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As Schools See Hate-Fueled Attacks Rise, Millions Demand Trump Speak Out

‘The presidency is about many things,’ groups declare in letter to president-elect. ‘Chiefly, it is about setting an example through your leadership.’

Deirdre Fulton
Par Deirdre Fulton
Washington area high school students sitting on a park bench, from left, Makeda Lydia, 14, Sarah Tewodros, 14 and Serwah Lydia, 17, protest on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Nov. 15, 2016. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Facing increased reports of hate-fueled harassment, vandalism, property destruction, and assault in the wake of Donald Trump's election last week, more than 100 faith, labor, and civil rights groups on Friday sent a letter to the president-elect, urging him to "loudly, forcefully, unequivocally, and consistently" denounce such acts. The

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Netanyahu To Tell Trump Not To Cancel Iran Nuclear Deal

Israel’s push for sanctions on Iran is never meant to actually change Iranian policy, as they always oppose removing any sanctions irrespective of the reason.

Jason Ditz
Par Jason Ditz
Israeli premier Benjamin Netanyahu sits awaiting his meeting with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry at Villa Taverna in Rome, Italy, Monday, June 27, 2016.

Israeli officials have told reporters that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is talking with his national security team on making plans for exactly what they’re going to demand President-elect Donald Trump do to Iran. Surprisingly, it’s not going to include killing the P5+1 nuclear deal. After a solid year of railing against the P5+1 nuclear

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Sanders’ Indigenous Adviser Kept In Dog Kennel At Dakota Access Pipeline Protest

« Native people are being hurt right now. There were people being maced and tasered again yesterday. These things are happening. »

teleSUR
Par teleSUR
Tara Houska, national campaign director for Honor the Earth and former Sanders advisor. (Photo: Not Your Mascots)

North Dakota police brutally assaulted a protester of the Dakota Access pipeline Thursday, as Bernie Sanders’ Native American advisor was zip-tied and kept in what she described as a dog kennel. Activist media site Unicorn Riot, which has been on the scene since April, tweeted a video of a protester roughed up on Thursday in the state capital

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Why Russia Just Quit The International Criminal Court

Now that it has become clear that not even the United States will be immune from the ICC’s jurisdiction, Russia has evidently made a decision to escape trial while it still can.

Darius Shahtahmasebi
Par Darius Shahtahmasebi
Russian President Vladimir Putin is seen during his speech with a special message after his telephone conversation with U.S. President Barack Obama at the Novo-Ogaryovo residence outside Moscow, Russia, Monday, Feb. 22, 2016. The U.N. special envoy for Syria, Staffan de Mistura, says the cease-fire reached by the United States and Russia and set to begin at midnight Saturday in Syria gives the two world powers the task of making sure that everyone else abides by it, too. (Mikhail Klimentyev/ Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

Just days after the International Criminal Court (ICC) decided the United States and CIA may face trial for war crimes over alleged abuses committed in Afghanistan, Russia has preemptively avoided the ICC’s jurisdiction for its own alleged abuses. It has formally withdrawn from the ICC. Under a directive signed by Russian President Vladimir

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Meet The Candidate For Attorney General Who’s Hunted Quail With Corporate Donors

Donald Trump has bashed “puppets” who court the Koch brothers. A Kansas official on his shortlist for U.S. attorney general shot pheasant and clay pigeons with one of their lobbyists.

Sarah Smith
Par Sarah Smith
In this Monday, Jan. 12, 2015 photo, Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach presides over the Kansas House while new members are sworn in during the opening day of the Kansas legislature in Topeka, Kan. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, File)

While Donald Trump was running for the White House, he bashed politicians who courted the billionaire Koch brothers as "puppets" and vowed to "drain the swamp" in Washington by squelching cozy relationships between lobbyists and elected officials. Take, for example, Kris Kobach, the Kansas secretary of state, who is reportedly on the short list

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Edward Snowden: Stop Letting Facebook Control Your News

“I don’t think many people need to have this explained to them, that when you type something into the Google search box, it’s Google that decides what you get back. When you go to your Facebook page, it’s Facebook that decides what news it is that you see on your page.

Josie Wales
Par Josie Wales
Facebook

In an attempt to rationalize the fact that Donald Trump has been elected as the next president of the United States, a growing movement is lashing out against “fake news sites,” even labeling them responsible for the election results. Earlier this week, a document “False, Misleading, Clickbait-y, and/or Satirical ‘News’ Sources” was uploaded to

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