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Dheepan Review - Tamil Tiger Lose in the Urban Jungle Makes Powerful thriller

Andrew Pulver The Guardian
It begins with a short sequence in Sri Lanka: the civil war is over, the Liberation Tigers are burning their dead comrades’ bodies and swapping fatigues for civilian clothes to try and melt into the general population. In a refugee camp, a young woman is looking for unaccompanied children to be part of a hastily thrown together fake family, to help one such fighter get clear of the battle zone and into Europe.

Nestle Just Gained Control Over This Town's Water for the Next 45 Years

Nathan Wellman US Uncut
There has never been a contract that ties up local water resources for such a long period of time in American history. Water activists worry that this could set a precedent for future corporate attempts to take water from rural towns for extended periods of time.

The Coming Consensus

Corey Robin Jacobin
Bernie Sanders's Democratic Platform Committee picks reflect growing support for Palestine.

'He Brutalized For You'

Michael Kruse Politico
How Joseph McCarthy henchman Roy Cohn became Donald Trump's mentor.

The First Decoration Day

David W. Blight Zinn Education Project
Pride of place as the first large scale ritual of Decoration Day, therefore, goes to African Americans in Charleston. By their labor, their words, their songs, and their solemn parade of flowers and marching feet on their former owners’ race course, they created for themselves, and for us, the Independence Day of the Second American Revolution.

Google unveils top food trends

Monica Watrous Food Business News
The 2016 Google Food Trends report confirmed consumers are seeking out functional ingredients, global flavors and customizable snacks, and revealed a few surprise findings, too