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Thanks to the GOP, the US Is Without Its Top Doctor as Ebola Spreads
Thanks to Republicans, the United States is without its top doctor during a time when we need him or her more than ever.
Turkey Joins the War Campaign Against the Islamic State
Scholar Edmund Ghareeb explains how the authorization for military force against Islamic State by the Turkish parliament will affect peace negotiations with the Kurds.
Jeremy Scahill on Obama’s Orwellian War in Iraq: We Created the Very Threat We Claim to Be Fighting
Author Jeremy Scahill talks about how the US invasion of Iraq in 2003 helped create the threat now posed by the Islamic State.
Iraq Veterans Against the War: Decade-Old Group Grapples With New War, PTSD Epidemic, VA Failures
Celebrating its tenth anniversary, Iraq Veterans Against the War members say it is a bittersweet moment as the US has resumed bombing in Iraq.
On the News With Thom Hartmann: First Ebola Case Diagnosed in the US, and More
In today's On the News segment: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announces the first case of Ebola in the US, and more.
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Here’s Everything Wrong With the White House’s War on the Islamic State
The Obama administration's war plans in Iraq and Syria are illegal, ill-conceived, and destined to fail.
Truthout Interviews Featuring James Kilgore on Reversing Mass Incarceration in the US
Ted Asregadoo talks to author and research scholar at the University of Illinois' Center for African Studies James Kilgore.
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Military Firms Likely to Benefit From Airstrikes in Iraq, Syria
With US and allied aircraft now bombing Islamic State and Al Qaeda positions in Iraq and Syria, many analysts foresee a boost to bottom lines for munitions manufacturers, weapons …
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Ellsberg Sees Vietnam-Like Risks in ISIS War
Daniel Ellsberg, the former Defense Department official who leaked the Pentagon Papers exposing the Vietnam War lies, is alarmed at the many parallels between Vietnam and President Obama's new …
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Student Protests Are a Bigger Deal Than You Think
Students who are alarmed to know they're not allowed to learn about civil dissent and protest have quite rationally chosen to protest.