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22 May 19
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar | Why We Must Boycott States With New Abortion Bans
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, The Hollywood Reporter
Abdul-Jabbar writes: "The time-traveling DeLorean is speeding toward 1950, and when it hits 88 mph, it's going to suck the whole country back with it. Back to a time when pretty much everyone who wasn't a straight, white Christian male was considered a second-class citizen whose rights and future depended on the patriarchs' whims and largesse."
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Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, The Hollywood Reporter
Abdul-Jabbar writes: "The time-traveling DeLorean is speeding toward 1950, and when it hits 88 mph, it's going to suck the whole country back with it. Back to a time when pretty much everyone who wasn't a straight, white Christian male was considered a second-class citizen whose rights and future depended on the patriarchs' whims and largesse."
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DHS supervisor Ellen Gallagher has tried for years to sound the alarm about a wide range of abusive uses of solitary confinement at ICE detention centers. (photo: Kayana Szymczak/The Intercept)
Thousands of Immigrants Suffer in Solitary Confinement in ICE Detention
Spencer Woodman, Maryam Saleh, Hannah Rappleye and Karrie Kehoe, The Intercept
Excerpt: "Dulce Rivera lived for the one hour a day she was allowed outside, to pace alone on a patch of concrete encased in metal fencing. They called it 'the yard,' but it was really a metal cage."
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Spencer Woodman, Maryam Saleh, Hannah Rappleye and Karrie Kehoe, The Intercept
Excerpt: "Dulce Rivera lived for the one hour a day she was allowed outside, to pace alone on a patch of concrete encased in metal fencing. They called it 'the yard,' but it was really a metal cage."
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Speaker Nancy Pelosi. (photo: Paul Marotta/Getty)
Democrats' Push for Impeachment Gains New Supporters
Casey Michel, ThinkProgress
Michel writes: "Following the Trump administration's unprecedented efforts to stonewall Congress, especially when it comes to questions about special counsel Robert Mueller's redacted report into Russian election interference, House Democrats appear increasingly supportive of a dramatic move: impeaching the president."
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Casey Michel, ThinkProgress
Michel writes: "Following the Trump administration's unprecedented efforts to stonewall Congress, especially when it comes to questions about special counsel Robert Mueller's redacted report into Russian election interference, House Democrats appear increasingly supportive of a dramatic move: impeaching the president."
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U.S. Army soldiers from Ft. Riley, Kansas, install protective wire along the Rio Grande at the U.S.-Mexico border, one of the Pentagon-approved duties for troops deployed to the border. (photo: Getty)
Trump Is Considering Deputizing the Military as a Civilian Police Force. That Is Terrifying.
Elizabeth Goitein, Slate
Goitein writes: "According to a report in the Daily Caller last week, the Trump administration is considering invoking the Insurrection Act to give federal troops the power to detain and remove undocumented immigrants in the United States."
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Elizabeth Goitein, Slate
Goitein writes: "According to a report in the Daily Caller last week, the Trump administration is considering invoking the Insurrection Act to give federal troops the power to detain and remove undocumented immigrants in the United States."
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A protest against the Sackler family, which owns Purdue Pharma, at the Guggenheim Museum in New York. (photo: Yana Paskova/The Guardian)
Purdue Pharma Accused of 'Corrupting' WHO to Boost Global Opioid Sales
Chris McGreal, Guardian UK
McGreal writes: "Purdue Pharma, the drug manufacturer that kickstarted the US opioid epidemic, corruptly influenced the World Health Organization in order to boost painkiller sales across the globe, according to a report by members of Congress."
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Chris McGreal, Guardian UK
McGreal writes: "Purdue Pharma, the drug manufacturer that kickstarted the US opioid epidemic, corruptly influenced the World Health Organization in order to boost painkiller sales across the globe, according to a report by members of Congress."
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Sen. Tom Udall (D-NM) speaks before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on September 4, 2013, in Washington, D.C. (photo: Mark Wilson/Getty)
Senator Tom Udall Plans to Force a Vote to Block Funding for War With Iran
Alex Ward, Vox
Ward writes: "As the US and Iran engage in a weeks-long standoff, Senate Democrats are about to force the first vote on the question of going to war with Iran during the crisis."
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Alex Ward, Vox
Ward writes: "As the US and Iran engage in a weeks-long standoff, Senate Democrats are about to force the first vote on the question of going to war with Iran during the crisis."
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For decades, radioactive debris has sat on an uninhabited island in the Pacific Ocean. (photo: ABC News Australia)
The US Put Nuclear Waste Under a Dome on a Pacific Island. Now It's Cracking Open.
Kyle Swenson, The Washington Post
Swenson writes: "In 1980, a massive concrete dome - 18 inches thick and shaped like a flying saucer - was placed over the fallout debris."
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Kyle Swenson, The Washington Post
Swenson writes: "In 1980, a massive concrete dome - 18 inches thick and shaped like a flying saucer - was placed over the fallout debris."
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