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"Dreadful Year" of Attacks in Turkey Capped by 39 Dead in Istanbul Nightclub Attack

Police in Turkey have launched a series of raids across Istanbul as they search for a man who opened fire inside a nightclub during a New Year’s celebration, killing 39 people.

January 3, 2017
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From the Moon to the Sun: How America's Ego Could Save the Planet

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In October, 1957 the U.S. suffered a crippling blow to its pride when Russia's Sputnik soared 500 miles into space. The response from the White House was to call it "a useless hunk of iron" and "a silly bauble in the sky." But for the first time American Cold

January 3, 2017
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Alongside Sanders, New York Governor Announces First-in-Nation Free Tuition Plan

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'Our job is to encourage every person in this country to get all of the education they can, not to punish them for getting that education,' Sanders says in New York

January 3, 2017
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After Public Outrage, House Republicans Suspend Efforts to Gut Ethics Office

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Due to enormous public backlash, U.S. House Republican leaders today walked back an overreaching amendment passed behind closed doors that would have stripped the Office of Congressional Ethics (OCE) of its independence and much of its power. The OCE, an independent ethics office, was set up in 2008 in the aftermath of numerous corruption scandals.

January 4, 2017
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April 29, 2017. Let’s March.

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New year, new resolve. Time to mark your calendars for April 29th, 2017. That’s the date of the People’s Climate Mobilization, a major march in Washington, D.C., when we will come together with hundreds of