RSN: The Battle Over Arctic Drilling Never Ends, Duke Energy to Pay 2.5 Million for the Destruction of the Dan River, These Are the Racially Charged E-Mails That Got 3 Ferguson Police and Court Officials Fired

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Noam Chomsky | On Institutional Stupidity

Noam Chomsky, Philosophy Now
Chomsky writes: "The press is owned by wealthy men who have every interest in not having certain ideas expressed."
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These Are the Racially Charged E-Mails That Got 3 Ferguson Police and Court Officials Fired
Wesley Lowery and Kimberly Kindy, The Washington Post
Excerpt: "City officials in Ferguson, Mo., on Thursday evening released the full, unredacted content of racially charged and religiously insensitive e-mails sent by the city's former court clerk as well as two former supervisors in the police department."
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It's Not Just You: Americans Are Actually Still Getting Poorer
Max Ehrenfreund, The Washington Post
Ehrenfreund writes: "The rich are still getting richer, and the poor are still getting poorer, federal data released Thursday suggests."
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Seven Officers Suspended From San Francisco Force Over Racist Texts
Reuters
Excerpt: "Seven San Francisco police officers linked to a scandal over racist and homophobic text messages were suspended with the recommendation they be fired, Chief Greg Suhr said on Friday."
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Uri Avnery | Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Bomb?
Uri Avnery, Antiwar.com
Avnery writes: "I must start with a shocking confession: I am not afraid of the Iranian nuclear bomb."
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Duke Energy to Pay 2.5 Million for the Destruction of the Dan River
Al Jazeera America
Excerpt: "Power distributor to pay $2.5 million for spill that left 70 miles of Dan River coated with sludge."
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The Battle Over Arctic Drilling Never Ends
Anastasia Pantsios, EcoWatch
Pantsios writes: "It seems like the battle to save the wild and remote Arctic seas from predatory oil and gas companies never ends."
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