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Elizabeth Warren Demands in Letter That US Military Explain Its Role in Yemen Bus Bombing
 Alex Emmons, The Intercept Emmons writes: "In the wake of a U.S.-backed bombing last week that killed dozens of children on a school bus in north Yemen, Sen. Elizabeth Warren is demanding answers about how U.S. military advisers support and oversee the Saudi and UAE bombing campaign in Yemen." READ MORE  Pope Francis, who visited Philadelphia in 2015, has been challenged by the widening abuse scandal, despite his efforts to deal with it. (photo: Vincenzo Pinto/AFP/Getty Images)
More Than 300 Pennsylvania Priests Abused 1,000 Children Over Decades, Report Says
Amanda Holpuch, Guardian UK Holpuch writes: "More than 300 'predator priests' were found to have committed sexual abuse in Pennsylvania, harming more than 1,000 children, according to a grand jury report released by the state supreme court on Tuesday." READ MORE  Emilio Dabul, now a spokesman for ICE, speaking at a '9-11 memorial seminar' in Washington, D.C. in 2015, in which he praised an Islamophobe. (photo: YouTube)
ICE Spokesman for New Jersey Has Disturbing Ties to Hate Groups
Star-Ledger Editorial Board Excerpt: "The nation has never been so adamantly divided over U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. It presents itself as a fair arbiter of immigration policy, while critics portray its separations of parents and children and targeting of grandpas and pizza guys as heartless and bigoted." READ MORE  Buhler’s mayor, Daniel Friesen, understands why dying towns welcomed Dollar General out of desperation. (photo: Kacy Meinecke/Guardian UK)
Where Even Walmart Won't Go: How Dollar General Took Over Rural America
Chris McGreal, Guardian UK McGreal writes: "When Dollar General came to Haven, Kansas, it arrived making demands. The fastest-growing retailer in America wanted the taxpayers of the small, struggling Kansas town to pick up part of the tab for building one of its squat, barebones stores that more often resemble a warehouse than a neighbourhood shop." READ MORE  Cyndi Mouw gets emotional as she looks at the video that was played at her husband's funeral Wednesday, July 19, 2017, at her home in Orange City, Iowa. Mouw's husband, Todd Mouw, died after moving from in-home health care to an assisted living facility. (photo: Michael Zamora/The Register)
A Medicaid Patient Lost the Care He'd Received for 20 Years. 3 Months Later, He Was Dead.
Jason Clayworth, Des Moines Register Clayworth writes: "Thirty-two years ago, a vehicle accident left Todd Mouw a quadriplegic, unable to feed himself and needing a ventilator to breathe." READ MORE  Rohingyas fleeing violence in Myanmar/Burma. (photo: Mohammad Ponir Hossain/Reuters)
Hatebook: Inside Facebook's Myanmar Operation
Steve Stecklow, Guardian UK Stecklow writes: "In April, Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg told U.S. senators that the social media site was hiring dozens more Burmese speakers to review hate speech posted in Myanmar. The situation was dire." READ MORE  Cherri Foytlin hangs up a sign about the Bayou Bridge pipeline resistance near the site of construction in Plaquemine, La. (photo: Jen Marlowe)
Water Protectors Take Action to Keep Pipeline Out of Black and Indigenous Communities
Jen Marlowe, YES! Magazine Marlowe writes: "Chants of "St. James needs an evacuation route!" came from the dozen-plus activists gathered at Louisiana Radio Network on July 18. The activists were part of the L'Eau Est La Vie ("Water Is Life") camp, in Rayne, Louisiana." READ MORE |
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