By Norman Solomon — Fifty years after the Glassboro Summit between President Johnson (pictured right) and Soviet Premier Alexei Kosygin, we should question the wisdom of leaders averse to any U.S.-Russia detente.
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By Erica Werner and Alan Fram, Associated Press —
The proposal crafted by Republican senators has many critics and few outspoken fans on Capitol Hill, and prospects for changing that are uncertain.
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By Jon Queally / Common Dreams —
The president singles out Caitriona Perry from a group of reporters, calls her “beautiful” and summons her to his side while he is on the phone with Ireland’s prime minister.
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By John Pilger —
The veteran investigative reporter and founder of Consortiumnews.com is honored for a career of truth-telling and dissidence.
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A newly developed material could relieve a constant nuisance for cellphone users and help significantly reduce our carbon footprints.
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By Robert Reich / RobertReich.org —
Democrats would be wise to seize the moment. They shouldn’t just defend the Affordable Care Act but also forge ahead to create a universal single-payer system.
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By Julia Angwin / ProPublica, and Hannes Grassegge —
A trove of internal documents sheds light on the algorithms the site’s censors use to differentiate between hate speech and legitimate expression.
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By Ellen Brown / Web of Debt —
There is no way the U.S. will ever pay back a $20 trillion federal debt. Maybe the government should sell some of it to our central bank.
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Statement advises Assad he would “pay a heavy price” for using chemical weapons on Syrian civilians.
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By Raphael Satter and Frank Bajak, Associated Press —
Ukraine and Russia appear hardest hit by the ransomware, with Poland, Italy and Germany following in order of countries most affected.
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By Medea Benjamin and Kate Harveston —
The president is slashing the U.S. domestic budget and putting money into a war machine that only continues to inflame tensions around the world.
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By Sonali Kolhatkar — The first thing that occurred to me when the reality of a Trump presidency became apparent was, “How am I going to explain this to my 9-year-old?” [This is a repost of an article for which Sonali Kolhatkar was honored Sunday by the Los Angeles Press Club.]
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By Norman Solomon — Democrats in Congress and other party leaders are starting to face an emerging reality: The “winning issue” of Russia is a losing issue.
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By Jake Johnson / Common Dreams —
The Senate majority leader is putting off the vote until after the July 4 recess, a move viewed by many as a testament to the strength of the bill’s critics.
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