The “Milk” screenwriter offered his reasons to pause and consider the ongoing stories behind the Pulse Orlando tragedy.
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Although the Democratic presidential candidate does not have her party’s nomination officially in the bag, she is said to be busy sizing up prospects for her running mate.
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By Nika Knight / Common Dreams —
U.S.-trained special forces in Honduras are ordered to systematically “eliminate” environment and land defenders, according to a former first sergeant with the unit that operates on the Caribbean coast.
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Despite massacre after massacre, too many Republicans refuse to even consider passing common-sense gun laws to help protect innocent Americans. But it wasn’t always like this, the “Full Frontal” host reminds us.
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By A.C. Thompson / ProPublica —
As police scandals swirl in Northern California, a legislative effort to make the disciplinary records of officers available to the public comes up short.
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By Juan Cole — Trump’s blatantly racist attacks have always carried the implication that something is wrong with those brown-skinned people and they should be stopped from immigrating. Yet in an ironic twist, the first known assassination plot against him came from a white Briton.
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So many scandals have emerged from the Oakland Police Department that it may be tough to make sense of it all. Thankfully, writer Aura Bogado offers a handy outline to untangle the web of lies, sex trafficking, murders, suicides, cover-ups and just general corruption allegedly going on.
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By Juan Cole — Iraqi Prime Minister Haydar al-Abadi announced on Friday that Iraqi troops had captured the governmental complex in the center of Fallujah.
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It was business as usual on gun legislation in Washington on Monday. But some lawmakers remain hopeful that a compromise can be reached to provide common-sense gun laws in America.
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By John Kiriakou — The prison is the symbol of everything that is wrong with the United States’ so-called war on terror.
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Lewandowski, said to have had poor relationships with other staff, is dismissed as the Republican presidential hopeful sinks in the polls.
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By E.J. Dionne Jr. — Even the most fervently held dogma is not immune to reality and logic. The collapse of the opposition to reasonable steps toward making us a safer country may not happen all at once. But it is in sight.
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Truthdig contributor Hedges analyzes establishment politics with the socialist on Seattle’s City Council.
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Far from dispensing with the controversial, high-stakes practice, John King intends to defend it “by blackmail if necessary,” writes Marilena Marchetti at Socialist Worker.
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By Erik Lampmann / The Next System Project —
For centuries, the erasure of LGBTQ people from public policy has been the norm, but discussions about the economic future cannot sideline conversations around gender, sex and sexuality.
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By Tim Radford / Climate News Network —
Rising temperatures will force wild creatures to seek cooler refuges—but safe routes for them to migrate may be scarce, scientists say.
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On the upcoming British referendum on whether the U.K. should exit the E.U., the “Last Week Tonight” host expresses his ideas in a “violently British” way—some of which involves a hateful song.
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By Robert Reich — Hillary Clinton needs a big idea that gives her presidential candidacy a purpose and rationale—and, if she’s elected, a mandate to get something hugely important done.
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By Juan Cole — Marx said that every great event in history happens twice, the first time as tragedy and the second time as farce.
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We detected a pattern in this week’s roundup of noteworthy comments on Truthdig.
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