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Iraq
Iraq: Kurdish Independence Vote Spurs Mideast Tension

Iraq: Kurdish Independence Vote Spurs Mideast Tension

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Ankara and Baghdad decry Destabilization

Far Right
Germany: Will strong Neo-Fascist showing push Merkel to the Right?

Germany: Will strong Neo-Fascist showing push Merkel to the Right?

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Social Democrats vow to withdraw from ruling Coalition

Donald Trump
Why Black Athletes might be Protesting: Racial Inequality Growing

Why Black Athletes might be Protesting: Racial Inequality Growing

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By Dedrick Asante-Muhammad and Chuck Collins. | ( Inequality.org ) | – – As our country becomes more diverse, our racial wealth gap means it’s also becoming poorer. America’s middle class is under assault. Since 1983, national median wealth has declined by 20 percent, falling from $73,000 to $64,000 in 2013. And U.S. homeownership has […]

Displaced and Refugees
Rohingya crisis: this is what genocide looks like

Rohingya crisis: this is what genocide looks like

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Burmese Buddhist persecution of Muslim minority Continues

Donald Trump
Fix Healthcare: Require Congress to have the same Plan we Do

Fix Healthcare: Require Congress to have the same Plan we Do

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Universal Health care would be easy if billionaires and politicians were in our system

Donald Trump
US will Ease Restrictions on Drones, Expand Usage

US will Ease Restrictions on Drones, Expand Usage

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TeleSur | – – Speaking last month of reducing restrictions on drone usage, President Trump resorted to biblical language, saying “retribution will be fast and powerful.” The United States is preparing to eliminate several major restrictions and regulations on the use of drones, making it easier to use the controversial form of warfare more frequently, […]

Donald Trump
Betsy DeVos and "Real" Rape

Betsy DeVos and “Real” Rape

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By Gail Ukockis | (Informed Comment) | – –             When I was in college in the early eighties, the dorm staff told us females to get escorts if we had to walk outside after dark. Watch out for the dark bushes in front of the dorm building, they warned us. Each communal bathroom also […]

Climate Change
How Colonialism, Inequality turbocharge Caribbean Hurricanes

How Colonialism, Inequality turbocharge Caribbean Hurricanes

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Historical legacy of exploitation and poverty lingers

Displaced and Refugees
Yemen’s Children Are Being Shelled While the World Sits Back

Yemen’s Children Are Being Shelled While the World Sits Back

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Both Houthis and Saudi Coalition continue to disregard civilian life

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