William Boardman | Democratic Party's "Democratic Values" Omit Democratic Process
William Boardman, Reader Supported News
Boardman writes: "The Democratic Party is showing some ugly faces these days, as entrenched party leaders find both their president and much of their constituency headed in directions that the 'party' disapproves."
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Freddie Gray Hearing Protests Lead to Arrest as Baltimore Police Interrupt Courthouse Demonstration
Julia Glum, International Business Times
Glum writes: "Judge Barry Glenn Williams denied a motion Wednesday that would have dismissed the charges against the six officers linked to Gray's death."
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Trevor Timm | David Petraeus' Bright Idea: Give Terrorists Weapons to Beat Terrorists
Trevor Timm, Guardian UK
Timm writes: "The latest brilliant plan to curtail Isis in the Middle East? Give more weapons to current members of al-Qaida."
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Obama Gets Iran Deal Win as Senate Dems Amass Enough Votes
Erica Werner and Matthew Lee, Associated Press
Excerpt: "President Barack Obama secured a landmark foreign policy victory Wednesday as Senate Democrats amassed enough votes to ensure the Iran nuclear deal survives in Congress, despite ferocious opposition from Republicans and the government of Israel."
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Dick Cheney Defends America's Use of Torture, Again
Tom McCarthy, Guardian UK
McCarthy writes: "Dick Cheney has defended the Bush administration's approval of the use of torture again in a new book about American exceptionalism written with his daughter Liz Cheney."
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Ordinary Citizens Across Europe Are Stepping In to Help Refugees Where Their Governments Have Failed
Cassie Werber, Quartz
Werber writes: "Yesterday, Austrians took to the streets in Vienna, to say that they don't want Europe to become a 'mass grave' for people fleeing conflict in other parts of the world."
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Al Gore and David Blood | Navigating Sustainability and Your Fiduciary Duty
Al Gore and David Blood, Reader Supported News
Excerpt: "The importance of sustainability to business and investing is intensifying as financial markets are increasingly forced to address challenges posed by the scarcity of natural resources like fresh water and topsoil, the effects of unabated carbon emissions, rapid urbanization and the widening inequality of wealth and incomes, to name just a few."
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