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Political Crisis in Guatemala Intensifies

Jeff Abbott The Progressive
The recent arrests of opposition candidates, students, and professors have a haunting resonance in Latin America. Nearly three dozen journalists, activists, judges, prosecutors, investigators, and former government officials have been forced to flee.

“The Battle for Global AI Dominance”

Freddy Brewster The Lever
A battle is brewing in the U.S. Copyright Office over artificial intelligence’s use of copyrighted material — and Big Tech is spending millions to ensure they win.

‘Asian American’ Category Obscures Health Disparities

Usha Lee McFarling STAT News
Because Asians in groups at the top earn so much more than those at the bottom, averaging makes it look like many other groups are doing far better than they are. The same is true for health outcomes.

Three Requests for You, Bernie Sanders

Tom Gallagher The Stansbury Forum
Do we really want to go into an election supporting two major foreign wars and asking American taxpayers to pay for them – indefinitely?

Friday Nite Videos | November 24, 2023

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Investigating Buffy Sainte-Marie’s Claims to Indigenous Ancestry. Why Being Bilingual Is Good for Your Brain. Frybread Face and Me | Movie. Chicago's Radical Solution for Broken Tipping Culture. How Israel Created a Water Crisis for Palestinians.

The Pinochet Dictatorship Declassified: Confessions of a DINA Hit Man

National Security Archive National Security Archive
"I accuse the government of Chile of my death,” wrote DINA agent Michael Townley in March 1978, as FBI agents pursued him for the September 1976 car bomb assassination of Orlando Letelier and Ronni Karpen Moffitt in Washington, D.C.
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