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History Made: Ranked Choice Voting Will Appear on Maine Ballots

It’s been a rough and uncertain road for ranked choice voting in Maine. It was the first statewide ranked choice initiative in the nation to get approval from voters, was made law…

March 6, 2018
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Is the US Ramping Up Its Military Presence in Syria and Planning to Attack Iran?

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Col. Larry Wilkerson speaking at the National Press Club the day before the official AIPAC Conference. The alternative conference was titled: 'U.S.-Israel Relations and Middle East Policy'.

March 5, 2018
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Glenn Greenwald and James Risen Debate the Trump-Russian Investigation

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James Risen and Glenn Greenwald have both won Pulitzer Prizes. They both have found themselves in the crosshairs of the U.S. government for their journalism. And they both write for…

February 26, 2018
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Masha Gessen: Russiagate Has Become a Conspiracy Trap Obscuring How Trump Is Damaging Nation

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Russian-American journalist Masha Gessen talks about how President Trump has benefited from what she calls the “conspiracy trap” around Russia’s role in the 2016 election. She wrote last year, “Russiagate…

February 23, 2018
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Republican Lawmakers Refuse to Adopt Gun Control Despite 200 School Shootings Since Sandy Hook

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Since the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre in Newtown, Connecticut, in 2012, there have been 200 school shootings. But on Capitol Hill and in many state legislatures, Republican lawmakers have…

February 15, 2018
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Lawrence Wilkerson: I Helped Sell the False Choice of War with Iraq; It's Happening Again with Iran

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Fifteen years ago this week, Secretary of State General Colin Powell gave a speech to the United Nations arguing for war with Iraq, saying the evidence was clear: Saddam Hussein…

February 9, 2018
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