Andy Borowitz | Kochs Demand Walker Return Nine Hundred Million Dollars
Andy Borowitz, The New Yorker
Borowitz writes: "Just minutes after the Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker dropped out of the Republican Presidential race, the billionaire Koch brothers demanded that he return the nine hundred million dollars they had allocated to his campaign."
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Andy Borowitz, The New Yorker
Borowitz writes: "Just minutes after the Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker dropped out of the Republican Presidential race, the billionaire Koch brothers demanded that he return the nine hundred million dollars they had allocated to his campaign."
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Bernie Sanders Joins Striking Workers Demanding Audience With Pope
Ned Resnikoff, Al Jazeera America
Resnikoff writes: "Hundreds of striking low-wage workers in Washington, D.C. want Pope Francis to join their cause. Members of Good Jobs Nation, the labor-backed campaign to win higher pay and union recognition for service employees at federal sites in the capital, halted work on Tuesday morning as part of a protest timed to coincide with the pope's U.S. visit."
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Ned Resnikoff, Al Jazeera America
Resnikoff writes: "Hundreds of striking low-wage workers in Washington, D.C. want Pope Francis to join their cause. Members of Good Jobs Nation, the labor-backed campaign to win higher pay and union recognition for service employees at federal sites in the capital, halted work on Tuesday morning as part of a protest timed to coincide with the pope's U.S. visit."
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Amnesty International Slams DOJ's 'Inconsistent' Response to Senate Torture Report
Carrie Johnson, NPR
Johnson writes: "Nine months after the Senate Intelligence Committee published a scathing report on the U.S. torture of detainees after the Sept. 11 attacks, Amnesty International USA is demanding an investigation into the lackluster and 'inconsistent' response by Justice Department officials."
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Carrie Johnson, NPR
Johnson writes: "Nine months after the Senate Intelligence Committee published a scathing report on the U.S. torture of detainees after the Sept. 11 attacks, Amnesty International USA is demanding an investigation into the lackluster and 'inconsistent' response by Justice Department officials."
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A Drug Company Raised a Pill's Price 5,500 Percent Because, in America, It Can
Sarah Kliff, Vox
Kliff writes: "Daraprim is a small, white tablet that looks a lot like Aspirin. It was created in the 1960s and treats a parasitic infection called toxoplasmosis. And, last month, Daraprim's price increased 5,500 percent."
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Sarah Kliff, Vox
Kliff writes: "Daraprim is a small, white tablet that looks a lot like Aspirin. It was created in the 1960s and treats a parasitic infection called toxoplasmosis. And, last month, Daraprim's price increased 5,500 percent."
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1 in 4 Women Experienced Sexual Assault While in College, Survey Finds
Michele Richinick, Newsweek
Richinick writes: "Almost a quarter of undergraduate women surveyed at some of the top universities across the country said they were victims of sexual assault and misconduct as college students, according to a new report released Monday."
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Michele Richinick, Newsweek
Richinick writes: "Almost a quarter of undergraduate women surveyed at some of the top universities across the country said they were victims of sexual assault and misconduct as college students, according to a new report released Monday."
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US Border Patrol Violates Human Rights of 40% of Mexican Migrants
teleSUR
Excerpt: "Close to 40 percent of Mexican migrants deported from the United States said Border Patrol agents violated their human rights, and two thirds said their families were returned Mexico separately, a study by the Kino Border Initiative and Jesuit Conference of Canada and the United States revealed."
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teleSUR
Excerpt: "Close to 40 percent of Mexican migrants deported from the United States said Border Patrol agents violated their human rights, and two thirds said their families were returned Mexico separately, a study by the Kino Border Initiative and Jesuit Conference of Canada and the United States revealed."
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Leonardo DiCaprio Joins $2.6 Trillion Fossil Fuel Divestment Movement
Damian Carrington and Emma Howard, Guardian UK
Excerpt: "Leonardo DiCaprio and over 2000 individuals and 400 institutions are now committed to pulling their money from fossil fuel companies, together representing a remarkable $2.6tn of investments, it was revealed on Tuesday."
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Damian Carrington and Emma Howard, Guardian UK
Excerpt: "Leonardo DiCaprio and over 2000 individuals and 400 institutions are now committed to pulling their money from fossil fuel companies, together representing a remarkable $2.6tn of investments, it was revealed on Tuesday."
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