The cholera epidemic in Yemen has become the largest and fastest-spreading outbreak of the disease in modern history, with a million cases expected by the … Yemen’s cholera outbreak now the worst in history as millionth case loomsRead more
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Criminalizing Critics of Israel
Civil rights groups are warning a pair of bipartisan bills targeting boycotts of Israel and Israeli settlements would criminalize free speech and peaceful protest. The … Criminalizing Critics of IsraelRead more
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The U.S. Is a Good Place for Bad People to Stash Their Money
When Viktor Bout—the arms dealer extraordinaire who inspired the 2005 Nicolas Cage movie Lord of War—sought to set up anonymous shell companies, according to a … The U.S. Is a Good Place for Bad People to Stash Their MoneyRead more
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Precision Warfare? Don’t Make Me Laugh
You remember. It was supposed to be twenty-first-century war, American-style: precise beyond imagining; smart bombs; drones capable of taking out a carefully identified and tracked … Precision Warfare? Don’t Make Me LaughRead more
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It Took Obama More Than Two Years to Kill This Many Civilians. It Took Trump Less Than Six Months.
A new investigation shows that President Donald Trump’s bombing campaign against ISIS (the Islamic State) over several months has already led to nearly as many … It Took Obama More Than Two Years to Kill This Many Civilians. It Took Trump Less Than Six Months.Read more
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To save rural Iowa, we must oppose Monsanto-Bayer merger
Iowa farmers face a crisis. Crop prices have fallen by more than 50 percent since 2013, with no end in sight. At the same time, … To save rural Iowa, we must oppose Monsanto-Bayer mergerRead more
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Vice President Mike Pence Stages Walkout Amid NFL Player Protests
on Sunday, Vice President Mike Pence flew to Indianapolis, where he staged a walkout of an NFL game between the San Francisco 49ers and Indianapolis … Vice President Mike Pence Stages Walkout Amid NFL Player ProtestsRead more
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Trump’s Air War Has Already Killed More Than 2,000 Civilians
Civilian casualties from the U.S.-led war against the so-called Islamic State are on pace to double under President Donald Trump, according to an Airwars investigation … Trump’s Air War Has Already Killed More Than 2,000 CiviliansRead more
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Americans Tolerate Inequality Because They Over-Estimate Their Odds of Coming Out on Top
John Steinbeck conjectured in 1966 that there is not much support for redistribution in America because the working poor saw themselves as “temporarily embarrassed millionaires” … Americans Tolerate Inequality Because They Over-Estimate Their Odds of Coming Out on TopRead more