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Book Review: How Plagues Are Intertwined With Social Justice
Conor Gallagher
Conor here: I think the question posed at the end is one a lot of people are working through, and none of the answers are reassuring. By Ramin Skibba, an astrophysicist turned science writer and fre ...[Continue Reading]
Nakedcapitalism.com
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Phone calls, records suggest some Cornell students tried to contain rape allegations
Aaron Katersky, Josh Margolin, Tonya Simpson, Peter Charalambous
Some of the fraternity brothers later accused of sexual assault at Cornell University attempted to contain the allegations in the weeks following the incident, apparently worried about what would hap ...[Continue Reading]
Abcnews.com
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White nationalisms appeal runs deeper than partisanpolitics
Patrick Egan, Joshua A. Tucker, James Bisbee
As Americans prepared to celebrate the nations 250th birthday on the morning of July 4, sobering images flashed across their phones and TV screens. Hundreds of masked men marched the streets of Washi ...[Continue Reading]
Salon
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An El Niofueled ocean wave could raise California flood risks as Floridas vaccine debate sparks outbreak concerns
Rachel Feltman, Andrea Thompson, Adam Kovac, Fonda Mwangi, Jeffery DelViscio
Rachel Feltman: Happy Monday, listeners! And by my personal standards, Happy Halloween. It's October. It's Halloween all month. For Scientific Americans Science Quickly, Im Rachel Feltman. Youre l ...[Continue Reading]
Scientific American
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Democrats Are Struggling to Beat Susan Collins. You Can (Still) Blame One Man.
Ian Prasad Philbrick
Sign up for the Slatest to get the most insightful analysis, criticism, and advice out there, delivered to your inbox daily. Democrats hoping to retake the U.S. Senate have been enjoying a run of go ...[Continue Reading]
Slate Magazine
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Yemen forces claim to seize Dhubab, sites near Bab al-Mandeb from Houthis
Al Jazeera Staff
The army of Yemens internationally recognised government says it has seized control of the Dhubab district and key positions near the Bab al-Mandeb Strait, a day after the government announced the la ...[Continue Reading]
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