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TigerSwan's Facebook page denied being oil industry propaganda. Documents show the pipeline security contractor paid for it all along.
What Standing Rock’s Propaganda War Means Today
Ten years after the standoff, documents reveal how digital mercenaries targeted local communities and stirred up anti-protest sentiment.
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Trending Story — Trump’s Plans to Steal the Elections Are Underway
Trump’s Plans to Steal the Elections Are Underway
Donald Trump is putting things in place to reverse any overall Democratic victory in November's Congressional races.
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Cartoon — Mail-In Ballots: Denied
Mail-In Ballots: Denied
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Despite President Donald Trump’s promises to make fertility treatment more affordable, the overall costs for one IVF cycle in the U.S. remain in the tens of thousands of dollars.
High Costs for Fertility Treatment Push Americans Abroad for IVF Services
Despite Trump’s promises to make treatment more affordable, the costs for one IVF cycle in the U.S. remain in the tens of thousands of dollars.
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Russell Vought told Congress the CFPB helped Bilt fix its problems. Two weeks later, nearly 1,900 customers received fake debt-collection notices.
The Trump Administration’s Plan for Protecting Consumers? Politely Ask Companies to Behave.
Rather than investigate a buzzy fintech startup for throwing users’ accounts into chaos, the Russell Vought-led Consumer Financial Protection Bureau trusted that the company was “back on track.”…
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Three immigrants have died at a New Jersey ICE facility in the past eight months. The Atlantic still argues that closing it would make things worse.
Abolish ICE? Perish the Thought, Says Press
A spate of recent articles argue that abolishing ICE would be bad for immigrants, and that even debating the idea hurts Democrats.
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Alexander Vindman outspent Angie Nixon by a 13-1 margin in Florida's Senate primary. He still lost by 12 points.
Angie Nixon’s Not-So-Surprising Victory
Alexander Vindman’s loss only shocked the same people who underestimated and memory-holed Andrew Gillum eight years ago.
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Thermal drone imaging shows the Microsoft-backed DataOne complex in New Jersey is powering its operations with dozens of unpermitted generators.
Major East Coast Data Center Accused of Violating Federal Law
Thermal drone imaging shows the Microsoft-backed DataOne complex in New Jersey is powering its operations with dozens of unpermitted generators.
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We failed to prevent 1.5 degrees of warming, but there is still a choice between doing nothing and allowing warming to continue, say the authors of a new UN study.
Climate ‘Overshoot’ Is Coming—Are We Ready?
We failed to prevent 1.5 degrees of warming, but there is still a choice between doing nothing and allowing warming to continue, say the authors of a new UN study.
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The firing of its editor and a reporter continues a crackdown on the independence of the military community’s paper of record.
The Pentagon’s War Against Stars and Stripes
The firing of its editor and a reporter continues a crackdown on the independence of the military community’s paper of record.
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Trending Story — Ghana Leads Global Push for Slavery Reparations, While Still Paying for Empire at Home
Ghana Leads Global Push for Slavery Reparations, While Still Paying for Empire at Home
As its gold enriches foreign markets and IMF debt weighs heavily, Ghana is demanding the world reckon with the legacy of the slave trade.
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Cartoon — Businessmen Overlook Factory Emissions
Businessmen Overlook Factory Emissions
An Independent, Progressive Journal of News and Opinion.
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Ghana exported $21 billion in gold last year. Its cocoa farmers report living off one meal a day.
Ghana Leads Global Push for Slavery Reparations, While Still Paying for Empire at Home
As its gold enriches foreign markets and IMF debt weighs heavily, Ghana is demanding the world reckon with the legacy of the slave trade.
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Settlers broke into a Palestinian home during a two-hour absence, opened a 48-kilogram gas cylinder and let it leak inside.
Besieged by Settlers, Palestinians on a West Bank Hilltop Refuse to Leave
For seven months, Israeli settlers have besieged three Palestinian homes in a village near Nablus, but the families remain defiant.
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Newly revealed documents show a pipeline security firm plotted to exploit divisions between Standing Rock protesters and the mostly white towns nearby.
What Standing Rock’s Propaganda War Means Today
Ten years after the standoff, documents reveal how digital mercenaries targeted local communities and stirred up anti-protest sentiment.
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Rowan Jacobsen argues in “In Defense of Sunlight” that moderation — not fear — should shape our attitudes toward exposure.
Book Review: Our Conflicted Relationship With the Sun
Rowan Jacobsen argues in “In Defense of Sunlight” that moderation — not fear — should shape our attitudes toward exposure.
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Corporate earnings have surged, but workers haven't seen any of that money in terms of wage growth.
The Biggest Issue in the Midterm Elections
Corporate earnings have surged, but workers haven't seen any of that money in terms of wage growth.
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New SNAP cuts come during a period of upheaval for federal safety net programs, growing hunger across the country and rising grocery prices.
Back to School — Without Food
New SNAP cuts come during a period of upheaval for federal safety net programs, growing hunger across the country and rising grocery prices.
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The plastics industry is offering schools curricula that cast plastics as safe, recyclable and a source of good jobs.
'PlastiVan' 101: When Plastic Companies Write the Lesson Plans
The plastics industry is offering schools curricula that cast plastics as safe, recyclable and a source of good jobs.
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There is no bigger con man in the United States than Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts. Not even President Donald J. Trump.
The Long Con of John Roberts
As a young attorney under Reagan, John Roberts aimed to destroy the Voting Rights Act. Now the Chief Justice has finished the job.
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Whitney Houston's cover of a Dolly Parton song became one of the best-selling singles in music history — its royalties helped fund an office complex in a Black Nashville neighborhood.
Dolly Parton (1946 - 2026)
Dolly Parton built an extraordinary career on her own terms — while using her platform and songs to champion a wide range of social causes.
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"Despite its particulars — such as getting norther the souther you go — Florida has produced a conventional electability theory mirroring a familiar national strategy of tweaking the “potency” dial on Diet Conservatism. "
muscular baby jeb lund@mobute.bsky.social · 3d agoThe instant chorus of surprise/dismay at Angie Nixon's win coming at the same time that Tampa greenlit fleecing itself for the sake of baseball billionaires was a neat study in when and how we allow ourselves to know things.
Wendell Berry, a lyrical Kentucky farmer who wrote award-winning poems, novels and essays, has died at 92.
Wendell Berry, Writer Who Extolled America’s Agrarian Past, Dies at 92
A Kentucky farmer, he railed against agribusiness and championed small family farms and the environment, winning widespread acclaim.
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Alabama, Louisiana and Tennessee have already redrawn their congressional maps. Each rewrite guts racial minority representation in the state.
The Coming Revolution in American Democracy
As 20th century rules and norms strain under 21st century realities, key reforms could help protect American democracy.
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Pentagon public affairs called it insubordination when its editor and reporter told CBS about interference in the newsroom. Then it fired them both.
The Pentagon’s War Against Stars and Stripes
The firing of its editor and a reporter continues a crackdown on the independence of the military community’s paper of record.
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Today the UN said countries are legally obliged to consider reparations for the transatlantic slave trade as well as other measures to address the enduring legacy of racism www.truthdig.com/articles/gha...
Ghana Leads Global Push for Slavery Reparations, While Still Paying for Empire at Home
As its gold enriches foreign markets and IMF debt weighs heavily, Ghana is demanding the world reckon with the legacy of the slave trade.
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Despite President Donald Trump’s promises to make fertility treatment more affordable, the overall costs for one IVF cycle in the U.S. remain in the tens of thousands of dollars.
High Fertility Costs Push Americans Abroad for IVF Treatment
Despite President Donald Trump’s promises to make fertility treatment more affordable, the overall costs for one IVF cycle in the U.S. remain in the tens of thousands of dollars.
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Several recent articles argue that abolishing ICE would be bad for immigrants and that even debating the idea hurts Democrats.
Abolish ICE? Perish the Thought, Says Press
A spate of recent articles argue that abolishing ICE would be bad for immigrants, and that even debating the idea hurts Democrats.
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