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Goldie Taylor | My Childhood Rape and My Life That Might Have Been 
Goldie Taylor as a child. (image: Daily Beast)
Goldie Taylor, The Daily Beast
Taylor writes: "It was a familiar face-an older boy, maybe 16 or 17, named Chris. What unfolded next left a wound so deep and abiding that, until this summer, I could not speak it aloud."
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Bernie Sanders Unveils Criminal Justice Reform Plan Aiming to Curb Prison Population
Justin Wise, The Hill
Wise writes: "Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), a 2020 presidential candidate, on Sunday unveiled a sweeping criminal justice reform initiative that aims to end mandatory minimum sentences and cut the United States prison population in half."
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Two Mass Murders a World Apart Share a Common Theme: 'Ecofascism'
Joel Achenbach, The Washington Post
Achenbach writes: "Before the slaughter of dozens of people in Christchurch, New Zealand, and El Paso this year, the accused gunmen took pains to explain their fury, including their hatred of immigrants. The statements that authorities believe the men posted online share another obsession: overpopulation and environmental degradation."
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After 'Fake Farmer' Claim, Devin Nunes Reports He Owns Small Farm That Earns No Income
Kate Irby, McClatchy DC
Kate Irby writes: "For the first time in more than a decade, Rep. Devin Nunes is reporting that he owns a stake in a farm."
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A Rural Town Confronts Its Buried History of Mass Killings of Black Americans
Teresa Krug, Guardian UK
Krug writes: "The Elaine Twelve were a group of black defendants sentenced to death for what transpired in the autumn of 1919, after an all-white jury found them guilty within eight minutes."
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India Reimposes Curfew in Occupied Kashmir Amid Protests
teleSUR
Excerpt: "Indian authorities reimposed restrictions on movement in major parts of Occupied Kashmir's biggest city, Srinagar, Sunday after violent overnight clashes between residents and police in which dozens were injured, two senior officials and eyewitnesses said."
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Bangladesh Gave All Its Rivers Their Own Legal Rights
Sigal Samuel, Vox
Samuel writes: "Bangladesh is sometimes known as the 'land of the rivers.' It's got hundreds of them - and over the years, they've been getting more and more polluted."
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