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Posted Sep 16, 2020
Coalition Organizes to Protect Election Results As Trump Says He Won’t Accept Defeat
Interview with Sean Eldridge, founder and president of Stand Up America, conducted by Scott Harris
Posted Sep 16, 2020
Trump’s Brazen, Pre-Emptive Attack on Rule of Law: U.S. Imposes Sanctions on International Criminal Court
Interview with Daniel Balson, advocacy director for Europe and Central Asia with Amnesty International USA, conducted by Melinda Tuhus
Posted Sep 16, 2020
Post 9/11 U.S. Wars Have Created at Least 37 Million Refugees
Interview with David Vine, professor of political anthropology at American University, conducted by Scott Harris
Posted Sep 16, 2020
This Week’s Under-reported News Summary – Sept. 16, 2020
Compiled by Bob Nixon
- Russia ready to help ease Turkey-Greece tensions
- Stopping the coronavirus test mess
- Climate legacy of racist housing policies
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This Week’s Under-reported News Summary – Sept. 9, 2020
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As Nov. 3 approaches, will the Dems fumble again?
The Resistance Roundtable panel discusses the rocky path to a Democratic victory on November 3. Guest Valerie Horsely, co-CEO of Action Together CT, talks about her GOTV work in urban, suburban and rural districts of Connecticut.
Panel: Scott Harris, Ruthanne Baumgartner and Richard Hill
Stephen Cohen's biggest crime was being right about Russia, at the wrong time. US Establishment marginalized Cohen for rightly denouncing Yeltsin regime and its backers in DC and in the US media. His final crime was challenging today's New Cold War lunacy
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Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Supreme Court’s Feminist Icon, Is Dead at 87
The second woman appointed to the Supreme Court, Justice Ginsburg’s pointed and powerful dissenting opinions earned her late-life rock stardom.
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Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Champion Of Gender Equality, Dies At 87
Ginsburg, the second woman to serve on the Supreme Court, died from complications from cancer. Her death will set in motion what promises to be a tumultuous political battle over who will succeed her.
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