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Robert Reich | Will the Democratic Nominee for 2016 Take On the Moneyed Interests?

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Robert Reich | Will the Democratic Nominee for 2016 Take On the Moneyed Interests?
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Robert Reich, Robert Reich's Blog
Reich writes: "The big unknown is whether the Democratic nominee will also take on the moneyed interests - the large Wall Street banks, big corporations, and richest Americans - which have been responsible for the largest upward redistribution of income and wealth in modern American history."
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Darren Wilson Will Not Face Federal Charges in Michael Brown Shooting
Jon Swaine and Oliver Laughland, Guardian UK
Excerpt: Darren Wilson, the white police officer whose fatal shooting of an unarmed black 18-year-old in Ferguson, Missouri, led to months of unrest and revived a debate on race and law enforcement in the US, will not face federal criminal charges."
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US Ambassador to South Korea Mark Lippert Attacked With Razor
Justin McCurry, Guardian UK
McCurry writes: "The US ambassador to South Korea, Mark Lippert, has been slashed by a political extremist armed with a razor at a function in Seoul where he was to give a lecture."
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Bernie Sanders Demands Meeting With DOD Over Wasteful Spending
Rebecca Shabad, The Hill
Shabad writes: "Senate Budget Committee ranking member Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) on Wednesday requested a meeting with new Defense Secretary Ashton Carter to discuss wasteful spending at the Pentagon."
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New Report Shows FBI Procedures Have a Chilling Effect on Whistleblowers
Joe Davidson, The Washington Post
Davidson writes: "Jane Turner loved being a FBI agent. It had been her dream job since she was 13, and she had been a good agent during her 25 years with the bureau. But once she became a whistleblower, the FBI turned on her the way the mob turns on a snitch, by her telling. She wasn't killed, but her career was."
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Afghanistan Officials Sanctioned Murder, Torture and Rape
Emma Graham-Harrison, Guardian UK
Graham-Harrison writes: "Top Afghan officials have presided over murders, abduction, and other abuses with the tacit backing of their government and its western allies, Human Rights Watch says in a new report."
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Tale of Two Droughts: What California, Syria Can Teach About Adaptation Gap
Pete Spotts, The Christian Science Monitor
Spotts writes: "At first glance, California and Syria appear to have little in common other than Mediterranean climates. But two new studies - focusing on severe droughts in these places half a planet apart - highlight a yawning gap in the abilities of developed and many developing countries to adapt to the effects of climate change."
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