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The Glorious Return of Condi Rice
The failure to impose meaningful accountability on the Iraq War’s architects allows them to return as “wise” advisers to be consulted by media outlets and today’s politicians, as with Condoleezza Rice, notes James W Carden.
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The Motionless Ghosts That Haunt the South
A Richmond native recalls the veneration of the Confederacy that marked his youth—and says it’s time to take the statues down. By Garrett Epps.
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American Fascism, in 1944 and Today
My grandfather, a vice president under Franklin Roosevelt, wrote an essay in 1944 that predicted Donald Trump. By Henry Scott Wallace.
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My Mother Wasn’t Trash
My mother died the day she turned 55. This Sunday will be my first Mother’s Day without her, but nearly a year after she died, I still find it impossible to be heartbroken over her passing… By Joshua Wilkey.
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The Terror News Cycle
“’Terrorists don’t care who they kill,’ Phillips said. ‘It’s the number of bodybags that determines success.’ ‘And the publicity,’ Robinson interjected. ‘And the publicity,’ Phillips agreed.” By Des Freedman.
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'The pill mill of America': where drugs mean there are no good choices, only less awful ones
For six days in Portsmouth, Ohio, I keep trying to fool myself. Eventually, I am unable to just watch and listen. By Chris Arnade.
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The Greek word that can’t be translated
‘Love of honour’, its official translation, is a utilitarian yet insufficient attempt to convey the constellation of virtues squeezed into the word’s four syllables. By Stav Dimitropoulos.
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What a unanimous Southern Baptist condemnation of the alt-right says about evangelicals in America
81 percent of white evangelicals voted for Trump. Now one of their biggest blocs has just condemned the alt-right. By Tara Isabella Burton.
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Bernie Sanders And Elizabeth Warren Destroy “Cowardly” Republican Health Care Bill
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Finally Everyone Agrees: Health Care Is a Human Right
Let’s hope we all remember the moral arguments about health care once the Trump administration ends. By Matt Taibbi.
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Moderate Republicans Are Quietly Helping the GOP Set Equality Back
There’s a reason they aren’t passionately opposing radical health-care cuts. By Kai Wright. (June 29, 2017)
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New Drone Strikes Underscore How Much Power We Give Trump
Americans rolled over for decades while we gave the executive branch unreviewable authority to kill – now that power is in the hands of an idiot. By Matt Taibbi.
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Robert Parry: When ‘Independent’ Journalism Meant Something
The late publisher of Consortium News was a trailblazer who held lazy reporters and groupthink in the highest contempt. By Kelley Beaucar Vlahos.
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Merely a Warning that a Noun is Coming: The ‘Littlehampton Libels’
Bee Wilson reviews "The Littlehampton Libels: A Miscarriage of Justice and a Mystery about Words in 1920s England" by Christopher Hilliard.
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The Case for Impeaching Clarence Thomas
It’s time to re-examine the evidence that he not only committed serial sexual harassment, but lied about it. By Jill Abramson.
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The Politics of Shame
How effective is shame as a tactic? Are there better responses to shameful behavior? By Briahna Joy Gray.
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Gina Haspel: As If Nuremberg Never Happened
Nothing will say more about who we've become as a nation than if a torturer is allowed to head the CIA. By Peter Van Buren.
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What Courage Is
True moral commitment means desiring justice for others more than admiration for oneself… By Nathan J. Robinson.
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Believe Me, It's Torture
What more can be added to the debate over U.S. interrogation methods, and whether waterboarding is torture? Try firsthand experience. The author undergoes the controversial drowning technique, at the hands of men who once trained American soldiers to resist—not inflict—it. By Christopher Hitchens. (Aug. 2008)
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Haspel Says CIA Won't Torture Again as Ray McGovern is Dragged Out of Hearing
After refusing to directly answer questions about her history as an alleged torturer, Ray McGovern decided to ask Gina Haspel a question or two of his own and he wound up in jail for it, reports Joe Lauria.
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