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Cuba, North Korea and Getting Sanctions Right
Jimmy Carter, The Washington Post
Carter writes: "As we contemplate how to strike back at North Korea because it is believed to be behind the hacking of Sony Pictures Entertainment's computer network, the foremost proposal is tightening sanctions. In my visits to targeted countries, I have seen how this strategy can be cruel to innocent people who know nothing about international disputes and are already suffering under dictatorial leaders."
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Jimmy Carter, The Washington Post
Carter writes: "As we contemplate how to strike back at North Korea because it is believed to be behind the hacking of Sony Pictures Entertainment's computer network, the foremost proposal is tightening sanctions. In my visits to targeted countries, I have seen how this strategy can be cruel to innocent people who know nothing about international disputes and are already suffering under dictatorial leaders."
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Former Aide to
Colin Powell: Bush and Cheney Should Be Charged With War Crimes
Amy Goodman, Democracy Now!
Excerpt: "Calls are increasing for the prosecution of George W. Bush administration officials tied to the CIA torture program."
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Amy Goodman, Democracy Now!
Excerpt: "Calls are increasing for the prosecution of George W. Bush administration officials tied to the CIA torture program."
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Female
Veterans Battling PTSD From Sexual Trauma Fight for Redress
Emily Wax-Thibodeaux, The Washington Post
Wax-Thibodeaux writes: "Thousands of female veterans are struggling to get health-care treatment and compensation from the Department of Veterans Affairs on the grounds that they suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder caused by sexual trauma in the military. The veterans and their advocates call it 'the second battle' - with a bureaucracy they say is stuck in the past."
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Emily Wax-Thibodeaux, The Washington Post
Wax-Thibodeaux writes: "Thousands of female veterans are struggling to get health-care treatment and compensation from the Department of Veterans Affairs on the grounds that they suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder caused by sexual trauma in the military. The veterans and their advocates call it 'the second battle' - with a bureaucracy they say is stuck in the past."
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DC Plans to
Give a Private Business $100 Million to Build a Stadium
Travis Waldron, ThinkProgress
Waldron writes: "The most fundamental question, one that went unasked throughout the process, is why D.C. taxpayers were footing the bill at all."
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Travis Waldron, ThinkProgress
Waldron writes: "The most fundamental question, one that went unasked throughout the process, is why D.C. taxpayers were footing the bill at all."
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How Laws
Restricting Tech Actually Exposes Us to Greater Harm
Cory Doctorow, Wired
Doctorow writes: "Because those restrictions would change the fundamental nature of computers. Speaking in my capacity as a dystopian science fiction writer: This scares the hell out of me."
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Cory Doctorow, Wired
Doctorow writes: "Because those restrictions would change the fundamental nature of computers. Speaking in my capacity as a dystopian science fiction writer: This scares the hell out of me."
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With Each New
Upheaval in Iraq, More Minorities Flee
Deborah Amos, National Public Radio
Amos writes: "ISIS militants have ruthlessly targeted Iraq's religious minorities. But the historic exodus stems from more than that."
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Deborah Amos, National Public Radio
Amos writes: "ISIS militants have ruthlessly targeted Iraq's religious minorities. But the historic exodus stems from more than that."
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Drought, Heat
and Ice: 2015 Could Be a Tipping Point on Climate
Miguel Llanos, NBC News
Llanos writes: "With 2014 looking like it will go down as the warmest year globally on record, climate scientists now wonder whether 2015 will be the year nations finally take significant steps to reduce greenhouse gas emissions."
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Miguel Llanos, NBC News
Llanos writes: "With 2014 looking like it will go down as the warmest year globally on record, climate scientists now wonder whether 2015 will be the year nations finally take significant steps to reduce greenhouse gas emissions."
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