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Activist Moms Confront EPA’s “Criminal Negligence” on Sept. 20
After her daughter, Taylor, was diagnosed with cancer, Susan’s investigative skill set exposed a dirty secret in her town — coal ash from the local Duke Energy power plant was sold and used as structural fill as a substitute for soil to build communities throughout North Carolina. “No one told us, no one helped us,” she said. “Local and state governments, the EPA, the companies — they all failed us.”
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Establishment Narrative on Ukraine Based on Deceit and “Threat Inflation”
Ramzy Mardini writes in a new piece: “”Needless to say, Putin started an illegal and unjustified war. Yet, to enable a course correction toward a diplomatic solution, it’s the Western-based narrative about the war that requires a repudiation. … Today, the narrative of an unprovoked and maximum-aim war persists and dominates the public discourse in the West.”
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Implications of the Monkeypox Outbreak
Steven Thrasher’s book, The Viral Underclass: The Human Toll When Inequality and Disease Collide, was published earlier this month. Thrasher spoke with the Institute for Public Accuracy this week about how the current spread of monkeypox is relevant to the book’s themes.
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Pakistan’s Imran Khan “Terrorism” Charge Called “Grotesque”
The New York Times reports that the crackdown against former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan “appears to have heightened Mr. Khan’s popularity, analysts say, bolstering his claims that the military establishment conspired to topple his government in April.”
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As Afghans Face Starvation, Biden Is Withholding $7 Billion of Their Money
70 economists sent President Biden a letter advocating for the release of 7 billion dollars worth of foreign reserves owned by Afghanistan, as the majority of the population continues to suffer from acute poverty and starvation.
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CIA Sued over WikiLeaks Spying, Roger Waters to Speak at Rally at DoJ
Stefana Maurizi said today, “What happened in the Ecuadorian Embassy in London is a complete scandal. It is a very sinister fact that a media organisation was targeted by espionage activities that you would expect in an authoritarian country.”
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Espionage Act Misreporting and the Prosecution of Assange
Chip Gibbons, policy director for Defending Rights & Dissent, said: “many media commentators are now misrepresenting what the Espionage Act, a law with a troubled history of abuse, is and what is required for conviction. Some have gone so far as to equate criticisms of the law with disloyalty to the nation. Neither an assertion that Donald Trump is above the law nor an unqualified veneration of the national security state can be good for the future of American democracy.”
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Monkeypox Crisis: Activists Tell White House to Take Urgent Steps for Equity
After activists sent an open letter to the White House national monkeypox response coordinator Robert Fenton and deputy coordinator Demetre Daskalakis earlier this week, a meeting between the letter’s co-authors and the two officials was scheduled for Thursday.
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Is the FBI Targeting Legitimate First Amendment Activity?
Patrick Eddington of the Cato Institute says the FBI targeting “marginal groups with little to no impact on the broader political process” could be a warning sign for similar groups with foreign ties despite “First Amendment” activity.
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The Policing of Roger Waters
Kevin Gosztola, the managing editor of Shadowproof, recently critiqued CNN’s negative portrayal of Pink Floyd’s Roger Walters for his condemnation of US wars and Biden
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Howard Zinn