Robert Reich | AUSTERITY 101: The Three Reasons Republican Deficit Hawks Are Wrong
Robert Reich, Robert Reich's Blog
Reich writes: "Deficit and debt numbers are meaningless on their own. They have to be viewed as a percent of the national economy. That ratio is critical. As long as the yearly deficit continues to drop as a percent of the national economy, as it's been doing for several years now, we can more easily pay what we owe."
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Robert Reich, Robert Reich's Blog
Reich writes: "Deficit and debt numbers are meaningless on their own. They have to be viewed as a percent of the national economy. That ratio is critical. As long as the yearly deficit continues to drop as a percent of the national economy, as it's been doing for several years now, we can more easily pay what we owe."
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New Details Suggest Afghan Hospital 'Intentionally Targeted' by US Forces, Says Doctors Without Borders
Associated Press
Excerpt: "American special operations analysts knew a site in Afghanistan was a hospital days before it was destroyed by a U.S. military airstrike and had been gathering intelligence on whether it was being used by a Pakistani operative to coordinate Taliban activity, according to an Associated Press report on Thursday."
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Associated Press
Excerpt: "American special operations analysts knew a site in Afghanistan was a hospital days before it was destroyed by a U.S. military airstrike and had been gathering intelligence on whether it was being used by a Pakistani operative to coordinate Taliban activity, according to an Associated Press report on Thursday."
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Sharp Divide Over California's Bullet Background Check Bill
Wilson Dizard, Al Jazeera America
Dizard writes: "California's Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom on Thursday proposed a ballot initiative - which if it passes would be the first of its kind in the United States - meant to reduce gun deaths by requiring background checks on all ammunition purchases."
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Wilson Dizard, Al Jazeera America
Dizard writes: "California's Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom on Thursday proposed a ballot initiative - which if it passes would be the first of its kind in the United States - meant to reduce gun deaths by requiring background checks on all ammunition purchases."
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In Campaign Money Race, Democrats Vastly Outpacing Republicans
Matea Gold, Philip Rucker and Anu Narayanswamy, The Washington Post
Excerpt: "The Democratic presidential contenders dramatically outpaced their Republican counterparts in the race for campaign cash last quarter, spotlighting how the parties are taking divergent paths in their pursuit of 2016 funding."
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Matea Gold, Philip Rucker and Anu Narayanswamy, The Washington Post
Excerpt: "The Democratic presidential contenders dramatically outpaced their Republican counterparts in the race for campaign cash last quarter, spotlighting how the parties are taking divergent paths in their pursuit of 2016 funding."
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UK Refuses Julian Assange Safe Passage to Hospital
David Kravets, Ars Technica
Kravets writes: "The UK government on Wednesday denied WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange safe passage from Ecuador's embassy in London to a nearby hospital to diagnose shoulder pain."
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David Kravets, Ars Technica
Kravets writes: "The UK government on Wednesday denied WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange safe passage from Ecuador's embassy in London to a nearby hospital to diagnose shoulder pain."
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The Growing Solidarity Between #BlackLivesMatter and Palestinian Activists
Ishaan Tharoor, The Washington Post
Tharoor writes: "In January, a group of #BlackLivesMatter activists went on a mission to the Palestinian territories, and emerged more convinced of the shared challenges of their struggles - which, in both instances, hinge on questions of civil rights."
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Ishaan Tharoor, The Washington Post
Tharoor writes: "In January, a group of #BlackLivesMatter activists went on a mission to the Palestinian territories, and emerged more convinced of the shared challenges of their struggles - which, in both instances, hinge on questions of civil rights."
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Over 100 New Studies Demonstrate the Risks of Fracking
Physicians for Social Responsibility and Concerned Health Professionals of New York, EcoWatch
Excerpt: "The emerging science, including more than 100 studies after New York's ban was announced, further shows that Gov. Cuomo and his Administration were right to ban high volume fracking."
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Physicians for Social Responsibility and Concerned Health Professionals of New York, EcoWatch
Excerpt: "The emerging science, including more than 100 studies after New York's ban was announced, further shows that Gov. Cuomo and his Administration were right to ban high volume fracking."
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