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Charles Pierce | Put Them in Prison
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Charles Pierce, Esquire
Pierce writes: "I know that it's very hard to make these cases and all the other excuses we've heard why the inherently criminal class that is our financial services sector cannot be prosecuted for their various and sundry offenses."
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Russian Election Hacking Efforts, Wider Than Previously Known, Draw Little Scrutiny
Nicole Perlroth, Michael Wines and Matthew Rosenberg, The New York Times
Excerpt: "The calls started flooding in from hundreds of irate North Carolina voters just after 7 a.m. on Election Day last November."
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US Cop Caught on Dashcam Footage Saying 'We Only Kill Black People'
teleSUR
Excerpt: "'I've just seen way too many videos of cops -,' a woman passenger begins, explaining why she didn't want to put her hands down and reach for her phone."
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Disaster Coverage Still Has Blind Spot for Low-Income Victims
Neil Demause, FAIR
Demause writes: "Days after Hurricane Katrina struck New Orleans in August 2005, the national news media expressed collective alarm at the discovery that in modern America, many people shelter in place during storms for the simple reason that they can't afford to get out."
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How to Win Medicare for All
Sean Petty, Jacobin
Petty writes: "The recent debates about Medicare for All in the United States reflects a number of positive developments."
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El Salvador's Water Wars
Hilary Goodfriend, NACLA
Goodfriend writes: "On the evening of August 9, Joel Ernesto Ramirez Acosta, mayor of the small southwestern town of Tacuba, El Salvador, was arrested after running through a police roadblock. He was apprehended, charged with driving under the influence, in the possession of two illegal firearms, and in the company of alleged gang members."
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Texas Republicans Pushed to Kill Safety Regulations for Arkema Chemical Plant Before Explosion
David Sirota, Stephanie Thomas, Matt Dempsey and Amy Goodman, Democracy Now!
Excerpt: "The flooded Arkema chemical plant in the town of Crosby, Texas, that saw two explosions on Thursday, could see as many as six more blasts, and a new investigation reveals this comes after Arkema successfully pressured federal regulators to delay new regulations aimed at improving safety procedures at chemical plants."
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