By Leighanna Shirey on Aug 27, 2019 07:00 am
 “After four decades of weak antitrust enforcement and judicial hostility to antitrust cases, it is critical that Congress step in to determine whether existing laws are adequate to tackle abusive conduct by platform gatekeepers or whether we need new legislation to respond to this challenge.” Multiple states are moving forward in a joint antitrust investigation […]
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By Medea Benjamin and Nicolas J. S. Davies on Aug 27, 2019 05:00 am
 Sanders and Warren may not intend their criticisms of Russia and China to justify record Pentagon spending, but the military-industrial complex is seizing on it for precisely that purpose. Among the frontrunners in the Democratic Party presidential primary, Senators Warren and Sanders not only have the most progressive domestic agenda, but also the most anti-war, […]
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By Jack Xiong on Aug 26, 2019 01:30 pm
 A lineup of stars including Stevie Wonder, Talib Kweli, Chris Rock and more were surprise guests at Dave Chappelle’s Ohio benefit concert over the weekend. On Sunday, comedian Dave Chappelle hosted a free benefit concert in Dayton, Ohio to honor the victims and benefit families and survivors of the recent mass shooting. Taking place three […]
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By Rami Almeghari on Aug 26, 2019 11:36 am
 Testimony by a high-ranking police officer was a part of the Sudanese court hearing Monday, Aug. 19. The officer said that Omar Al Bashir had admitted that some of the money he kept for himself was part of $90 million U.S. dollars, provided by the Saudi royal family, including crown prince, Mohammad Bin Salman. Sudanese […]
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By Peter Castagno on Aug 26, 2019 09:51 am
 “I feel the U.S. has tremendous wealth… I’m not going to lose that wealth on dreams, on windmills – which, frankly, aren’t working too well… I think I know more about the environment than most.” President Trump skipped a meeting of international leaders to discuss climate change at the G7 summit in France on Monday, […]
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By Guest Post on Aug 26, 2019 07:00 am
 The nation’s largest opioid distributors, their subsidiaries, and employees gave more than $23 million in campaign contributions to federal candidates over the last decade. (By Frank Bass, MapLight) Even as an epidemic of painkiller abuse was blamed for record numbers of overdoses and reduced life expectancy, the nation’s largest opioid distributors, their subsidiaries, and employees […]
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By Guest Post on Aug 26, 2019 05:00 am
 Mexico, already the most dangerous country for journalists in the Western Hemisphere, recorded more journalists deaths in the first seven months of 2019 than in all of 2018. (By Parker Asmann, InSight Crime) Reporters in Mexico are frequently forced to confront brutal and often deadly violence, but the administration of recently elected President Andrés Manuel […]
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