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Trump's Travel Ban Suffers Another Defeat as Judges Say Threat of Discrimination "Still Intact"

President Trump’s latest attempt to bar some citizens of eight Muslim majority countries from entering the U.S. suffers a second defeat, as another federal judge rules that the latest policy is unconstitutional.

October 19, 2017
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Category: Justice

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Who Profits from the Opioid Crisis? Meet the Secretive Sackler Family Making Billions from OxyContin

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This week, President Donald Trump’s nominee for drug czar, Republican Congressmember Tom Marino, had to withdraw from consideration after a Washington Post/”60 Minutes” investigation found he led a drug industry-backed effort to

October 19, 2017
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Submitted by: Love Knowledge
Category: Politics

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Human Rights

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Secretive Billionaire Wants to Expand Fossil Fuel Empire in the US

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James Ratcliffe, the billionaire owner of the chemical giant Ineos Corporation, is pushing for a dangerous pipeline through Pennsylvania, while the company quietly works to start fracking operations in Scotland and the UK,

October 19, 2017
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Submitted by: Love Knowledge
Category: Environment

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Climate Change

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As Puerto Rico Faces $95 Billion Cleanup, Exposé Reveals Vulture Firms Who Own Its $74 Billion Debt

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One month after Hurricane Maria devastated Puerto Rico, a major new investigation examines the looming question of what will happen to the island’s $74 billion debt as it faces an estimated

October 18, 2017
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Submitted by: Love Knowledge
Category: Politics

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Iran Doesn’t Have a Nuclear Weapons Program. Why Do Media Keep Saying It Does?

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When it comes to Iran, do basic facts matter? Evidently not, since dozens and dozens of journalists keep casually reporting that Iran has a “nuclear weapons program” when it does not

October 18, 2017
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Submitted by: Love Knowledge
Category: Media

Type: Article

No, US Didn’t ‘Stand By’ Indonesian Genocide—It Actively Participated

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“Standing by,” however, is not what the United States did during the Indonesian genocide of 1965–66; rather, it actively supported the massacres, which were applauded at the time by the New York Times

October 19, 2017
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Category: Media

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