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Robert Reich | People of Israel: You Should Know...

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Robert Reich | People of Israel: You Should Know...
Economist, professor, author and political commentator Robert Reich. (photo: Richard Morgenstein)

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Reich writes: "People of Israel: You should know that the new-found alliance between your Prime Minister and our Republican Party, the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, and some wealthy right-wing Jews here (such as billionaire Sheldon Adelson), is poisoning the relationship between Israel and the United States."
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Jeffrey Toobin | A Cynical Challenge to the ACA
Jeffrey Toobin, The New Yorker
Toobin writes: "This week, the Court will hear arguments in a momentous case, King v. Burwell, a challenge to a central feature of the Affordable Care Act. But, in contrast to other landmarks in Supreme Court history, the King case is notable mostly for the cynicism at its heart. Instead of grandeur, there is a smallness about this lawsuit in every way except in the stakes riding on its outcome."
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The Fear of Ebola Led to Slayings - and a Whole Village Was Punished
Amy Brittain, The Washington Post
Brittain writes: "Nearly six months after the Womey massacre, the repercussions have been far-reaching. When the military invaded and looted the village after the killings, thousands fled their homes. More than a dozen died from malnutrition after living for months in the surrounding bushland."
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Private Police Carry Guns and Make Arrests, and Their Ranks Are Swelling
Justin Jouvenal, The Washington Post
Jouvenal writes: "The number of 'special conservators of the peace' - or SCOPs, as they are known - has doubled in Virginia over the past decade to roughly 750, according to state records. The growth is mirrored nationally in the ranks of private police."
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A Brutal Beating Wakes Attica's Ghosts
Tom Robbins, The New York Times
Robbins writes: "Looming over everything at Attica is the riot. The state commission that investigated the September 1971 uprising memorably described it as the bloodiest single encounter, Indian massacres aside, between Americans since the Civil War."
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The Black Lives Matter Movement Needs the Black Panthers
Deena Guzder, Al Jazeera America
Guzder writes: "Protests over police killings of unarmed African-Americans continue to erupt across the nation, largely thanks to the organizing efforts of the Black Lives Matter movement. As Black History Month draws to a close, it's worth asking what the movement can learn from earlier organizing efforts - in particular, the Black Panther Party."
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Obama Administration Sides with Hunters, Takes Aim at Wolf Protection Ruling
Renee Lewis, Al Jazeera America
Lewis writes: "The Obama administration and two states plan to appeal a federal judge's order that returned legal protection to gray wolves in the Great Lakes region."
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