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Eritrea-Ethiopia Peace Treaty Ends Decades of Border Conflict

V. Arun Kumar Dawn News
Ethiopia agreed to a border commission study that awarded most of the territory disputed by the two countries to Eritrea, ending a state of conflict that followed a 1998-2000 war that cost 80,000 lives and displaced more than 6 million people.

These Are the Corporations Behind Trump’s Muslim Ban

Saqib Bhatti and Molly Gott In These Times
The Action Center on Race and the Economy (ACRE) and LittleSis have released a report, Ban Them: Taking on the Corporations Behind the Muslim Ban, which looks at the companies that profit off anti-Muslim and anti-immigrant policies

The War on Assange Is a War on Press Freedom

Chris Hedges Truthdig
head shot of Assange The extradition of the publisher—the maniacal goal of the U.S. government—would set a legal precedent that would criminalize any journalistic oversight or investigation of the corporate state. It would turn leaks and whistleblowing into treason.

The Kavanaugh Nomination and Labor

Sharon Block On Labor
Kavanaugh’s record demonstrates consistent support for the interests of employers and a lack of concern for the interests of workers and the government agencies that come to the D.C. Circuit to protect workers’ rights.

How Purges Threaten to Disenfranchise Voters Under the Radar

Kevin Morris Brennan Center for Justice
More people are being purged now than at any time in the past decade. Much of this increase coincided with a landmark decision handed down by the Supreme Court in 2013. Shelby County v. Holder struck at the heart of the 1965 Voting Rights Act
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