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There is No Military Solution: Could ISIL Be Strengthened by U.S., French, Russian Bombing? Abdel Bari Atwan: Inside How the U.S. & Saudi Arabia Aided Growth of the Islamic State; Lydia Wilson: What I Discovered from Interviewing Imprisoned Islamic State Fighters; We are Angry over Death of My Cousin in Paris, As Well As the … Continued
Voices from a City in Mourning: Paris Reels After 129 Killed in Deadliest Attacks in Decades; Report from Paris: With Manhunt on for Eighth Attacker, France Remains in State of Emergency; “We Shouldn’t Play into the Hands of ISIS”: Vijay Prashad on Danger of Military Escalation in Syria; Sanders Criticizes Clinton Iraq Vote: 2003 Invasion … Continued
Beirut Bombings: Dozens Killed as ISIL Continues Attacks on Foes Outside Its Territory; “Tomorrow’s Battlefield”: As U.S. Special Ops Enter Syria, Growing Presence in Africa Goes Unnoticed; In Nationwide Student Revolt over Campus Racism, NY’s Ithaca College is Latest School to Erupt.
Center for American Progress Hosts Netanyahu as Leaked Emails Show Group Censored Staff on Israel; Our Economy Is Not Working: JCenter for American Progress on Widening Income Inequality & the Fight for $15; “A Very Big Mistake”: Joseph Stiglitz Slams Obama for Pushing the TPP; Stiglitz: Sanders is Right–Everybody Has the Right to Healthcare, Sick … Continued
GOP Candidates Spar on Syria & Immigration, But Agree on One Thing: Don’t Raise the Minimum Wage; Jamil Smith: After Scapegoating African-Americans for Years, GOP Faces “Black Bogeyman” Ben Carson; Cuban-American Candidates Ted Cruz, Marco Rubio Tout Immigrant Narratives Despite Stances on Reform; Terror in Little Saigon: New Doc Ties US-Allied Kill Squad to Unsolved … Continued
Black Student Revolt Against Racism Ousts 2 Top Officials at University of Missouri; How Black Football Players at University of Missouri Changed the Game on Racism; “Another Yale is Possible”: Students Confront Racism at Ivy League School; Egypt Frees Top Reporter Hossam Bahgat After Chilling Reminder That Crackdown Continues.
Rejecting U.S. Claims, MSF Details Horrific Bombing of Afghan Hospital & Demands War Crimes Probe; A Carbon Bomb Defused: Obama Rejects Keystone XL in Historic Win for Environmental Activism; “A Devastating Decision”: No Charges for Border Guards in Beating, Taser Death of Mexican Immigrant.
Full Text of TPP Trade Deal Revealed — and Critics Say It’s Even Worse Than They Thought; Locked Up & Neglected After Fleeing Danger, Immigrant Women Detainees Launch Hunger Strike in Texas; The End of Family Detention? PA Immigration Jail Could Be Forced to Stop Locking Up Parents & Kids; No Kids Behind Bars: For-Profit … Continued
Actor Viggo Mortensen: Warrior-King in Lord of the Rings’ Middle Earth is Peace Activist on This One
Actor Viggo Mortensen: Warrior-King in Lord of the Rings’ Middle Earth is Peace Activist on This One; “You Have to Speak Up”: Viggo Mortensen Defends Quentin Tarantino’s Criticism of Police Killings; Actor Viggo Mortensen: On Foreign Policy, Democratic Candidates Aren’t Too Far from the Hawks; Acclaimed Actor Viggo Mortensen on the Pope, Poetry and Art … Continued