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Is the Investigation of Syria’s Alleged Sarin-Gas Attack Believable?

The head of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, Ahmet Üzümcü (pictured), should resign over his role in the production of a biased report.
 

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Chris Hedges and Noam Chomsky: How the U.S. Became an Oligarchy That Makes War on the Middle Class

In the first of a two-part conversation, the two intellectuals discuss the shift in the U.S. and U.K. in the late 1970s toward neoliberalism, an ideology that Chomsky says claims to increase freedom while actually increasing tyranny.
 
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Russia-China Relationship Is Growing Closer, and That Could Hurt the U.S.

Global power is being shifted by Sino-Russian rapprochement, a development largely caused by American actions.
 
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The author of “The Shock Doctrine” worries that Democrats are positioning themselves as the “Impeachment Party” rather than proposing ideas for bettering American lives.

In this week’s “Scheer Intelligence,” host and Truthdig Editor in Chief Robert Scheer interviews author Rebecca Carroll about how her background influences her writing and the intersection of race and class. [Transcript added.]

 
 
 
 
G-20 Told to End Public Subsidy of All Dirty Fuels by 2020

A new report reveals that public financing by the world’s wealthiest governments belies their nations’ stated commitments to Paris climate goals.

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Kim Jong Un Vows North Korea’s Nukes Will Stay Off the Negotiating Table

Analysts say Kim’s government believes nuclear weapons are key to its own survival and could be used to wrest concessions from the United States.

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The Stomach-Turning Numbers Behind America’s Police Violence

Data indicates law enforcement officials have killed nearly 500 people this year alone.

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A Wisconsin Republican Looks Back With Regret at Voter ID and Redistricting Fights

Former state Sen. Dale Schultz laments his support for tighter voter rules and reconfiguring districts and says he’s happy the Supreme Court will weigh partisan gerrymandering.

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Trump’s Escalating Assault on the Press

Maybe the president’s most recent attacks on the press were meant to distract from a week of embarrassing news. I fear a more menacing reality.

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Bruce Springsteen Reads His Foreword to ‘Born on the Fourth of July’ (Audio)

Listen to Bruce Springsteen read his new foreword for the 40th anniversary edition of Ron Kovic’s “Born on the Fourth of July,” and hear the first chapter of the classic memoir.

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A Rising Tide of Alarmist Assumptions About Russia in Hacking Inquiries

Cyber-criminal efforts to hack into U.S. government databases are epidemic, and this ugly reality is being exploited to foist blame on the Kremlin and fuel hysteria.

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Missile Launch Tests Trump’s North Korea Strategy

The president expresses frustration with North Korea’s nuclear ambitions, which have become one of his most vexing international problems.

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The Folly of the Next  ‘Surge’ in Afghanistan

With Donald Trump’s generals considering renewed action, a U.S. Army strategist recalls his time in Afghanistan in 2011.

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Illuminating the Darkness in the Age of Despair

In a U.K. commencement speech, the author urges grads to “confront the poisonous authoritarianism that is emerging in many countries today.” (Pictured, an anti-Trump march in London.)

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How Hillary Clinton’s Goldman Sachs Speeches Cost Her the 2016 Election

Between April 2013 and March 2015, she gave 91 paid speeches averaging $235,000 apiece, for a total of $21,648,000. This excerpt from “How I Lost” spotlights three of those talks.

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G-20 Meeting of Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin: Give Detente a Chance

At a time of increasing tensions, what’s at stake in the dynamics between the nuclear superpowers’ presidents is no less than the fate of the planet.

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Should the Media Expose Dubious Anonymous Sources?

The integrity of the news process requires a more searching response than just CNN’s retraction of a Trump-Russia article and the resignation of three journalists. (Pictured, “Deep Throat” as depicted in “All the President’s Men.”)

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Justice Neil Gorsuch Has Landed, to the Delight of the American Right

We can appreciate the full import of Gorsuch’s position on the Supreme Court only by analyzing his written orders and decisions.

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