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08 October 19

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Sanders Unveils Plan to Stop Corporate Donations to Dem Convention
Bernie Sanders. (photo: Antonella Crescimbeni)
Simon Lewis, Reuters
Lewis writes: "U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders on Monday proposed overturning rules on money in elections, as the Democratic presidential contender pledged to 'transform our political system by rejecting the influence of big corporate money.'"
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Impeachment played a role in Andrew Johnson leaving office by weakening him politically. (photo: Matthew Brady/Library of Congress)
Impeachment played a role in Andrew Johnson leaving office by weakening him politically. (photo: Matthew Brady/Library of Congress)


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Gregory P. Downs, The Washington Post
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In this Sept. 24, 2019 photo, Joshua Brown answers questions from Assistant District Attorney LaQuita Long while testifying during the murder trial of Amber Guyger, in the death of Botham Jean. Now, Brown has been killed, shot to death Oct. 4, 2019. (photo: Tom Fox/The Dallas Morning News/AP)

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Dara Sharif, The Root
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Hands typing on a computer keyboard. (photo: hamburg_berlin/Shutterstock)


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Kari Paul, Guardian UK
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Stefanie Dodt, Jan Lukas Strozyk, and Dara Lind, ProPublica and ARD German TV
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Rohingya children. (photo: VOA)
Rohingya children. (photo: VOA)

UN, NGOs Accused of Bungling Effort to Educate Rohingya Children
Clare Hammond and Victoria Milko, Al Jazeera
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