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


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Locked Up & Neglected After Fleeing Danger, Immigrant Women Detainees Launch Hunger Strike in Texas

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


Facing Health Crisis, Puerto Rico Protests Unequal Federal Payments for Medicare, Medicaid; Election Day 2015: GOP Takes Kentucky, Ohio Rejects Pot Monopoly, and Houston Shuns LGBT Equality; With Historic Release of Drug Offenders & Help for Re-Entry, US Takes “First Step” on Prison Crisis; Power Wars: How Obama Continued Bush’s National Security State After Campaigning … Continued


The Endless War Grows: Obama Sends U.S. Forces to Syria, Reversing Pledge of No Boots on the Ground; Andrew Bacevich: Ongoing Wars in Iraq & Syria Continue Decades of Failed U.S. Militarism in Mideast; More Countries Than Ever Are Bombing Syria — Will They Find a Way to Make Peace? Turkish President Erdogan Regains Parliamentary … Continued


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Russia’s Entry into Syria Worsens Killings of Medical Workers on War’s Front Lines

Russia’s Entry into Syria Worsens Killings of Medical Workers on War’s Front Lines; While Condemning Assad, U.S. Bombs Afghan Hospital & Backs Devastating Saudi War on Yemen; Freedom for Shaker Aamer: After 13 Years Behind Bars, British Prisoner Released from Guantánamo; We Won’t Torture Anymore: APA Tells U.S. to Withdraw Psychologists from Nat. Sec. Interrogations; … Continued


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“We’re on the Verge of Picking Someone Who Can’t Do the Job”: Fraying GOP Holds 3rd Primary Debate

“We’re on the Verge of Picking Someone Who Can’t Do the Job”: Fraying GOP Holds 3rd Primary Debate; Flat Taxes, Ending Medicare-Medicaid, Banning All Abortions: Meet New GOP Front-Runner Ben Carson; Is Jeb Bush Finished? Establishment-Backed Dynasty Candidate Might Not Overcome Family Ties; “Donald Creates His Own Reality”: David Cay Johnston on Trump Rewriting History … Continued