Each story invites viewers to confront the disease at its various nerve centers: in and out of treatment tents, doctors’ quarters, victims’ homes, makeshift hearses.
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By Robert Reich — Both Bernie Sanders and Donald Trump are blaming free-trade deals for the decline of working-class jobs and incomes. Are they right?
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Our northern neighbor has decided to experiment with an idea already gaining popularity in Switzerland, Germany and Finland.
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The “Last Week Tonight” host delves into the complex issues Apple and the U.S. government are battling over since the FBI decided it needs a back door into the company’s products.
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Leading Silicon Valley companies are developing their own enhanced privacy technology as Apple fights the U.S. government over encryption.
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By Tim Radford / Climate News Network —
Simply implementing its Paris climate conference commitments on reducing greenhouse gas emissions could save the U.S. billions of dollars—and save hundreds of thousands of lives.
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By Martha Burk / OtherWords —
Senate Republicans are leaving the women of the United States in limbo on several crucial issues with their stance against any high court nominee by President Obama.
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By E.J. Dionne Jr. — Obama Derangement Syndrome is striking Republicans once again. But for progressives to beat back an increasingly virulent right and encourage more temperate conservatism, they must ponder the crisis on their own side.
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By Juan Cole — The al-Qaida-affiliated Nusra Front reportedly has repeated scenarios it previously acted out against other “moderate” remnants of the old Free Syrian Army.
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By Juan Cole — A half-decade after protests began in Damascus and Deraa (mainly Deraa) in Syria, the country is a basket case and its social statistics look like those of Afghanistan in the 1980s.
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By E.J. Dionne Jr. — The Rust Belt state’s primary outcome—victories by Bernie Sanders and Donald Trump—was brought to you by white working-class men and the people from little towns and small cities.
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By Juan Cole — Republican presidential candidate and billionaire bigot Donald J. Trump said in a CNN interview last Wednesday that “Islam hates us.”
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By Mark O'Connell — Those who are active on social media during this contentious presidential campaign may find themselves either firing off or being hit with nasty language, or both. Here’s some advice for more civilized participation in online exchanges.
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In a recent “Saturday Night Live” skit, Kate McKinnon plays an increasingly desperate Hillary Clinton willing to do whatever it takes to secure the youth vote—even if that means making a few radical changes to her message and appearance.
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By Jon Queally / Common Dreams —
“Be careful, Bernie,” warned the Republican front-runner in the wake of disturbances at two of Trump’s recent events.
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By Jon Queally / Common Dreams —
“Where was he when I was trying to get health care in ’93 and ’94?” ... Yeah, the photograph kind of says it all.
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By Suevon Lee and Sarah Smith / Propublica —
More than 30 states have enacted some version of voter ID law in recent years. How much do these laws change voting rules, and what impact could they have on the general election?
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By John Kiriakou / OtherWords —
The military isn’t just in the business of inspiring books: Sometimes it bans them, too.
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By Juan Cole — Donald Trump’s incitement chickens came home to roost in Chicago on Friday, when his acolytes attacked the protesters who turned up to a Trump rally.
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By Juan Cole — The headlines Friday about the GOP debate in Miami stressed how relatively civil it was, with less name-calling and pissing matches among the remaining candidates. Those editors have a weird definition of civility.
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By Neal Gabler / Moyers & Company —
The shocking story isn’t the rise of Donald Trump but how the GOP slowly morphed into a party of hate and obstruction.
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Hillary Clinton on Friday afternoon walked back a gross misstatement in which she had praised the recently deceased former first lady Nancy Reagan and President Reagan for starting “a national conversation” on the deadly AIDS virus.
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