03-20-2019
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John McCain Wasn't A Hero
John McCain, the six-term senator from Arizona who succumbed to cancer over the weekend at the age of eighty-one, was less an enigma than a paradox. For every version of McCain that existed, there seemed
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03-19-2019
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The Myth Of Meritocracy In Trump's America
Most Americans still cling to the meritocratic notion that people are rewarded according to their efforts and abilities. But meritocracy is becoming a cruel joke.
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03-18-2019
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How The "OK" Symbol Became A Popular Trolling Gesture
Has the simple thumb-and-forefinger "OK" hand gesture become a common white supremacist hand sign? Not quite, but it has become a popular gesture used by people across several segments of the right and far right-including some actual white
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03-15-2019
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Maduro's Muscle: Motorcycle Gangs Known As 'Colectivos' Are The Enforcers For Venezuela's Authoritarian Leader
The neighbors were fed up. For days, they'd had no electricity or running water because of a massive national blackout. So one morning this week, they piled logs and garbage into a makeshift barricade in their middle-class Caracas neighborhood
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03-14-2019
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Top Mueller Prosecutor Stepping Down In Latest Clue Russia Inquiry May Be Ending
One of the most prominent members of special counsel Robert Mueller's team investigating Russia's attack on the 2016 presidential election will soon leave the office and the Justice Department, two sources close to the matter tell NPR.
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03-13-2019
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Sacred Ground: Inside The Dakota Pipeline Protests
Photographer Larry Towell feels that what's happening at the Oceti Sakowin Camp in North Dakota is about more than just an oil pipeline.
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03-12-2019
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US Job Openings Jump To Record High Of 7.3 Million
U.S. employers posted the most open jobs in December in the nearly two decades that records have been kept, evidence that the job market is strong despite
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03-11-2019
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Exclusive Poll: Young Americans Are Embracing Socialism
Generation Z has a more positive view of the word "socialism" than previous generations, and - along with millennials - are more likely to embrace socialistic policies and principles than past generations, according to a new Harris Poll given exclusively to Axios.
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