Once the Underdog in Wisconsin, Bernie Sanders Pulls Out a Win in the State's Primary
Emily Atkin and Alice Ollstein, Think Progress
Excerpt: "This time last year, Sen. Bernie Sanders was relatively unknown in Wisconsin. Four months later, in August 2015, polls still showed Sanders trailing Clinton by about 12 percentage points. Fast forward to Tuesday night, and Wisconsin clearly knows about Sanders."
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Emily Atkin and Alice Ollstein, Think Progress
Excerpt: "This time last year, Sen. Bernie Sanders was relatively unknown in Wisconsin. Four months later, in August 2015, polls still showed Sanders trailing Clinton by about 12 percentage points. Fast forward to Tuesday night, and Wisconsin clearly knows about Sanders."
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Andrew Bacevich | Presidential Wars - the President's Blank Check on War!
Andrew Bacevich, Tom Dispatch
Bacevich writes: "Let's face it: in times of war, the Constitution tends to take a beating. With the safety or survival of the nation said to be at risk, the basic law of the land - otherwise considered sacrosanct - becomes nonbinding, subject to being waived at the whim of government authorities who are impatient, scared, panicky, or just plain pissed off."
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Andrew Bacevich, Tom Dispatch
Bacevich writes: "Let's face it: in times of war, the Constitution tends to take a beating. With the safety or survival of the nation said to be at risk, the basic law of the land - otherwise considered sacrosanct - becomes nonbinding, subject to being waived at the whim of government authorities who are impatient, scared, panicky, or just plain pissed off."
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How Habitat for Humanity Went to Brooklyn and Poor Families Lost Their Homes
Marcelo Rochabrun, ProPublica
Rochabrun writes: "The charity paid millions in federal stimulus funds to developers shortly after longtime tenants were pushed out. 'We are spending federal money to throw low-income New Yorkers out of buildings,' wrote a Habitat whistleblower."
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Marcelo Rochabrun, ProPublica
Rochabrun writes: "The charity paid millions in federal stimulus funds to developers shortly after longtime tenants were pushed out. 'We are spending federal money to throw low-income New Yorkers out of buildings,' wrote a Habitat whistleblower."
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Skeptics Said $15 Minimum Wage Movement Was Unrealistic - 60 Million People Are Now Slated to Get It
Zaid Jilani, The Intercept
Jilani writes: "The Fight for 15 movement began when several hundred fast-food workers in New York City went on a brief strike to call for higher wages; by the next year, this movement had spread to dozens of cities, with workers going on miniature strikes and protest marches to call for a $15 an hour wage."
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Zaid Jilani, The Intercept
Jilani writes: "The Fight for 15 movement began when several hundred fast-food workers in New York City went on a brief strike to call for higher wages; by the next year, this movement had spread to dozens of cities, with workers going on miniature strikes and protest marches to call for a $15 an hour wage."
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1 in 11 US Gun Deaths Is at the Hands of Police. How Do We Stop the Killing?
Arun Gupta, Yes! Magazine
Gupta writes: "It wasn't until 2015 that a full year of police killings had been tabulated. 1,019 people were killed by police gunfire last year. That number is roughly 9 percent of all gun-related homicides annually in the United States."
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Arun Gupta, Yes! Magazine
Gupta writes: "It wasn't until 2015 that a full year of police killings had been tabulated. 1,019 people were killed by police gunfire last year. That number is roughly 9 percent of all gun-related homicides annually in the United States."
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Nomi Prins | Brazilian Politics, Players, Panama and Perpetual Motion
Nomi Prins, Nomi Prins' Website
Prins writes: "There is no simplifying Brazil's political or economic situation. Anyone 'certain' about the outcome is sure to get smacked in its crossfires sooner or later."
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Nomi Prins, Nomi Prins' Website
Prins writes: "There is no simplifying Brazil's political or economic situation. Anyone 'certain' about the outcome is sure to get smacked in its crossfires sooner or later."
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Keystone Leaks and Reminds Us Why We're Glad There Isn't an XL Pipeline Out There
Kate Yoder, Grist
Yoder writes: "A major section of the original Keystone pipeline is out of commission after an oil spill near the pipeline was detected in South Dakota on April 2. The spill, estimated at 187 gallons of crude oil, serves as a reminder of the risks that pipelines pose - and that with the Obama administration's rejection of the Keystone XL pipeline proposal, we've likely avoided the potential for an even bigger, more disastrous spill."
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Kate Yoder, Grist
Yoder writes: "A major section of the original Keystone pipeline is out of commission after an oil spill near the pipeline was detected in South Dakota on April 2. The spill, estimated at 187 gallons of crude oil, serves as a reminder of the risks that pipelines pose - and that with the Obama administration's rejection of the Keystone XL pipeline proposal, we've likely avoided the potential for an even bigger, more disastrous spill."
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