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William D. Hartung | The Urge to Splurge, Why Is It So Hard to Reduce the Pentagon Budget?
William D. Hartung, TomDispatch
Hartung writes: "Through good times and bad, regardless of what's actually happening in the world, one thing is certain: in the long run, the Pentagon budget won't go down."
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William D. Hartung, TomDispatch
Hartung writes: "Through good times and bad, regardless of what's actually happening in the world, one thing is certain: in the long run, the Pentagon budget won't go down."
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Cincinnati Officer Who Shot Samuel DuBose Faces Murder Trial as City Braces for Protests
Ryan Felton, Guardian UK
Felton writes: "The former University of Cincinnati police officer who fatally shot Samuel DuBose during a traffic stop for a missing license plate will face murder charges this week, as city officials and activists brace themselves for revived protests."
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Ryan Felton, Guardian UK
Felton writes: "The former University of Cincinnati police officer who fatally shot Samuel DuBose during a traffic stop for a missing license plate will face murder charges this week, as city officials and activists brace themselves for revived protests."
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Letter From El Salvador: 'I Was Jailed for a Miscarriage'
Nina Strochlic, The Daily Beast
Strochlic writes: "Inside the women's prison in El Salvador, set on the outskirts of the capital in a dangerous neighborhood called Ilopango, at least 21 women are serving sentences for abortions they say they never had. All of these women claim they are jailed for miscarrying their babies."
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Nina Strochlic, The Daily Beast
Strochlic writes: "Inside the women's prison in El Salvador, set on the outskirts of the capital in a dangerous neighborhood called Ilopango, at least 21 women are serving sentences for abortions they say they never had. All of these women claim they are jailed for miscarrying their babies."
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Standing Rock Calls on Justice Department to Probe Arrests, Abuse by Law Enforcement
Alejandro Davila Fragoso, ThinkProgress
Davila Fragoso writes: "The North Dakota tribe opposing the controversial Dakota Access pipeline called on U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch on Tuesday to investigate law enforcement tactics against activists as protests, blockades, arrests, and violence intensify."
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Alejandro Davila Fragoso, ThinkProgress
Davila Fragoso writes: "The North Dakota tribe opposing the controversial Dakota Access pipeline called on U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch on Tuesday to investigate law enforcement tactics against activists as protests, blockades, arrests, and violence intensify."
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Some Obamacare Premiums Are Going Up a Lot This Year
Jordan Weissmann, Slate
Weissmann writes: "Just in time for the election, the Obama administration confirmed Monday that premiums on the Affordable Care Act's insurance marketplaces are set to rise by double digits in 2017. Before subsidies, the average monthly cost of a benchmark silver plan will increase by 22 percent in states that use healthcare.gov or where data is otherwise available, according to the Department of Health and Human Services."
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Jordan Weissmann, Slate
Weissmann writes: "Just in time for the election, the Obama administration confirmed Monday that premiums on the Affordable Care Act's insurance marketplaces are set to rise by double digits in 2017. Before subsidies, the average monthly cost of a benchmark silver plan will increase by 22 percent in states that use healthcare.gov or where data is otherwise available, according to the Department of Health and Human Services."
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Pakistan Reels as More Than 60 Die in Assault on Police Academy
Camila Domonoske, NPR
Domonoske writes: "An attack on a police academy in Quetta, Pakistan, has left more than 60 people dead and more than 100 others injured, NPR's Philip Reeves reports."
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Camila Domonoske, NPR
Domonoske writes: "An attack on a police academy in Quetta, Pakistan, has left more than 60 people dead and more than 100 others injured, NPR's Philip Reeves reports."
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The Use of Oil Wastewater for Food Irrigation Is Expanding Rapidly in California
Karuna Jaggar, EcoWatch
Jaggar writes: "Would you eat oranges grown with oil wastewater? You might be already without knowing it. Wonderful Citrus, the U.S.'s largest citrus grower and the company behind the popular Halos mandarins and Bee Sweet Citrus, another huge citrus grower, are using leftover wastewater from oil companies to irrigate their citrus - while also using pink ribbons to sell them."
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Karuna Jaggar, EcoWatch
Jaggar writes: "Would you eat oranges grown with oil wastewater? You might be already without knowing it. Wonderful Citrus, the U.S.'s largest citrus grower and the company behind the popular Halos mandarins and Bee Sweet Citrus, another huge citrus grower, are using leftover wastewater from oil companies to irrigate their citrus - while also using pink ribbons to sell them."
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