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Speakers' Corner Chernynkaya - October 17, 2011 1

News and opinion from around US-opolis for Monday, October 17, 2011

The One Percent: Who Are They? What Do They Do? How Much Do They Have?

Speakers' Corner MurphTheSurf3 - October 16, 2011 20

“Though diverse in many ways what the One Percents have in common is the extraordinary amount of the nation’s wealth they control.”

The greatest sporting event you’ve never heard of — the Rugby World Cup

Speakers' Corner Haruko Haruhara - October 15, 2011 10

The biggest sporting event in the world is probably the Olympics. The next biggest is the FIFA World Cup. The next biggest is something...

Born This Way?

Speakers' Corner Caru - October 14, 2011 21

Stating that gay people were born with their orientation seems like the perfect counter to the conservative argument that being gay is a choice, but this life-affirming rebuttal opens the door to other attacks.

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News and opinion from around US-opolis for Friday, October 14, 2011

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Speakers' Corner Chernynkaya - October 13, 2011 4

News and opinion from around US-opolis for Thursday, October 13, 2011

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News and opinion from around US-opolis for Wednesday, October 12, 2011

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News and opinion from around US-opolis for Tuesday, October 11, 2011

A Brief History of Islam, Part 1: Pre-Islamic Arabia – The Death of the Prophet

Speakers' Corner ADONAI - October 9, 2011 5

لا إله إلا الله ، وأن محمدا رسول الله.( There is no god but Allah, and Muhammad is the messenger of Allah.) ~Sunni Shahada The Arab...

Occupy Wall Street Could Be a Seminal Moment … Or It Couldn’t

Speakers' Corner Marion - October 7, 2011 58

When the London (and other English cities)riots rampaged earlier this year, I read with droll amusement, the armchair activist quarterbacks' wistful comments in Huffington Post...

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U.S. Energy Secretary Pledges to Reverse Focus on Climate Change

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Covid-19: Enduring Images of a Global Crisis, 5 Years On

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Russian Forces Depleted and Stalling on Eastern Front, Ukraine Says

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Trump’s Attacks Give Zelensky a Popularity Boost in Ukraine

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Everyone Has a Plan for Gaza. None of Them Add Up.

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How Kyrsten Sinema's decision makes Democrats' 2024 Senate map tighter

Arizona Sen. Kyrsten Sinema decided to shake up the political world on Friday by becoming an independent. The former Democrat is still caucusing with the party in the Senate, so the Democratic caucus still has 51 members. Now, instead of 49 Democrats and two independents within their ranks, the caucus has 48 Democrats and three independents. [...]

Meet the woman steering Biden's bipartisan winning streak on Capitol Hill

The Biden administration managed to rack up a long list of major legislative wins in its first two years despite facing one of the most closely-divided Congresses in history. From bipartisan action on infrastructure, gun safety and same-sex marriage to party-line bills tackling climate change and expanding health care coverage, it's a record President Joe Biden and Democrats on the ballot were all eager to tout on the campaign trail during the midterms. [...]

CNN Political Briefing

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The Axe Files with David Axelrod

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Margins of Error

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The notable legal clouds that continue to hang over Donald Trump

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The fine print of the Respect for Marriage Act

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Everything you need to know about Biden's student loan forgiveness program

President Joe Biden's federal student loan forgiveness program, which promises to deliver up to $20,000 of debt relief for millions of borrowers, is on hold indefinitely as legal challenges work their way through the courts. [...]

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US expects 'substantial progress' in peace talks with Ukraine

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Carney talks tough on Trump threat - but can he reset US-Canada relations?

Canada's next PM, who described the US as a "country we can no longer trust", will need to work with the US president. [...]

Syria says operation against Assad loyalists over after deadly violence

A monitoring group says 973 civilians have been killed in revenge attacks against the Alawite sect since Thursday. [...]

Stocks slide as Trump warns of US economy 'transition'

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Romanian far-right populist appeals against poll ban

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Hundreds of flights cancelled as strikes hit German airports

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Athol Fugard: Death of a great South African playwright

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North Korean hackers cash out hundreds of millions from $1.5bn ByBit hack

Hackers from the infamous Lazarus Group are in a cat-and-mouse game to launder their stolen funds from the ByBit heist. [...]

Explosive-laden caravan plot was a hoax, say Australian police

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The Daily Planet, Vol. 151

The One Percent: Who Are They? What Do They Do? How Much Do They Have?

The greatest sporting event you’ve never heard of — the Rugby World Cup

Born This Way?

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The Daily Planet, Vol. 148

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A Brief History of Islam, Part 1: Pre-Islamic Arabia – The Death of the Prophet

Occupy Wall Street Could Be a Seminal Moment … Or It Couldn’t

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