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Allende’s Last Speech

Salvador Allende Jacobin
Salvador Allende was killed 45 years ago today in a US-backed coup. Here's his final address, broadcast over the radio while he was barricaded in the presidential palace.

Trump Administration Orders Closure of Palestinian Office

Matthew Lee and Susannah George AP
Palestinian official Saeb Erekat said the move was“yet another affirmation of the Trump administration’s policy to collectively punish the Palestinian people,including by cutting financial support for humanitarian services including health&education"

USA Interference in Foreign Countries

Joseph B. Atkins Portside
In 2017 MSNBC ran 1,385 broadcasts on Russia and its political meddling. I wonder what the average Honduran today thinks about U.S. corporate media’s obsessive coverage of alleged Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election.

Alternative Schools Bear the Brunt of Student Deaths in Chicago

Kalyn Belsha and Cayla Clements Chicago Reporter
Some 425 Chicago public school students died between the 2013-14 and 2016-17 school years. One in four attended an alternative high school, though these schools accounted for only around 2 percent of the district’s enrollment.

The Trump Administration’s Continued Attack on Science

Romany Webb and Lauren Kurtz Climate Law Blog - Sabin Center for Climate Change Law
When this tracker was launched, we had 96 entries, almost two attempts to silence science each week during the 14 months after President Trump was elected. Since then, the Trump administration’s attacks on science have accelerated.
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