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China
You'll Soon be Driving an Electric Car, but it will be Made in China and You won't be Great Again

You’ll Soon be Driving an Electric Car, but it will be Made in China and You won’t be Great Again

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A major player is BYD, which stands for “Build Your Dreams,” headquartered in Shenzhen

Far Right
Are World's Democracies finally turning on Rupert Murdoch's News Corp/Fox 'Cancer on Politics?'

Are World’s Democracies finally turning on Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp/Fox ‘Cancer on Politics?’

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By Denis Muller | – There is mounting evidence that Australia is sick of Rupert Murdoch and the political propaganda machine he runs in the guise of a news organisation. In January, [center-left Labor Party leader] Bill Shorten rebuffed an open-ended offer to meet Murdoch whenever the opposition leader was in the United States. According […]

Muslim-Americans
The black Muslim female fashion trailblazers who came before model Halima Aden

The black Muslim female fashion trailblazers who came before model Halima Aden

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The fashion shows were a means of highlighting the creative ways Nation of Islam women could dress modestly and maintain the unique aesthetic

Constitution
Before Trump invoked Executive Privilege he Should have Remembered Nixon

Before Trump invoked Executive Privilege he Should have Remembered Nixon

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Nixon’s own Justice Department could not find a single example in history of anyone invoking executive privilege in an impeachment inquiry

Mass Extinction
We are about to drive 1 million species to extinction w/out a Revolution in our relationship with Nature

We are about to drive 1 million species to extinction w/out a Revolution in our relationship with Nature

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The report reveals the loss of biodiversity and ecosystem function is much less on lands managed by Indigenous peoples and local communities

Israel/ Palestine
Don't Even Bother:  Why Trump's Israel-Palestine "Deal" is Dead on Arrival

Don’t Even Bother: Why Trump’s Israel-Palestine “Deal” is Dead on Arrival

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By Dov Waxman | – Dead on arrival. That’s what almost every expert predicts will be the fate of the Trump administration’s long-awaited peace plan to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. As the author of the new book, “The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: What Everyone Needs to Know,” I share this view. Low expectations Developed in secrecy for […]

Rape
White Nationalism is a Lost Cause in an Increasingly Rainbow America

White Nationalism is a Lost Cause in an Increasingly Rainbow America

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The U.S. will never be a white country again

Donald Trump
Why did the Trump Admin. Obstruct UN Resolution against War Rape that Amal Clooney Supported?

Why did the Trump Admin. Obstruct UN Resolution against War Rape that Amal Clooney Supported?

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Trump is a vulgar libertine with overwhelming support from evangelicals

Bill of Rights
Why the Assange indictment is a Threat to the US First Amendment

Why the Assange indictment is a Threat to the US First Amendment

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The American government has traditionally abstained from charging publishers of classified information for the crime of publication

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