William Boardman | How Close Are We to Nuclear War?
William Boardman, Reader Supported News
Boardman writes: "Maybe fewer than a hundred nuclear attacks could destroy the world as we know it. Not to worry, there are thousands at the ready around the world. The U.S. and Russia, and maybe others, have massive numbers of nuclear weapons on hair-trigger alert - believed to be a necessary element of nuclear deterrence."
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William Boardman, Reader Supported News
Boardman writes: "Maybe fewer than a hundred nuclear attacks could destroy the world as we know it. Not to worry, there are thousands at the ready around the world. The U.S. and Russia, and maybe others, have massive numbers of nuclear weapons on hair-trigger alert - believed to be a necessary element of nuclear deterrence."
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Hillary Captures Historic Nomination
Philip Rucker and Karen Tumulty, The Washington Post
Excerpt: "The Democratic Party tackled its biggest challenge of the election year here Tuesday night: to transform the way people think about Hillary Clinton."
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Philip Rucker and Karen Tumulty, The Washington Post
Excerpt: "The Democratic Party tackled its biggest challenge of the election year here Tuesday night: to transform the way people think about Hillary Clinton."
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Sanders Supporters Stage Walkout After Clinton Clinches Nomination
Jordain Carney, The Hill
Carney writes: "Shortly after Clinton officially won the nomination, supporters of Sanders, her primary rival, clogged the hallways while chanting 'this is what democracy looks like' and 'this is our country.' From another side of the arena, several people wearing Black Lives Matter shirts also joined in as the group headed outside to the media tent."
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Jordain Carney, The Hill
Carney writes: "Shortly after Clinton officially won the nomination, supporters of Sanders, her primary rival, clogged the hallways while chanting 'this is what democracy looks like' and 'this is our country.' From another side of the arena, several people wearing Black Lives Matter shirts also joined in as the group headed outside to the media tent."
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Dozens of Black Lives Matter Protesters Arrested Outside Minnesota Governor's Mansion
Curtis Skinner, Reuters
Skinner writes: "Dozens of people were arrested on Tuesday outside the Minnesota governor's mansion amid a weeks-long protest over the police killing of a black motorist earlier this month."
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Curtis Skinner, Reuters
Skinner writes: "Dozens of people were arrested on Tuesday outside the Minnesota governor's mansion amid a weeks-long protest over the police killing of a black motorist earlier this month."
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Who Is Delrawn Small? Why Some Police Shootings Get Little Media Attention
Karen Grigsby Bates, NPR
Bates writes: "Delrawn Small, an African-American man was shot to death by an officer in early July. So why did the names of Kinsey, Sterling and Castile wind up in headlines around the country and the world, while Small's death has been barely covered? What makes some victims of police shootings newsworthy, and others not?"
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Karen Grigsby Bates, NPR
Bates writes: "Delrawn Small, an African-American man was shot to death by an officer in early July. So why did the names of Kinsey, Sterling and Castile wind up in headlines around the country and the world, while Small's death has been barely covered? What makes some victims of police shootings newsworthy, and others not?"
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Nice, Munich and the Terrorism of the West
Belen Fernandez, Middle East Eye
Fernandez writes: "Eighty-four lives lost in Nice is an atrocity of extreme proportions, no doubt. But what of the estimated half a million Iraqi children wiped out via US sanctions in the 1990s, before we even got down to serious business via the war on terror?"
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Belen Fernandez, Middle East Eye
Fernandez writes: "Eighty-four lives lost in Nice is an atrocity of extreme proportions, no doubt. But what of the estimated half a million Iraqi children wiped out via US sanctions in the 1990s, before we even got down to serious business via the war on terror?"
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Rate of Species Decline 'No Longer Within Safe Limit' for Humans, Experts Warn
Ian Johnston, The Independent
Johnston writes: "Animal and plant species are declining so quickly that world biodiversity loss is no longer within a 'safe limit' and could start to threaten much of the planet's ability to support humans, according to a major new study."
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Ian Johnston, The Independent
Johnston writes: "Animal and plant species are declining so quickly that world biodiversity loss is no longer within a 'safe limit' and could start to threaten much of the planet's ability to support humans, according to a major new study."
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