Impeachment Update: What Happened on the First Day Of Public Impeachment Hearings

Republicans got their wish on Wednesday with the first day of public impeachment hearings, a day some described as devastating while others tried to dismiss as inconsequential. The first public impeachment hearing in two decades saw acting ambassador to Ukraine William Taylor and deputy assistant secretary of State for European and Eurasian affairs George Kent [...]

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How Will Historians Describe Russia’s Role in Syria?

A brief analyses of Scott Ritter's article about Russia's role in Syrian settlement

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Ghost of Francisco Franco Haunts Spain as it Finally Exhumes His Body

A contentious battle to remove Francisco Franco’s body from one of Spain’s most esteemed monuments parallels Spain’s struggle to confront growing fascist sympathy and far-right movements within its borders. The long and contentious struggle to exhume controversial former Spanish dictator Francisco Franco’s body from the Valle de los Caídos (Valley of the Fallen), the massive [...]

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Despite Frustration, US Meets With Sudanese Defense Minister Over South Sudan Conflict

The U.S. has grown increasingly wary of South Sudan’s failure to form a national unity government, yet U.S. officials have refused to take firm action despite previous warnings. Sudanese Defense Minister Jamal Edlin Omar met on Wednesday with the US’ envoy to Sudan and South Sudan, Donald Booth, who is also the military attaché with [...]

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Dem Leaders Call For Stephen Miller To Resign After Proof Of White Nationalism

“Those of you calling for Stephen Miller to be fired by the White House because he has been revealed (again) to be a white supremacist do not understand that’s the reason why he was hired.” Democratic leaders are calling for White House senior adviser Stephen Miller’s resignation after new evidence of his extreme white nationalist [...]

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After Evo, the Lithium Question Looms Large in Bolivia

When Evo Morales and the Movement for Socialism took power in 2006, the government immediately sought to undo decades of theft by transnational mining firms. Bolivia’s President Evo Morales was overthrown in a military coup on November 10. He is now in Mexico. Before he left office, Morales had been involved in a long project [...]

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Why a New EPA Rule to Improve Transparency May Be a Ploy to Restrict Science

“This proposal has nothing to do with science. They want politicians, not scientists, to evaluate the evidence of harm to the public.” The Trump administration is moving forward with plans to restrict the science it uses in crafting public policy, the New York Times first reported Monday. The Strengthening Transparency in Regulatory Science rule will [...]

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Unpacking and Understanding Media Bias: The Long History of Fake News

When ‘fake news’ has been a part of U.S. journalism since the days of William Randolph Hearst and Joseph Pulitzer, is there any hope for modern-day journalism? This is the eighth part in a Citizen Truth series on media bias and the history of the press, read the first parts below. Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part [...]

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Israel Attacks Two Islamic Jihad Leaders in Gaza and Damascus

Tuesday morning Palestinians were awoken with the news that Israel launched two airstrikes on leaders of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad group, killing one and killing family members of both. Angry Palestinian crowds in Gaza, including thousands of supporters of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad group, took part in the funeral procession of Bahaa Abuelatta, the Islamic [...]

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Remake of ‘Baby, It’s Cold Outside’: Political Correctness Gone Overboard?

A new remake of “Baby, It’s Cold Outside” replaces controversial sexist lines like “Beautiful, what’s your hurry?” to “I’ll call a car and tell ’em to hurry.” Following last year’s controversy over the classic holiday song, “Baby, It’s Cold Outside,” pop stars John Legend and Kelly Clarkson have recorded a new, revised version this year—but [...]

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