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We’re The Superhumans | Rio Paralympics 2016 Trailer
Channel Four
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A Last Dinner in the Jungle
With the closing of the Jungle this week, a chapter ends in northern France for thousands of refugees who sought temporary shelter in a toxic landfill on the outskirts of Calais... By Shane Mitchell. (Oct. 2016)
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The 13 Best Horror Movies of 2016
Starting and ending with witches. By Jordan Crucchiola.
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The Massive Election-Rigging Scandal the Media Ignored
Republicans denied seven million their right to vote, and no one seems to care. By Thom Hartmann, Richard Greene.
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2016: The nation’s cartoonists on the year in politics
Every month political cartoonists throughout the country and across the political spectrum apply their ink-stained skills to capture the foibles, memes, hypocrisies and other head-slapping events in the world of politics. The fruits of these labors are hundreds of cartoons that entertain and enrage readers of all political stripes. Here's an offering of the best of this year's crop, picked fresh off the Toonosphere. Edited by Matt Wuerker.
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Charlie Brooker’s 2016 Wipe
The writer and broadcaster takes a satirical look back at the events of the past 12 months, a year that has seen the deaths of countless cultural icons, Donald Trump being voted into the White House and the BBC losing the rights to Great British Bake Off. Charlie is joined by the ever-insightful Philomena Cunk, who faces her most challenging interview yet as she tries to get some sense out of Professor Brian Cox.
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Your Political Correctness is Showing, Conservatives
President-elect Donald Trump and his chief strategist Steve Bannon keep confirming an argument I’ve been making for a while: conservatives are just as “politically correct” as they claim liberals and the left are. By Maximillian Alvarez.
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Why 2016 Seemed Like the Worst Year Ever
Let this past year be a kick in your ass, not a boot on your throat. By Drew Brown.
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The Coming Assault on Social Security
The first assault of the new Trump administration and Republican Congress upon Social Security has been launched. It comes in the form of release of a new report by the Congressional Budget Office, which of course these days is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Republican Congressional Caucus... By Dave Lindorff.
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Behind the Lens: [Chief White House Photographer] 2016 Year in Photographs
For the eighth and final time, I am presenting my annual Year in Photographs. By Pete Souza.
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White House fails to make case that Russian hackers tampered with election
US issued JAR billed itself as an indictment that would prove Russian involvement. By Dan Goodin.
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The Perils of Russophobia
Anyone too young to remember HUAC and the destruction the Cold War wrought should study up. We are a few short steps away from both. By Patrick Lawrence.
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The Rooms They Left Behind
After the deaths of these 10 notable people, The New York Times photographed their private spaces — as they left them. Photographs by Mitch Epstein.
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‘The Wealthy Would Never Steal’ — A Credo for Trump’s Party
Lawrence Kudlow explains why conservatives are so happy to embrace kleptocracy. By Jonathan Chiat.
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The horrors of 2016 could have been stopped – with better defenses
Donald Trump and other monsters of this new era were always there. They just triumphed because centrists blocked those who could keep a lid on them. By Sam Kriss.
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Deja vu for U.S. troops celebrating Christmas in Iraq again
"This is the third Christmas that Staff Sergeant Magdiel Asencio is spending in Iraq. For Sergeant First Class Noel Alvarado, it is number four...." By Stephen Kalin.
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The Trumptini
Drinking in Trump’s America. By Betsy Morais.
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TPP: How Obama Traded Away His Legacy
"Meanwhile, President Obama's closing argument for Clinton at a Michigan rally the day before the election was to 'continue this journey of progress,' effectively promising a third term of an Obama presidency that had spent the past two years prioritizing the implementation of a trade deal despised not only by working class Midwesterners, but the entire Democratic Party base." By Lori Wallach and Murshed Zaheed.
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Trump’s Treasury Pick Excelled at Kicking Elderly People Out of Their Homes
When Steven Mnuchin ran OneWest, the bank aggressively and in some cases, wrongly, foreclosed on elderly homeowners with reverse mortgages. The bank had a disproportionate share of such foreclosures. By Paul Kiel and Jesse Eisinger.
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NYC’s best new architecture of 2016, from Governors Island to the Oculus
From epic public works to affordable developments in the outer boroughs, 2016 was a banner year for New York City architecture. By Amy Plitt.
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