Post Overview
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Current Event
4 years ago+23 23 0Saudi Fugitives Accused of Serious Crimes Get Help to Flee While U.S. Officials Look the Other Way
The FBI, Department of Homeland Security and other agencies have known for years that Saudi diplomats were helping Saudi fugitives. But Washington avoided even raising the problem out of concern that it might hurt Saudi cooperation in the fight again ...
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Video/Audio
4 years ago+11 11 0Iran War Scenarios
Radio War Nerd (July 24, 2018)
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Current Event
4 years ago+3 3 0France Takes Unprecedented Action Against Reporters Who Published Secret Government Document
Journalists could face years in jail for handling a classified military document that revealed details about France’s involvement in the Yemen conflict. By Ryan Gallagher. (May 17, 2019)
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Current Event
4 years ago+9 9 0Citizen sleuths exposed pollution from a century-old Michigan factory, with nationwide implications
Discoveries have helped fuel national debate over nonstick chemical contamination. By Sara Talpos.
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Expression
4 years ago+4 4 0US Accuses Syria Of More Chemical Attacks Just As Chemical Weapons Narrative Crumbles
At this point you almost wish America would just pick a target and stick with it. By Caitlin Johnstone.
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Analysis
4 years ago+7 7 0Russiagate: A coming of age moment for [U.S.] Soviet immigrants
Soviet immigrants have always had an implicit belief in the superiority of American institutions. It’s been a religious thing for them. But seeing themselves get swept up and demonized in this way has bred disillusionment and revulsion with American ...
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Analysis
4 years ago+10 10 0How Australia’s Labor Party Lost an Un-Losable Election
Pundits are blaming the Australian Labor Party's left-wing turn for its shocking defeat in Saturday's election. But the failure lies in the fact that this leftist program came too little, too late. By Daniel Lopez.
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Analysis
4 years ago+4 4 0Milkshakes and Other Disagreeable Anointings
The recent spate of milkshake protests against the far right began in Warrington on 2 May. By James Butler.
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Review
4 years ago+36 36 0Science Fiction Doesn’t Have to Be Dystopian
In Ted Chiang’s new collection of stories, technology can be a force for human—and robotic—good. By Joyce Carol Oates.
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Current Event
4 years ago+16 16 0U.S. Treasury backs away from plan for Harriet Tubman on $20 bill
The U.S. Treasury will not introduce a redesigned $20 bill picturing escaped slave and abolitionist Harriet Tubman next year as planned By Makini Brice.
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Analysis
4 years ago+7 7 0The Rank Hypocrisy Of Rahm Emanuel
Former Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel took advantage of his elite privilege and joined The Atlantic, a major media publication, as a contributing editor. By Kevin Gosztola.
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Analysis
4 years ago+16 16 0Geology Makes You Time-Literate
A scientist tells us how her field instills timefulness. By Marcia Bjornerud.
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Current Event
4 years ago+9 9 0Rewilding feral horses to reinvigorate grasslands
Until quite recently in human history, and an eyeblink in the history of Earth’s ecologies, wild horses lived across much of the planet. By Brandon Keim.
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Video/Audio
4 years ago+6 6 0Checkpoint Charlie
Ghost Against Ghost
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Expression
4 years ago+39 39 0Faith, Friendship, and Tragedy at Santa Fe High
Sabika Sheikh, a Muslim exchange student from Pakistan with dreams of changing the world, struck up an unlikely friendship with an evangelical Christian girl. The two became inseparable—until the day a fellow student opened fire. By Skip Hollandswort ...
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Review
4 years ago+9 9 0In India, One Publisher’s High-Stakes Fight for a Caste-Free Society
In May, 2015, Sagar Shejwal, a young, male nursing student in the west Indian state of Maharashtra, was murdered by a group of men who’d overheard his ringtone... By Liesl Schwabe.
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Current Event
4 years ago+8 8 0In San Francisco, an attack on press freedoms and echoes of autocracy
A free press is apparently now a criminal conspiracy. By Yashar Ali. [Autoplay]
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Current Event
4 years ago+44 44 0 x 1Amazon prevails in battle with South American countries for ‘.amazon’ domain name
Amazon has been embroiled in a 7-year dispute with Brazil and Peru over the domain name. By Matt Binder.
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Deal
4 years ago+11 11 0Playdate. A New Handheld Gaming System
It’s yellow. It fits in your pocket. It’s got a beautiful black and white screen. Playdate from Panic is coming soon.
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Analysis
4 years ago+3 3 0We’ve Hit a New Low in Campaign Hit Pieces
Recent efforts to sandbag Bernie Sanders and Tulsi Gabbard are crude repeats of behaviors that helped elect Trump in 2016. By Matt Taibbi.