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Russia-Baiting Pushed Trump to Attack Syria — and Increases the Risks of Nuclear Annihilation
Efforts to portray Trump as Putin's flunky have given Trump huge incentives to prove otherwise.
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This Polluted Lake Shows Why We Are All Stakeholders When It Comes to Clean Water
When environmental protection gets short shrift, the price we pay can be staggering.
Major Breakthrough on Capitol Hill: Government May Make Drugs Cheaper
New drugs could be sold as generics.
Working for Racial Equity Is Work, Say Michigan Graduate Workers in Contract Fight
The Graduate Employees' Organization is asking for something new: fair compensation for “diversity workers.”
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William Rivers Pitt | The Bombs of April
For the eleventy-millionth time, a US president sought to change the subject at home by firing an attack abroad.
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The Real Reason the NYPD Won’t Disclose Its Surveillance Technologies
The NYPD is fearmongering about terrorism to dissuade regulation of its invasive, costly surveillance technologies.
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The CFPB Protects Us From Bad Banks; Republicans Want to Kill It
The CFPB has been effective at reining in lawless banks — and the Republicans want to destroy it.
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All Too Visible: The New Terrorism Targeting Trans Communities
A wave of terror strikes the few places we've claimed for our own.
Freeing Up the Rich to Exploit the Poor — That’s What Trump and Brexit Are About
A bonfire of public protections is being lit in Britain and in the United States — and the beneficiaries of it will be the very rich.
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In Attacking Syria, Trump Breached the War Powers Resolution
President Trump has attacked Syria without congressional authorization, violating the US Constitution and the War Powers Resolution.