May 05 2023
Sunk By Jeff Stein, August 21, 2012 Gwenyth Todd had worked in a lot of places in Washington where powerful men didn’t hesitate to use sharp elbows. She had been a Middle East expert for the National Security Council in the Clinton administration. She had worked in the office of Defense Secretary Dick Cheney …
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Jan 15 2023
Black WWII soldiers asked a White woman for doughnuts. They were shot. By Justin Wm. Moyer, January 15, 2023 at 7:00 a.m. EST The Black soldiers — Allen Leftridge and Frank Glenn — were challenged by a White sergeant, according to a witness. When a White armed guard arrived, he fatally shot the two …
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Nov 10 2022
MAGA Election Violence Absent—For Now By Elaine Shannon, November 9 2022 Anybody heading for Phoenix to snarl traffic for Kari Lake and Blake Masters? To Harrisburg to storm the state capitol for Mehmet Oz? To Atlanta to burn it all down for Herschel Walker? So far, no. FBI-Homeland Security warnings of violence around the …
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Aug 03 2022
1950s U.S. Foreign Policy Looms Large in Lebanon By Jacob Boswell, July 29, 2022 The Cold War may be over, but the legacy of containment looms large over Lebanon. For decades, the U.S. has been the single largest financial supporter of the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF), in a bid to balance Iran’s influence in …
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Jan 30 2022
‘I didn’t know who I was any more’: how CIA torture pushed me to the edge of death By Abu Zubaydah, Sat 29 Jan 2022 04.30 EST I found myself chained to a steel bed in a white room. As soon as I started letting myself fall asleep, a small amount of water …
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Jan 27 2022
The Anti-vaccine Right Brought Human Sacrifice to America By Kurt Andersen, January 25, 2022 In the early phases of the pandemic, as the coronavirus spread in the United States and doctors and pharmacists and supermarket clerks continued to work and risk infection, some commentators made reference—metaphorical reference, fast and loose and over the top—to …
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Sep 07 2021
His Name Was Emmett Till By Wright Thompson, September 2021 Issue, The Atlantic The dentist was a few minutes late, so I waited by the barn, listening to a northern mockingbird in the cypress trees. His tires kicked up dust when he turned off Drew Ruleville Road and headed across the bayou toward …
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