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Right-Wing Snowflakes Love to Whine About Free Speech - This Socialist (Eugene Debs) Went to Jail for It
Matthew Rozsa, Salon
Rozsa writes: "Socialist Eugene Debs stood up for freedom of speech and went to prison - and then ran for president from his cell."
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Jelani Cobb | The Atrocity of American Gun Culture
Jelani Cobb, The New Yorker
Cobb writes: "After mass shootings like those in Uvalde and Buffalo, pro-gun officials say they don't want to politicize tragedy. But the circumstances that allow for the mass murder of children are inherently political."
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Ukraine: 200 Bodies Found in Basement in Mariupol's Ruins
Elena Becatoros, Oleksandr Stashevskyi and Ricardo Mazalan, Associated Press
Excerpt: "Workers digging through the rubble of an apartment building in Mariupol found 200 bodies in the basement."
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Jerusalem Flag March: Israeli Nationalists Stream Through Muslim Quarter
Raffi Berg, BBC News
Berg writes: "The Palestinian presidency said Israel was 'playing with fire.' It comes at a time of particularly high tensions following months of deadly incidents."
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How FEMA Helps White and Rich Americans Escape Floods
Thomas Frank, POLITICO
Frank writes: "City planner John Morck had an ambitious plan to fix a chronic flood problem - and a racial injustice."
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Early Cancer Screening Saves Lives. Congress Needs to Act.
Susanna Quinn, The Daily Beast
Quinn writes: "The government could make state-of-the-art cancer screening available to millions of Americans. What's the hold up?"
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Beekeepers and Communists: How Environmentalists Started a Global Conversation
Geoffrey Lean, Guardian UK
Lean writes: "The world's longest serving environment correspondent explains the origins of a slow and continuing journey."
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Special Coverage: Ukraine, A Historic Resistance
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