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1 year ago+11 11 0Blurred lines: Trump's UN choice and her coal magnate spouse
The email went out from senior Environmental Protection Agency officials to Kelly Craft, the U.S. ambassador to Canada, responding to questions she had about a funding matter. But the acknowledgment email the EPA got back a few hours later wasn’t fro ...
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1 year ago+27 27 0How Oxford university shaped Brexit — and Britain’s next prime minister
Simon Kuper returns to the place where Boris Johnson and Jeremy Hunt began their climb to power.
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1 year ago+16 16 0Red Army Blues
The Waterboys
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1 year ago+38 38 0 x 1No, Your Kids' Evil Cellphone Won't Give Them Horns
But if your neck hurts after hours of looking down at it, you might want to lie down on a pillow for a bit. By Kristina Killgrove.
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1 year ago+11 11 0Tory Cuts
Jeremy Hunt had the nerve to call local councils ‘hidden victims of the cuts’, noticing that hospitals have been forced to prolong patient stays at great expense because of the disappearance of community care: ‘that wasn’t a smart move.’ No shit, She ...
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1 year ago+12 12 0The Unimaginable Reality of American Concentration Camps
The debate over Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s use of the term “concentration camp” is not about language or facts. It is about how we perceive history, ourselves, and ourselves in history. By Masha Gessen.
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1 year ago+41 41 0 x 1Oregon Statehouse Shut Down After Lawmakers Team Up With Right-Wing Militias
While leaving the statehouse before the walkout, one Republican senator implied that police who pursued them should be ready to die: “Send bachelors and come heavily armed.” By Kelly Weill.
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1 year ago+22 22 0Next Contestant, Iran: Meet America’s Permanent War Formula
When it comes to starting wars, we don’t even bother to change the script anymore. By Matt Taibbi.
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1 year ago+25 25 0Lies They Told Us: A Long History of Being Manipulated Into War
Before we retaliate over drone and oil tanker attacks, take a look at all the times we've been duped. By Robert W. Merry.
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1 year ago+15 15 0The absurdly high cost of [U.S.] insulin, explained
Colorado just became the first state to cap the price of insulin at $100 per month. By Julia Belluz.
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1 year ago+13 13 0Smoke on the Water: What We Can Learn 50 Years After Cleveland's Apocalyptic Burning River
In June 1969, a fire on Cleveland’s Cuyahoga River—the last in a series of big blazes spanning decades—spurred the government to make sweeping environmental changes that altered the course of the country. By Vince Guerrieri.
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1 year ago+3 3 0What you need to know about CIA’s Iran Mission Center
The agency set up a special unit on Iran, predating the Trump administration, that some hawks fretted was not focusing enough on regime change. By Vijay Prashad.
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1 year ago+17 17 0The Coming Show Trial of Julian Assange
Assange’s lawyers have asked the judge to recuse herself. She has refused. By Rev. Dr. Chris Hedges.
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How-to
1 year ago+30 30 0I'm a lucid dream researcher – here's how to train your brain to do it
Research on lucid dreams is still in its infancy, but some induction techniques already hold real promise - and most can be tried in the comfort of your own bedroom. By Achilleas Pavlou.
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Analysis
1 year ago+30 30 0Is the White House Plotting an End-Run Around Congress Into Iran?
Officials are suggesting the 9/11 law used by three presidents to justify every intervention of the last 18 years is applicable to Tehran, too. By Heather Brandon-Smith.
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1 year ago+19 19 0Say Hello to China's New Model for Controlling Hong Kong
Writer Simon Lau Sai Leung says the extradition bill is the nail in the coffin for Hong Kong’s autonomy under "One Country, Two Systems."
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1 year ago+31 31 0What Is Juneteenth, How Is It Celebrated, and Why Does It Matter?
Juneteenth isn’t the "other" Independence Day, it is the Independence Day. By Jameelah Nasheed.
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Current Event
1 year ago+21 21 0Temple Excavation in India Mysteriously Shut Down After Discovering Engraving of Strange “Foreign Face”
During an excavation of an ancient temple to Vishnu in the city of Singuali, Madhya Pradesh, Indian archaeologists found something quite strange. By Sequoyah Kennedy.
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1 year ago+20 20 0As Consumer Protections Dwindle, Schools Push Financial Literacy
Teaching students how to manage their money has become mandatory in many K-12 classrooms. But can it substitute for real enforcement of financial fraud? By Rachel M. Cohen.
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1 year ago+10 10 0The Man In The Gray Flannel Suit (1956)
Nunnally Johnson