Standing Up for Bernie Sanders
Ian F. Blair, The New Yorker
Blair writes: "I thought about Sanders himself, who has been both revered and reviled for his candor. The show raised an essential question about his campaign: Does a willingness to talk about difficult issues render them more uncomfortable or less?"
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Ian F. Blair, The New Yorker
Blair writes: "I thought about Sanders himself, who has been both revered and reviled for his candor. The show raised an essential question about his campaign: Does a willingness to talk about difficult issues render them more uncomfortable or less?"
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Chicago Police Superintendent Fired by Mayor Amid Outcry Over Video
Mark Berman, The Washington Post
Berman writes: "The head of the Chicago Police Department has been fired amid widespread criticism over how authorities responded to the fatal shooting of a black teenager by a white police officer last year."
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Mark Berman, The Washington Post
Berman writes: "The head of the Chicago Police Department has been fired amid widespread criticism over how authorities responded to the fatal shooting of a black teenager by a white police officer last year."
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Rebecca Gordon | Corruption Is as Bad in the US as in Developing Countries
Rebecca Gordon, TomDispatch
Gordon writes: "These days, however, according to the Corruption Perception Index of Transparency International (TI), our country comes in only 17th in the least-corrupt sweepstakes, trailing European and Scandinavian countries as well as Canada, Australia and New Zealand. In fact, TI considers us on a par with Caribbean island nations like Barbados and the Bahamas."
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Rebecca Gordon, TomDispatch
Gordon writes: "These days, however, according to the Corruption Perception Index of Transparency International (TI), our country comes in only 17th in the least-corrupt sweepstakes, trailing European and Scandinavian countries as well as Canada, Australia and New Zealand. In fact, TI considers us on a par with Caribbean island nations like Barbados and the Bahamas."
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In Contrast With US, Anti-Abortion Violence Is Almost Unheard of in Europe
Justin Salhani, ThinkProgress
Salhani writes: "Since 1977, anti-abortion violence in the U.S. resulted in the murder of 8 people, the attempted murder of 17, 186 arsons, and 42 bombings. Thousands of other incidents also targeted abortion clinics. But in Europe, such incidents are quite rare."
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Justin Salhani, ThinkProgress
Salhani writes: "Since 1977, anti-abortion violence in the U.S. resulted in the murder of 8 people, the attempted murder of 17, 186 arsons, and 42 bombings. Thousands of other incidents also targeted abortion clinics. But in Europe, such incidents are quite rare."
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Inside Saudi Arabia's Campaign to Charm American Policymakers and Journalists
Lee Fang, The Intercept
"Soon after launching a brutal air and ground assault in Yemen, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia began devoting significant resources to a sophisticated public relations blitz in Washington, D.C."
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Lee Fang, The Intercept
"Soon after launching a brutal air and ground assault in Yemen, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia began devoting significant resources to a sophisticated public relations blitz in Washington, D.C."
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Obama's Quiet Transgender Revolution
Juliet Eilperin, The Washington Post
Eilperin writes: "Years before the White House was lit in rainbow colors celebrating the Supreme Court's decision legalizing same-sex marriage, President Obama used a routine bureaucratic tool that ended up significantly changing the government's understanding of gender and how it can be changed."
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Juliet Eilperin, The Washington Post
Eilperin writes: "Years before the White House was lit in rainbow colors celebrating the Supreme Court's decision legalizing same-sex marriage, President Obama used a routine bureaucratic tool that ended up significantly changing the government's understanding of gender and how it can be changed."
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An Interview With the 15-Year-Old Who Is Suing Obama for Not Stopping Climate Change
In These Times
Excerpt: "Currently in Paris for the United Nations Conference on Climate Change, where 15,000 official delegates from more than 190 countries have gathered in the hope of addressing climate change, Tonatiuh made headlines yesterday when he announced that he and 21 other young people are suing the Obama administration for failing to 'adequately protect the climate for our generation and those that follow.'"
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In These Times
Excerpt: "Currently in Paris for the United Nations Conference on Climate Change, where 15,000 official delegates from more than 190 countries have gathered in the hope of addressing climate change, Tonatiuh made headlines yesterday when he announced that he and 21 other young people are suing the Obama administration for failing to 'adequately protect the climate for our generation and those that follow.'"
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