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Robert Reich | Gerrymandering Is Voter Suppression 
Former Clinton labor secretary Robert Reich. (photo: Steve Russell/Toronto Star)
Robert Reich, Robert Reich's Facebook Page
Reich writes: "Gerrymandering is a form of voter suppression. The new extreme form of it, such as in Wisconsin, makes a mockery of democracy. The Supreme Court must reject it."
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Chelsea Manning: 'I'm Not Ashamed of Being Disinvited' by Harvard
Jennifer McDermott, Associated Press
McDermott writes: "Chelsea Manning said Sunday she is not an 'American traitor' as her critics have claimed, and that she did what she thought was right."
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The Smearing of Michael Bennett
Jeremy Stahl, Slate
Stahl writes: "The NFL star accused the Las Vegas police of violating his civil rights. Now the police are tarnishing his good name."
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Amid Opioid Crisis, Insurers Restrict Pricey, Less Addictive Painkillers
Katie Thomas and Charles Ornstein, The New York Times
Excerpt: "Drug companies and doctors have been accused of fueling the opioid crisis, but some question whether insurers have played a role, too."
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Former Whistleblower Starts Legal Aid Group to Guide Would-Be Tipsters
Carol Morello, The Washington Post
Morello writes: "In a city filled with leakers, congressional committees with subpoena powers and investigative reporters, John N. Tye wants to make it easier to expose government wrongdoing without getting fired or breaking the law."
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How a Bill Requiring Florida Nursing Homes to Have Backup AC Died
Carol Marbin Miller and Mary Ellen Klas, The Miami Herald
Excerpt: "Cause of death: industry opposition and government miserliness."
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European Glyphosate Safety Report Copy-Pasted Monsanto Study
Lorraine Chow, EcoWatch
Chow writes: "New reporting from the Guardian reveals that the European agency's recommendation that the chemical is safe for public use was based on an EU report that directly lifted large sections of text from a study conducted by Monsanto, the manufacturer of glyphosate-based Roundup."
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