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Robert Reich | Real Business Leaders Want to Save Capitalism
Robert Reich, Robert Reich's Blog
Reich writes: "I'm hearing the same refrain from a growing number of business leaders. They see an economic recovery that's bypassing most Americans."
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Iraq's Maliki: I Won't Quit as Condition of US Strikes Against ISIS Militants
Martin Chulov and Spencer Ackerman, Guardian UK
Excerpt: "A spokesman for the Iraqi prime minister, Nouri al-Maliki, has said he will not stand down as a condition of US air strikes against Sunni militants who have made a lightning advance across the country."
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Ukraine Forces Battle Separatists After Truce 'Refused'
Reuters
Excerpt: "Ukrainian troops and pro-Russian separatists were locked in fierce fighting in the east of Ukraine on Thursday after rebels rejected a call to lay down their arms in line with a peace plan proposed by President Petro Poroshenko, government forces said."
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Groups Appeal to UN for 'Humanity' as Detroit Shuts Off Water to Thousands
Sarah Lazare, Common Dreams
Lazare reports: "As thousands of people in Detroit go without water, and the city moves to cut off services to tens of thousands more, concerned organizations have taken the unusual step of appealing to the United Nations to intervene and protect the 'human right to water.'"
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Major Newspaper Dumps George Will, Apologizes for 'Offensive' Rape Column
Judd Legum, ThinkProgress
Legum reports: "Early this month, Washington Post columnist George Will wrote a column claiming that being a rape victim is now a 'coveted status' that college women seek out."
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A New Stadium in the Rain Forest Will Host Four World Cup Games. Then What?
Rick Maese, The Washington Post
Maese reports: "The motorboat caroms over the black marble-topped water of the Rio Negro, reinforcing the truth that there are just two ways in and out of the Amazon: boat and plane."
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