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Mississippi Used Welfare Money To Pay Brett Favre

Ken Dilanian and Laura Strickler NBC
The state auditor says $70 million in federal welfare funds went to Favre, a volleyball complex and a former pro wrestler in a scandal that has rocked Mississippi.

Peace Literacy: Education for Life

H Patricia Hynes Portside
What if all our schools required training in skilled, non-violent conflict resolution as a form of peace literacy and moral awareness for their students. Would that not be one of the most useful education skills for life that we could give them?

Friday Nite Videos | September 2, 2022

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​I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For. Medicine’s Fixation on the Sex Binary. Here’s How Animals Experience the World. This Supreme Court Case Could Determine Who Wins Future Elections. How US Corporations Poisoned This Indigenous Community.

A Justice Department Show of Force in the Mar-a-Lago Case

Scott R. Anderson, Quinta Jurecic and Benjamin Wittes Lawfare
The DOJ's blistering response to Trump's request for a Special Master shows a high level of confidence about the law being on the government’s side and the damning nature of the evidence. It also shows that there’s work yet to be done.

As the World Floods and Burns, It’s Time To Hold Wall Street To Account

Alec Connon and Arielle Swernoff Common Dreams
Flooding in Pakistan is the latest in a long line of climate disasters. Now the 150,000 residents of Jackson, Mississippi were ordered to evacuate as flooding hit the city. This weekend, temperatures in California are projected to hit 115°F.
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