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Will Iraq or Syria Survive? UN Envoy Lakhdar Brahimi on Sectarian War and the Disastrous 2003 Invasion
“The biggest mistake was to invade Iraq,” said former UN-Arab League special envoy Lakhdar Brahimi.

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It’s Complicated: Facebook’s History of Tracking You
Facebook is launching an aggressive technique to track people across the Web.

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Pacific Disability Theatre Group Inspires and Educates
The Rainbow Theatre Group is playing a crucial role in bringing more special-needs children into education.

Iraq Is Coming Apart at the Seams – Here’s Our Essential Reader
Itu2019s often the case that the more complex a situation is in the real world, the sillier our political discourse around it here at home is, and this conflict …

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Inside the Koch Brothers’ Secret Billionaire Summit
The Koch brothers held an annual, highly secretive mega-donor conference, called “American Courage: Our Commitment to a Free Society,” featured a who's who of Republican political elites.

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Acid Seas Threaten Creatures That Supply Half the World’s Oxygen
Ocean acidification is turning phytoplankton toxic.

On the News With Thom Hartmann: Intelligence Agencies Say They’re Too Big to Follow Regulations, and More
What do we do when an intelligence agency says they're too big to follow regulations?

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The Math of Mass Starvation and Murder: Germany in Greece During World War II
In the short period of German occupation, the violence of the German-led armies of conquest turned Greece from a modestly well-to-do country to a country on the brink of …

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Fight for Health Care Justice Moves to States
Advocates of Medicare for All are developing state campaigns to win health care that eliminates insurance companies and covers everyone.

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The Contamination of Natural Kauai
The rare plants and wildlife of Kaua'i are put at risk by the toxic chemicals used on the island's GMO test fields.