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Kentucky gives blessing to Bible classes in public schools
Watchdog groups have vowed to make sure Bible classes in Kentucky public schools don’t go from teaching to preaching. By Corky Siemaszko. (June 28, 2017)
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The Politics of Terror Mirrors the Politics of Heroin
The West’s policies in the Middle East are coming home. Remember the “Vietnamese” heroin that showed up in the body bags at home? Well there’s a lot of body bags at home right now… By Aidan O’Brien.
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Saudi Arabia is trying to turn Qatar into a vassal state
If Crown Prince Mohamed bin Salman can rush into a hopeless war with the Houthis of Yemen, why shouldn’t he threaten the body politic of Qatar? By Robert Fisk.
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FRONTLINE: The Secret History of ISIS
The inside story of the creation of ISIS, and how the U.S. missed the many warning signs.
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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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Saudi Arabia is destabilizing the world
America’s supposed friend wages a long campaign to radicalize Muslim countries. By Stephen Kinzer.
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The DUP is Not Okay
Not to be discouraged by a hung parliament, British Prime Minister Theresa May now intends to govern with the aid of the DUP, the “Democratic Unionist Party” of Northern Ireland. This is unbelievably reckless and puts the security and future of the British people at risk. By Benjamin Studebaker.
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Saudis Have a Lot to Lose in Fight With Qatar, Even If They Win
Saudi Arabia dwarfs Qatar on almost any measure, yet there are plenty of ways the tussle between the Gulf neighbors could end up hurting the world’s biggest oil exporter – even if it wins. By Glen Carey, Marc Champion. [Autoplay]
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Twelve dead after IS attack on Iranian parliament
At least 12 people died and dozens more were injured when terrorists stormed the Iranian parliament and the mausoleum of its modern founder yesterday. By Amir Vahdat.
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Dumb Donald Thinks He’s Pulled the Plug on ISIS and Al-Qaida (and the CIA?)
Trump is not very bright. By Glen Ford.
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Lessons From The Nation’s Oldest Voucher Program
Milwaukee’s voucher program serves some 28,000 students. Most of them are African-American and come from low-income families. By Claudio Sanchez.
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A Pregnant Teen’s Graduation Drama Reveals an Uncomfortable Divide Between Pro-Lifers and Social Conservatives
Maddi Runkles is an 18-year-old senior at Heritage Academy, a small, conservative Christian school in Hagerstown, Maryland. She is also pregnant and has admitted to breaking the pledge that all Heritage students sign… By Ruth Graham.
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We need to talk about what inspired Salman Abedi’s attack on Manchester
In the wake of the massacre in Manchester, people rightly warn against blaming the entire Muslim community in Britain and the world. Certainly one of the aims of those who carry out such atrocities is to provoke the communal punishment of all Muslims, thereby alienating a portion of them who will then become open to recruitment by Isis and al-Qaeda clones. By Patrick Cockburn.
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Yet Another Video Shows U.S.-Funded White Helmets Assisting Public Executions in Rebel-Held Syria
The shocking regime change scandal mainstream media refuses to touch. By Ben Norton, Max Blumenthal.
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Donald Trump just put the US on the Sunni Muslim side of the bitter sectarian war with the Shias
It was crude stuff. President Trump called on 55 Muslim leaders assembled in Riyadh to drive out terrorism from their countries. He identified Iran as a despotic state and came near to calling for regime change, though Iran held a presidential election generally regarded as fair only two days previously. He denounced Hezbollah and lined up the US squarely on the side of the Sunni against the Shia in the sectarian proxy war that is tearing apart the Middle East. By Patrick Cockburn.
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Pew Research
To understand the political power of evangelicals, we must look beyond the pulpits. By Jeff Sharlet.
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Slavery Now: Migrant Labor in the Persian Gulf and Saudi Arabia
Slavery still exists today. And it exists in the Gulf states and in Saudi Arabia. By Christiane Saliba.
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The Two Most Dangerous Men in the World
Trump and Crown Prince Salman. By Patrick Cockburn.
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American Jezebels
In 1637, Mary Dyer of Boston gave a monstrous birth and its midwife was Anne Hutchinson. Both were Puritans of-a-kind… Ed Simon.
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Trump Cons Religious Idiots With Meaningless Executive Order, Completely Forgets To Fuck The Gays
Sorry, Christian wingnuts, but you got scammed. By Evan Hurst.
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