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At Long Last, Ban Weaponized Drones
Former President Barack Obama recently tweeted that the day of a school shooting was the worst day of his presidency. Well, it certainly shouldn’t have been a good day, but, seriously, what the filibuster? Was it a bad day because children were…
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Major Ohio CEOs made 322 times pay of typical employee in 2020, per report by Policy Matters Ohio
Fifty-four of Ohio’s largest employers paid their CEOs a median of 322 times what they paid the typical employee in 2020, according to a new report by Policy Matters Ohio.
The federal Dodd-Frank Act requires publicly traded…
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Palestinian Human Rights Update - December 2021
The biggest news story over the past few weeks has been the continued exposing of the Israeli military’s use of dirty tech to surveil Palestinians, and the extent to which Israeli-made spyware is used globally by oppressive governments. As JVP…
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Busting Myths: The triumph of the new “fake news” in the legitimate press
Former president Donald Trump popularized the phrase “fake news” as one of his terms of universal condemnation for any reporting—or stated facts—with which he disagreed, regardless of their accuracy. It became one of his rhetorical trademarks to…
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