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The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) Created a Drama at the World Cup

The ADL, that could be nicknamed the Apartheid Defense League accused Australian referee Shaun Evans of making an upside‑down “OK” hand gesture during a live broadcast—something the ADL considers…

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Education in the Era of a New Aristocracy: Tocqueville and the Commodification of Democratic Opportunity in the United States

Alexis de Tocqueville's warning in Democracy in America remains one of the most insightful critiques of the…

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Don’t Forget Gaza: 377,000 Missing, Half of Them Children

A new report published by Quds News Network, based on data from the Harvard Dataverse, reveals that approximately 377,000 people from Gaza’s pre‑genocide population of 2.227…

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Solar News This Week - June 14, 2026

Solar capacity up 20 percent from last summer

Utility-scale solar generation is expected to increase 19 percent this summer compared with last summer, reflecting a 20…

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Governor DeWine says abolish the death penalty!

This morning Governor DeWine made his long-awaited remarks about the death penalty. He was thoughtful, deliberate and well-reasoned in why he's changed his mind on the death penalty.

"With the dramatic drop in people being executed, and the over two-decade wait time for those who are executed, it is hard to make the case for the death penalty being a deterrent...I believe Ohio should abolish the death penalty." -Governor DeWine

The governor's remarks came with data points backing up his rationale. You can watch the press conference

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A Trumpless Kennedy Center; An Election At Risk; Creating New Media; Spielberg's ETs

From executive madness to stolen elections, media attack & extraterrestrials, GREEP #270 blows our minds.

With first-person persistence MYLA RESON reports on her viewing of the removal of Donald Trump’s name from the Kennedy Center.…

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The U.S. Labor Movement as a Force for Peace and International Cooperation

Although the U.S. labor movement is sometimes depicted as hawkish and xenophobic, this characterization ignores its repeated attempts to grapple with the global problem of war.

On June 9, 2026, for example, delegates at the annual national…

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Trump’s Cage Fight Genius

Just when the Democrats thought they had it clinched because of high gas prices from the “little excursion” in Iran, Trump pulls off one of the most brilliant political moves of the last 60 years: a UFC match on the White House Lawn.

It’s a…

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Disaster in the Arabian Gulf

Donald Trump, who managed to evade the draft during the Vietnam War, said recently that he wanted to be a ‘wartime president.’ He was clearly thinking of brass bands, fancy uniforms, medals and snappy honor guards to compliment his continental-…

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