By Guest Post on Aug 31, 2019 01:00 pm
 Millions of Kashmiris continue to suffer under the military lock-down imposed by the Indian government. The situation is particularly critical for patients, women and school-going children. (By Umer Beigh, Peoples Dispatch) The curfew-like restrictions in Kashmir imposed by the Indian government, led by far-right Bharatiya Janata Party, have now crossed the 23-day mark. There has […]
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By Joseph Mangano on Aug 31, 2019 11:00 am
 Note to Nancy Pelosi: President Donald Trump will avoid the consequences of 100% of the impeachment proceedings not brought against him.
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By Guest Post on Aug 31, 2019 09:00 am
 “The choice facing the Senate could not be clearer: Carry water for the NRA, or stand up for the majority of Americans demanding action to address our gun violence crisis.” (By Karl Evers-Hillstrom, Center for Responsive Politics) Prominent gun control groups are airing six-figure ad campaigns to pressure Republican Senators to take up gun bills, […]
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By Peter Castagno on Aug 31, 2019 07:00 am
 “According to the 2015 guidelines that are currently in force, poor diet and lack of exercise are likely related to preventable chronic disease in nearly 120 million American adults, including Type 2 diabetes, heart disease, high blood pressure, and cancer.” The Trump administration argued to a federal court on Monday that state governments could not […]
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By Nino Lomidze on Aug 31, 2019 05:00 am
 A wave of anti-Russian protests have taken over Georgia's summer, but are they are the result of foreign actors interfering in the country's affairs?
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By Rami Almeghari on Aug 30, 2019 01:00 pm
 Turkey is insisting on plowing ahead with a planned safe zone in northeastern Syria, despite accusing the U.S. of dragging its heels. On Thursday, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan insisted on going ahead and rapidly erecting without delay a planned safe zone agreed to with Washington recently. “Our country had previously experienced a delay in […]
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By Dr. Francesca Norton on Aug 30, 2019 11:00 am
 Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama and his criminal gang of 300 are violating the freedom of the people he is meant to serve. The entire world knows the story of the 300 Spartans who fought for freedom against a large Persian army. This Balkans story is repeated with excessive frequency in modern-day. But unlike Leonidas, […]
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By Walter Yeates on Aug 30, 2019 09:00 am
 Purdue Pharma, the maker of OxyContin, and fellow pharmaceutical companies are all looking to make billion-dollar settlement deals over their role in the opioid epidemic. Reuters was able to independently verify an NBC report regarding Purdue Pharma LP, the makers of OxyContin, offering to settle approximately 2,000 opioid lawsuits around the United States for around $10 billion […]
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By Walter Yeates on Aug 30, 2019 07:00 am
 The Trump administration is pulling $271 million in funding from the Department of Homeland Security, including the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s Disaster Relief Fund, to pay for immigration detention space and temporary hearing locations for asylum-seekers who have been forced to wait in Mexico. Earlier in the week plans for President Donald Trump’s administration to […]
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By Peter Castagno on Aug 30, 2019 05:00 am
 “If EPA moves forward with this reckless and sinister proposal, we will see them in court.” The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced Thursday that it plans to soften Obama-era restrictions on methane, a potent greenhouse gas contributing to climate change. “EPA’s proposal delivers on President Trump’s executive order and removes unnecessary and duplicative regulatory burdens from […]
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By Walter Yeates on Aug 29, 2019 01:30 pm
 “Defendants made substantial payments of money to a variety of different pain advocacy groups and organizations that influence prescribing physicians and other health care professionals.” “In a landmark decision, an Oklahoma judge on Monday ordered pharmaceutical giant Johnson & Johnson to pay $572 million for its role in the state’s opioid crisis,” CNN reported earlier in the […]
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