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25 Years After the Columbine Massacre, Is There Any Hope to End America’s Epidemic of Gun Violence?
Peter Dreier With the National Rifle Association now weaker than it has been in decades, progress is possible—if politicians are willing to seize the time.
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Eyes Wide Shut
Steve Brodner Split screen.
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Joe Biden Is Destroying His Own Foreign Policy by Giving Israel Impunity
World / April 19, 2024 Joe Biden Is Destroying His Own Foreign Policy by Giving Israel Impunity The administration’s blatant double standard demonstrates that the new “liberal international order” is built on hypocrisy. Jeet Heer Share Facebook Twitter Email Flipboard Pocket Ad Policy Banners depicting the missile strike on Israel outside a government-affiliated building in
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Israel’s Attacks on Gaza Are Not “Mistakes.” They’re Crimes.
Harry Zehner The political and media class is doing what it always does with the US and its allies: trying to frame deliberate atrocities as tragic mishaps.
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Inside the Gaza Solidarity Encampment at Columbia University
Lara-Nour Walton Hundreds of peaceful protesters began occupying the campus on Wednesday to demand that the university divest from Israel. The next day, the school sent in the NYPD to arrest them.
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New recruits boost Al Ahly as they begin Basketball Africa League title defence
With a trusted leader in Ehab Amin, and some last-minute reinforcements that include NBA G League rookie Patrick Gardner, Al Ahly are ready to commence their Basketball Africa League (BAL) title defence on Friday evening as the Nile Conference tips off in Cairo. Taking on Uganda’s City Oilers in their opener at the Hassan Mostafa Indoor Sports Complex (7pm local time, 9pm UAE), Al Ahly are bidding to become the first repeat champions in the history of the BAL. Spread across three conferences –...
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The NSA Wants Carte Blanche for Warrantless Surveillance
James Bamford If the Senate passes an expansion of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, any American’s international communications could become an open book.
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Apartheid
André Carrilho Wrapped.
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As the Threat of War Looms, Some Students Regret Joining ROTC
Gabe Levin Often priced out of college, those in the Army ROTC can earn hefty scholarships. But reservists can’t always be guaranteed safety. “I don’t think I would’ve made the same decision."
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What Went Wrong in La Oroya, Peru?
Tania Wamani Centuries of environmental exploitation in the small town have ensnared its inhabitants in a vicious cycle of displacement, irreversible health damage, and social conflict.
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NZCTU stands in solidarity with Myanmar community in opposition to junta visit
Today NZCTU President Richard Wagstaff joined the Myanmar community at a rally outside MFAT’s Lambton Quay offices, in opposition to the attendance of
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Bob Graham Knew Iraq Would Be a Quagmire Even as Most Democrats Fell for Cheney's Lies
The former Senate Intelligence Committee chair saw through Republican efforts to manipulate Congress into authorizing a war that should never have been fought.