Forty-five years ago, under a cloak of secrecy, Operation Condor was officially launched: a global campaign of violent repression against the Latin American left by the region’s quasi-fascist military dictatorships. The US government not only knew about ...[
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"Among Republican voters, 45% approve of the storming of Capitol, 30% think the perpetrators are 'patriots', 52% think Biden is at least partly to blame for it, and 85% think it would be inappropriate to remove Trump from office after this." ...[
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Throughout the United States, Americans with chronic illnesses have been forced to navigate a healthcare system battered by the coronavirus pandemic while trying to afford medical treatment and resolve health insurance issues.
That has led to many America ...[
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As J. Edgar Hoover became increasingly worried about communist threats against America, he instructed the bureau to conduct secret intelligence operations against anyone deemed "subversive." A new book, Enemies: A History of the FBI, details those and oth ...[
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President Joe Biden has placed immigration at the center of his ambitious agenda, signing several executive orders reversing Trump anti-immigrant policies and promising a pathway to citizenship for 11 million undocumented immigrants in the United States. ...[
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This past year saw a wave of anti-Asian racism, egged on by a club of conservative “anti-anti-racist” commentators who brand opponents of bigotry as stooges for the Chinese Communist Party. It’s long past time to challenge their sly dog whistles and ...[
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I'm not a lawyer :"simple country, unfrozen caveman, or otherwise" but I have to think that knowingly spreading lies about the one thing a company does, thereby shredding that company's credibility in the eyes of millions of Americans, is kind of a big de ...[
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Pointing to the nation's tepid recovery from the 2009 financial collapse as a cautionary tale, economists are pressing Democratic lawmakers to dramatically expand President Joe Biden's $2.3 trillion infrastructure proposal in order to equitably rebound fr ...[
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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is adamantly refusing to consider increasing unemployment benefits in his state as many works are still struggling due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. ...[
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With Joe Biden now three months into his presidency, Republicans are attacking him in a variety of ways â and many of them are quite ridiculous. Regardless, Biden generally has decent approval ratings, according to various polls. And reporter Tim Mur ...[
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In January 2019 the US and its allies ceased to recognize Maduro as Venezuela’s legitimate president after then National Assembly leader Juan Guaidó, who had never run for national office, “announced he was willing to serve as interim president.” G ...[
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