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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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 Fall of Mosul is a Defeat for Isis, But It Remains a Deadly Force
Isis is badly wounded, but it is still a long way from being dead. By Patrick Cockburn.
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The Syrian war’s worst kept secret that could become Israel’s nightmare
Yes, Israel is supporting Syrian rebels, but this goes beyond cash and aid: Israel hopes the rebels will serve as a buffer against Hezbollah and a resurgent Assad, a strategy that could easily backfire. By Richard Silverstein.
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Thou Shall Not Covet thy Neighbor's Cuneiform
As the US press and social media came alive in condemnation as a result of the Hobby Lobby smuggling case, I couldn’t help but notice that while the hashtag #HobbyLobbyisISIS is noticeably attention-grabbing the more important facet of the “is-that-object-looted” puzzle was still being overlooked. By Lynda Albertson. (July 9, 2017)
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How Haitian Earthquake Relief Efforts Pulled Off a Huge Con Job, With the Help of Mainstream Media
Money that was promised to provide “tens of thousands of people with permanent homes” reportedly only made it to a total of six. By Timothy T. Schwartz.
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The Murder of an Indian Journalist, a Hero, My Friend
The slaying of Gauri Lankesh shows how much trouble India's liberal democracy is in. By Shikha Dalmia.
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The German Election Is a Christian Civil War
Germany’s far-right is saying out loud what Angela Merkel’s party has always quietly believed: that Christian culture depends on Christian demographics. By Noah B. Strote.
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Our Trouble with Sex: A Christian Story?
What interest do people living in a supposedly secular and liberal society have in regulating perhaps the most intimate aspect of an adult’s life—consensual sexual behavior with another adult? How do people decide which sexual acts, conducted in private, have a public impact and, therefore, become the public’s business? For our purposes, why do Americans think as we do about sex, and how have we used the Constitution, and the laws of the fifty states, to instantiate those beliefs? By Annette Gordon-Reed.
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“They Were Really Worried About Creationists and the Oil Companies”
A former New Mexico education official recounts the secrecy behind the state's anti-science standards. By Andy Kroll.
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An Insider’s View: The Dark Rigidity of Fundamentalist Rural America
In deep-red white America, the white Christian God is king. By Forsetti's Justice.
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