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Showing posts with label Saudi Arabia air strikes. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Saudi Arabia air strikes. Show all posts

Wednesday, October 28, 2015

RSN: Carly Fiorina Is a Poster Child for the Powerful, The FBI Director's Troubling Comments on the 'Ferguson Effect', Did Hobby Lobby's Pious Owners Smuggle Ancient Artifacts for Their Bible Museum?




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Robert Reich | Carly Fiorina Is a Poster Child for the Powerful 
Robert Reich. (photo: Perian Flaherty) 
Robert Reich, Robert Reich's Facebook Page 
Reich writes: "Carly Fiorina, the former CEO of Hewlett-Packard and now among the front-runners in the Republican primary, has an essay in this morning's Wall Street Journal in which she blames Obama and Hillary Clinton for widening inequality." 
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The FBI Director's Troubling Comments on the 'Ferguson Effect' 
David A. Graham, The Atlantic 
Graham writes: "The Ferguson effect is the Bigfoot of American criminal justice: Fervently believed to be real by some, doubted by many others, reportedly glimpsed here and there, but never yet attested to by any hard evidence." 
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Tea Party Support Falls to New Low: Republicans Now Oppose Conservative Movement That Influenced 2010 Elections 
Abigail Abrams, International Business Times 
Abrams writes: "As the 2016 presidential campaigns move into full swing, a new poll indicates the tea party may be less of a factor in the election than it has been over the past five years." 
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Why Can't We End Mass Incarceration? 
Nick Pinto, Rolling Stone 
Pinto writes: "On October 6th, news reports heralded a historic development: The world's largest incarcerator, the United States of America, was about to make the largest one-time release of prisoners in its history. The U.S. Justice Department announced that it would be releasing some 6,000 inmates from federal prisons before the end of their original sentences." 
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Did Hobby Lobby's Pious Owners Smuggle Ancient Artifacts for Their Bible Museum? 
Brian Boucher, artnet News 
Boucher writes: "Hobby Lobby, a company previously best known for winning a Supreme Court case that centered on religious freedom may have been a little too free in their standards for importing religious artifacts. The Green family, which owns the popular craft store chain headquartered in Oklahoma City, is under investigation on suspicion of importing looted artifacts, reports the Daily Beast." 
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Saudi Airstrikes in Yemen Hit Doctors Without Borders Hospital 
teleSUR 
Excerpt: "A hospital run by Swiss organization Doctors Without Borders in the northern Yemeni city of Saada was bombed Tuesday in a Saudi-led air strike, wrecking the facility and wounding several people, officials reported." 
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Massive Indonesian Plantation Fires Create Environmental Catastrophe Spewing Haze & Carbon Emissions 
Amy Goodman, Allan Nairn and John Sifton, Democracy Now! 
Excerpt: "Indonesian President Joko Widodo has decided to cut his U.S. trip short due to raging fires that have resulted in haze and toxic fumes covering much of the country as well as parts of Malaysia and Singapore." 
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Thursday, March 26, 2015

RSN: Fukushima in Year Five of Endless Radioactive Contamination, Danny Schechter Was Our News Dissector





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William Boardman | Fukushima in Year Five of Endless Radioactive Contamination
Workers at Fukushima nuclear plant. (photo: Getty/AFP)
William Boardman, Reader Supported News
Boardman writes: "The world's worst nuclear power disaster continues to release radiation into the sea and air around Fukushima, Japan, where the site remains only partially-controlled and is still years if not decades from any sort of safe shutdown."
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US Warplanes Begin Air Strikes on ISIS in Iraqi City of Tikrit
Spencer Ackerman, Guardian UK
Ackerman writes: "US military warplanes have begun targeting Islamic State positions in the Iraqi city of Tikrit on Wednesday, a reversal that has placed American airpower dramatically close to a supporting role for Iranian-backed militias on the ground."
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Bowe Bergdahl Faces Life in Prison After Being Charged With Desertion
Spencer Ackerman, Guardian UK
Ackerman writes: "The longest-held US prisoner of war of the post-9/11 era will be charged with desertion and misbehavior before the enemy and faces a potential penalty of life in prison."
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Saudi Arabia Begins Air Assault in Yemen
Mark Mazzetti and David D. Kirkpatrick, The New York Times
Excerpt: "Saudi Arabia announced on Wednesday night that it had begun military operations in Yemen, launching airstrikes in coordination with a coalition of 10 nations."
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Danny Schechter Was Our News Dissector
John Nichols and Moyers & Company
Excerpt: "It is impossible to fully explain media criticism - and media understanding - as it exists today without recognizing the remarkable contribution of Danny Schechter."
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Chile Abortion Arrest: Sick Woman Is Reported to Police After Going to Hospital
Jonathan Franklin, Guardian UK
Franklin writes: "A 25-year-old hospital patient has been arrested in Chile after a surgeon suspected the woman had deliberately induced an abortion."
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Are Slaves Catching the Fish You Buy?
Robin McDowell, Margie Mason and Martha Mendoza, Associated Press
Excerpt: "An intricate web of connections separates the fish we eat from the men who catch it, and obscures a brutal truth: Your seafood may come from slaves."
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