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Robert Reich | My Friends, This Is a Dark Hour 
Robert Reich. (photo: Getty)
Robert Reich, The Baltimore Sun
Reich writes: "My friends, this is a dark hour. Intolerance, cruelty, racism, misogyny, xenophobia and environmental destruction have been let loose across the land."
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Special Prosecutor Robert Mueller. (photo: Getty)
Special Prosecutor Robert Mueller. (photo: Getty)

Mueller Taps More Prosecutors to Help With Growing Trump Probe
Chris Strohm, Bloomberg News
Strohm writes: "Special Counsel Robert Mueller is tapping additional Justice Department resources for help with new legal battles as his year-old investigation of Russian interference with the 2016 election continues to expand."
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A US Border Patrol agent watches as people who've been taken into custody stand in line at a facility in McAllen, Texas. (photo: AP)
A US Border Patrol agent watches as people who've been taken into custody stand in line at a facility in McAllen, Texas. (photo: AP)

Asylum Seekers Win in Court as Federal Judge Rules Against Indefinite and Arbitrary Detention
Democracy Now!
Excerpt: "U.S. District Judge James Boasberg ruled asylum seekers who have passed a credible fear interview should be given humanitarian parole, not indefinite detention."
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. (photo: Getty)
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. (photo: Getty)

Progressives Poised to Shape Agenda if Democrats Take Back House
Melanie Zanona, The Hill
Zanona writes: "Move over, House Freedom Caucus. Progressive lawmakers are poised to play a pivotal role in the next Congress if Democrats take back the House in November."
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Pig carcasses in a midwest plant. US meat workers are three times more likely to suffer serious injury than the average American worker. (photo: Daniel Acker/Getty)
Pig carcasses in a midwest plant. US meat workers are three times more likely to suffer serious injury than the average American worker. (photo: Daniel Acker/Getty)

Two Amputations a Week: The Cost of Working in a US Meat Plant
Andrew Wasley, Christopher D. Cook and Natalie Jones, Guardian UK
Excerpt: "Amputations, fractured fingers, second-degree burns and head trauma are just some of the serious injuries suffered by US meat plant workers every week."
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Ethiopian jail. (photo: EPA)
Ethiopian jail. (photo: EPA)

Claims of 'Non-Stop Cycle of Torture' Involving Top Officials in Ethiopian Jail
Tom Gardner, Guardian UK
Gardner writes: "Ethiopia's new prime minister has been urged to investigate a raft of gruesome torture and abuse allegations involving senior officials in the country's most notorious prison."
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Howler monkey. (photo: National Geographic)
Howler monkey. (photo: National Geographic)

Brazilian Forests Fall Silent as Yellow Fever Decimates Threatened Monkeys
André Duchiade, Scientific American
Duchiade writes: "Karen Strier knew something was wrong as soon as she entered the patch of Brazil's Atlantic Forest in the southeastern state of Minas Gerais where she has been studying primates for 35 years."
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