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January 18, 2020

Hindu Nationalists are Transforming India into an Israel-style Ethnostate

Abdulla Moaswes +972 Magazine

Indians protest against the Citizenship Amendment Act

The Citizenship Amendment Act is the latest repressive step the Indian government has taken against the country’s Muslim minority. By making religion a condition of citizenship, the act is devised to transform India into a Hindutva version of Israel.

January 18, 2020

‘We Are Still Here’: Native Americans Fight to be Counted in US Census

Rebecca Nagle The Guardian

Lizzy Hawley and her sister Ella Hawley in Kivalina, Alaska.

For Native Americans, the census ‘impacts everything,’ from federal funding to political representation. But Native Americans have historically been undercounted; an estimated one in seven Native Americans were not counted in the 2010 US census.

January 17, 2020

Friday Nite Videos | January 17, 2020

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Parnas Implicates Trump & Co. in Ukraine Crimes, and He Has Receipts. Sam Cooke | A Change Is Gonna Come. Why Australia's Fires Are Linked to Floods in Africa. Just Mercy | Movie. Debunking Anti-Vaxxers.

Parnas Implicates Trump & Co. in Ukraine Crimes, and He Has Receipts

January 17, 2020

According to former Giuliani associate Lev Parnas, President Trump "knew exactly what was going on"

Sam Cooke | A Change Is Gonna Come (Official Lyric Video)

January 17, 2020

Song first released on Sam Cooke's 1964 album Ain't That Good News, inspired by Cooke and his entourage being turned away from a whites-only motel in Louisiana. (Wikipedia)

Why Australia's Fires Are Linked to Floods in Africa

January 17, 2020

Fires are normal in Australia. This year was off the charts.

Just Mercy | Movie

January 17, 2020

A true story of official injustice and the long battle for vindication (in theaters now), based on a book by Bryan Stevenson

Debunking Anti-Vaxxers

January 17, 2020

The seven most common anti-vaccination arguments and how to answer them

January 17, 2020

The Truth About the Trump Economy

Joseph E. Stiglitz Project Syndicate

It is becoming conventional wisdom that US President Donald Trump will be tough to beat in November, because, whatever reservations about him voters may have, he has been good for the American economy. Nothing could be further from the truth.

January 17, 2020

Want Out of Jail? First You Have to Take a Fast Food Job.

Anna Wolfe and Michelle Liu Mississippi Today

To pay off fines and other debts, inmates in Mississippi’s little-known restitution centers must work grueling low-wage jobs, pay rent and endure strip searches. Caught between prison and freedom, they often don’t know when they’ll get to go home.