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Yemen: U.S.-Backed Saudi War Is A Destructive Failure

Simon Tisdall The Guardian
Saudi Arabia’s relentless war in Yemen is a destructive failure. The U.S.-backed military intervention that began one year ago has killed an estimated 6,400 people, half of them civilians, injured 30,000, and displaced 2.5 million. According to the UN, 80 percent of the population (20 million people) is now in need of some form of aid. This week the Saudis agreed to a cease fire and peace talks, but will the Obama Administration press them to end the carnage?

Friday Nite Videos -- March 25, 2016

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The New Generation Gap

Joseph E. Stiglitz Project Syndicate
The lives of both old and young, as they are now lived, are different. Their pasts are different, and so are their prospects.

Republican Tax Plan

Either Trump or Cruz's tax plan would be the biggest redistribution of wealth - upward - in the history of the United States.