Making Insider Trading Legal
Patrick Radden Keefe, The New Yorker
Keefe writes: "Do you run a hedge fund? If so, I have exciting news. The prominent campaign by Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney in Manhattan, to crack down on insider trading in the three-trillion-dollar hedge-fund industry has just ground to an inglorious halt."
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Patrick Radden Keefe, The New Yorker
Keefe writes: "Do you run a hedge fund? If so, I have exciting news. The prominent campaign by Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney in Manhattan, to crack down on insider trading in the three-trillion-dollar hedge-fund industry has just ground to an inglorious halt."
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US Military Was Aware Kunduz Trauma Center Was Fully Functioning Hospital, Sources Say
Al Jazeera America
Excerpt: "New information adds to a body of evidence that the internationally run medical facility site was familiar to the U.S. military, raising questions about whether the decision to attack it violated international law."
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Al Jazeera America
Excerpt: "New information adds to a body of evidence that the internationally run medical facility site was familiar to the U.S. military, raising questions about whether the decision to attack it violated international law."
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Drones, IBM, and the Big Data of Death
John Schwarz, The Intercept
Schwarz writes: "Whether the U.S. drone war is right or wrong, wise or mind-numbingly stupid, it's like half of history's science fiction novels come to life simultaneously - billions of dollars, thousands of people, and hundreds of years of physics and chemistry all combined to deliver 18 pounds of explosives to one tiny target."
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John Schwarz, The Intercept
Schwarz writes: "Whether the U.S. drone war is right or wrong, wise or mind-numbingly stupid, it's like half of history's science fiction novels come to life simultaneously - billions of dollars, thousands of people, and hundreds of years of physics and chemistry all combined to deliver 18 pounds of explosives to one tiny target."
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South Carolina Officer Assault Is Just the Tip of the Iceberg
Carimah Townes, Think Progress
Townes writes: "A South Carolina police officer in Richland County slammed a girl to the ground and dragged her out of a high school classroom, sparking outrage Monday night when videos filmed by students surfaced on social media. But the officer's assault on the student is neither isolated nor rare. Black and brown students are disproportionately targeted and disciplined by law enforcement in schools across the country."
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Carimah Townes, Think Progress
Townes writes: "A South Carolina police officer in Richland County slammed a girl to the ground and dragged her out of a high school classroom, sparking outrage Monday night when videos filmed by students surfaced on social media. But the officer's assault on the student is neither isolated nor rare. Black and brown students are disproportionately targeted and disciplined by law enforcement in schools across the country."
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IRS Owned Phone-Spying Technology
Julian Hattem, The Hill
Hattem writes: "The IRS spent tens of thousands of dollars on controversial technology that tracks people by their cellphone, according to government documents revealed on Monday."
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Julian Hattem, The Hill
Hattem writes: "The IRS spent tens of thousands of dollars on controversial technology that tracks people by their cellphone, according to government documents revealed on Monday."
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Refugees Will Change Europe for the Better
Paul Hockenos, Al Jazeera America
Hockenos writes: "Immigration could help European countries reverse their negative demographic trends and boost their economic growth."
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Paul Hockenos, Al Jazeera America
Hockenos writes: "Immigration could help European countries reverse their negative demographic trends and boost their economic growth."
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Greenland Is Melting Away
Coral Davenport, Josh Haner, Larry Buchanan, and Derek Watkins, New York Times
Excerpt: "The Greenland ice sheet, one of the biggest and fastest-melting chunks of ice on Earth, will drive up sea levels in the coming decades. The full melting of Greenland's ice sheet could increase sea levels by about 20 feet."
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Coral Davenport, Josh Haner, Larry Buchanan, and Derek Watkins, New York Times
Excerpt: "The Greenland ice sheet, one of the biggest and fastest-melting chunks of ice on Earth, will drive up sea levels in the coming decades. The full melting of Greenland's ice sheet could increase sea levels by about 20 feet."
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