits of regular kids with hopes, ambitions and communities that suffered as a result of their incarceration. And she found echoes of their story in the current movement against mass incarceration and in the presidency of Donald Trump, who stoked public fury at the boys. <em><a href="https://time.com/5592163/when-they-see-us-netflix-ava-duvernay/">When They See Us</a></em> celebrates the righting of a grievous wrong while acknowledging that no vindication, or remuneration, could fully heal such deep wounds.</p>
<h2>8. <em>Watchmen</em> (HBO)</h2>
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<p dir="ltr">For those of us who haven’t enjoyed our culture’s never-ending superhero craze so much as endured it, the news that the most prestigious of all prestige cable outlets was adapting a DC Comics book sounded kind of like a betrayal. Et tu, HBO? But we should never have doubted <em>The Leftovers</em> creator <a href="https://time.com/4732113/damon-lindelof-leftovers-lost/">Damon Lindelof’s</a> ability to make Alan Moore’s <a href="https://time.com/5700888/watchmen-hbo-graphic-novel/">brilliant, subversive 1980s classic</a> resonate more than three decades later. Instead of revisiting the Cold War, Lindelof set his <em><a href="https://time.com/5704708/watchmen-hbo-review/">Watchmen</a></em> in an alternate 2019 where the events of the comic are canon, Robert Redford (yes, that one) has been President for decades and a white supremacist group called the Seventh Kavalry is slaughtering police who are loyal to the liberal administration. Into this mess rides masked vigilante Sister Night (Regina King, in the would-be hero role she’s long deserved), a cop who is supposed to have retired from crime-fighting. There is (or should be) enough carryover from Moore’s original to appease its cult fandom, but the show is at its best when contending with our confused, misinformed, politically polarized current reality. And in that respect, it’s every bit as intelligent, provocative and mysterious as it is entertaining.</p>
<h2>7. <em>Undone</em> (Amazon)</h2>
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<p dir="ltr">Fans worried that <em>BoJack Horseman</em> mastermind <a href="https://time.com/5677315/undone-interview-bojack-horseman/">Raphael Bob-Waksberg</a> would turn out to be a one-hit wonder could take comfort in this wildly imaginative sci-fi dramedy that he co-created with Kate Purdy, about a disaffected young woman (Rosa Salazar’s Alma) who narrowly survives a catastrophic car crash. In hospital-bed visions tied to her sudden physical trauma and preexisting mental illness, Alma reunites with her long-dead father (Bob Odenkirk), learns that he was murdered and allows him to guide her on a time-travel mission to prevent the crime from happening. Yet <em><a href="https://time.com/5672110/undone-amazon-review/">Undone</a></em> is more than just a high-concept mystery; it’s a journey into human consciousness, a beautiful example of Rotoscoped animation and a subtle meditation on family, identity and spirituality.</p>
<h2>6. <em>David Makes Man</em> (OWN)</h2>
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<p dir="ltr">The success of <a href="https://time.com/4540116/barry-jenkins-moonlight-enchants/"><em>Moonlight</em></a> sent ripples through Hollywood, elevating writer-director <a href="https://time.com/5472338/barry-jenkins-james-baldwin/">Barry Jenkins</a> and a cast including Mahershala Ali, Jharrel Jerome and Janelle Monáe to the highest echelon of their art form. It also opened industry doors for MacArthur honoree Tarell Alvin McCraney, who wrote the play on which the film was based. This year he unveiled <em><a href="https://time.com/5647317/a-moonlight-writer-revisits-adolescence/">David Makes Man</a></em>, a lyrical drama about a smart, troubled 14-year-old (Akili McDowell, astonishing in his first lead role) in the Florida projects who’s struggling to get into a prestigious high school and avoid being drafted into a gang, while mourning a mentor. Though it shares a lush aesthetic and many themes—black boyhood, complicated role models, queer identity—with <em>Moonlight</em>, the expanded format allows McCraney to explore the people around David. His privileged best friend (Nathaniel McIntyre) suffers abuse at home. His gender-queer neighbor (Travis Coles) takes in runaway LGBT teens and plays a delicate role in the local ecosystem. And his single mother (Alana Arenas), an addict in recovery, holds down a degrading job to keep the bills paid. This isn’t just the old story of excellence and poverty battling for the soul of one extraordinary child; it’s the story of a community where both qualities must coexist.</p>
<h2>5. <em>Lodge 49</em> (AMC)</h2>
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<p dir="ltr">At least once a year, a series too smart for prime-time gets canned even as network execs re-up long-running bores like <em>NCIS</em> for 24 more functionally identical episodes. In 2019, it was <em>Lodge 49</em> that ended up on the wrong side of the equation. A loose, semi-stoned account of a young man (Wyatt Russell’s Sean “Dud” Dudley) treading water in the wake of his beloved father’s death, the show expanded over the course of its first season into an allegory for the isolation of contemporary life. The Southern California landscape around Dud, an affable dreamer, and his self-destructive twin sister (Sonya Cassidy) had been scarred by pawn shops, breastaurants, temp agencies, abandoned office parks. Refuge came in the form of the titular cash-strapped fraternal organization, where Dud found two precious things late capitalism couldn’t provide: a sense of community and a mysterious, all-consuming quest. Both propelled him and his cohorts to Mexico in this year’s funny, bittersweet second season; perhaps sensing the end was near, creator Jim Gavin’s finale provided something like closure. Still, the show—which is currently being shopped to streaming services—has plenty left to say. Here’s hoping the producers find a way to, as the fans on Twitter put it, #SaveLodge49.</p>
<h2>4. <em>Vida</em> (Starz)</h2>
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<p dir="ltr">In its short first season, creator Tanya Saracho’s <em>Vida</em> assembled all the elements of a great half-hour drama. Mishel Prada and Melissa Berrera shined as Mexican-American sisters who come home to LA after the death of their inscrutable mom, Vida—only to learn that the building and bar she owned are on the verge of foreclosure. It also turns out that Vida, whose homophobia destroyed her relationship with Prada’s sexually fluid Emma, had married a woman. Meanwhile, their angry teenage neighbor Mari (Chelsea Rendon) raged against gentrification. These storylines coalesced to electrifying effect in this year’s second season, testing the sisters’ tense bond as they found themselves in the crosshairs of activists who saw their desperate efforts to save the family business as acts of treachery from two stuck-up “whitinas.” Thanks largely to the talented Latinx writers and directors Saracho enlisted for the project, <em>Vida</em> brings lived-in nuance to issues like class, colorism and desire—yielding one of TV’s smartest and sexiest shows.</p>
<h2>3. <em>Succession</em> (HBO)</h2>
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<p dir="ltr">Right-wing tycoons and their adult children have gotten plenty of attention in the past few years—most of it negative. So why would anyone voluntarily watch a show in which the nightmare offspring of a Mudoch-like media titan (<a href="https://time.com/5696473/brian-cox-succession-finale-logan-roy/">Brian Cox</a>) compete to become his successor? A rational argument for all the goodwill around <em><a href="https://time.com/5304233/succession-hbo/">Succession</a></em> might point out the crude poetry of its dialogue (from creator Jesse Armstrong, a longtime Armando Iannucci collaborator), the fearlessness of its cast (give Jeremy Strong an Emmy just for Kendall’s rap) and the knife-twisting accuracy of this season’s digital-media satire (R.I.P. Vaulter). But on a more primal level, one informed by the increasingly rare experience of watching episodes set Twitter ablaze as they aired, I think we’re also getting a collective thrill out of a series that confirms our darkest assumptions about people who thirst for money and power. It’s a catharsis we may well deserve.</p>
<h2>2. <em>Russian Doll</em> (Netflix)</h2>
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<p dir="ltr">To observe that there was a built-in audience for a show created by Natasha Lyonne, Amy Poehler and Leslye Headland in which Lyonne starred as a hard-partying New York City cynic might’ve been the understatement of the year. But even those of us who bought into <em><a href="https://time.com/5509932/russian-doll-netflix-review/">Russian Doll</a></em> from the beginning could never have predicted such a resounding triumph. In a story built like the titular nesting doll, Lyonne’s Nadia Vulvokov dies in a freak accident on the night of her 36th birthday. The twist is, instead of moving on to the afterlife or the grave, she finds herself back where she started the evening, at a party in her honor. Nadia is condemned to repeat this cycle of death and rebirth until she levels up in self-knowledge—a process that entails many cigarettes, lots of vintage East Village grit and a not-so-chance encounter with a fellow traveler. Stir in a warm, wry tone and a message of mutual aid, and you’ve got the best new TV show of 2019.</p>
<h2>1. <em>Fleabag</em> (Amazon)</h2>
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<p dir="ltr"><em>Fleabag</em> began its run, in 2016, as a six-episode black comedy about a scornful, neurotic, hypersexual young woman caught in a self-destructive holding pattern of her own making. The premise didn’t immediately distinguish creator and star <a href="https://time.com/5683596/emmys-2019-phoebe-waller-bridge-lead-actress-comedy-fleabag/">Phoebe Waller-Bridge</a> as all that different from peers like Lena Dunham, Aziz Ansari and Donald Glover. But the British show’s execution was sharp, funny and daring enough to make it a cult hit on both sides of the Atlantic—and to anoint Waller-Bridge as TV’s next big thing. She went on to helm the exhilarating first season of <em>Killing Eve</em>, giving this year’s second and final season of <em><a href="https://time.com/5590251/fleabag-season-2-review/">Fleabag</a></em> time to percolate. It returned as a more mature but, thankfully, no less audacious show, matching Waller-Bridge’s somewhat reformed Fleabag with an impossible love interest known to fans as the Hot Priest (Andrew Scott). The relationship offered a path to forgiveness for the kind of character most millennial cris de coeur have been content to leave hanging. By allowing Fleabag a measure of grace without sacrificing her life-giving vulgarity, Waller-Bridge conjured the realistic vision of redemption that has so far eluded her contemporaries—and closed out the 2010s with the decade’s single greatest season of comedy.</p>
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The 10 Best TV Shows of 2019

The 10 Best TV Shows of 2019

List season has hit particularly hard this year, as the end of our first full decade of social media immersion has culminated in a...

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