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Paul Krugman | The Plot Against Health Care 
A demonstrator last year in Berryville, Va. (photo: Tom Williams/AP)
Paul Krugman, The New York Times
Krugman writes: "Whatever qualms voters may have had about Obamacare, a strong majority want to keep and expand the gains in coverage that America has achieved since the law went into effect."
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Shuttered businesses line a downtown street in Detroit, Michigan. (photo: Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
Shuttered businesses line a downtown street in Detroit, Michigan. (photo: Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

UN: US Inequality Reaching a Dangerous Level Due to Trump's 'Cruel' Measures
Ed Pilkington, Guardian UK
Pilkington writes: "A scorching report on poverty finds that the Trump administration's ‘systematic attack on welfare program’ will leave millions deprived of food and healthcare."
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Scott Pruitt head of the EPA. (photo: AP)
Scott Pruitt head of the EPA. (photo: AP)

EPA's Pruitt Spent $1,560 on 12 Customized Fountain Pens From Washington Jewelry Store
Brady Dennis and Juliet Eilperin, The Washington Post
Excerpt: "The account manager at the Tiny Jewel Box, which calls itself Washington’s 'premier destination for fine jewelry and watches,' had promised to expedite the order of a dozen customized silver fountain pens — each emblazoned with the seal of the Environmental Protection Agency and the signature of its leader, Scott Pruitt."
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The Trump administration's zero-tolerance policy has led to more mass trials like this one in a federal courthouse in Pecos, Texas. (photo: Federal Courthouse of Pecos, TX)
The Trump administration's zero-tolerance policy has led to more mass trials like this one in a federal courthouse in Pecos, Texas. (photo: Federal Courthouse of Pecos, TX)

Leaked Photo Reveals 'Mass Trial' of Immigrants in Texas
Fernando Ramirez, Chron
Ramirez writes: "A recently leaked image shows dozens of immigrants in orange jumpsuits, their hands and feet shackled, undergoing a 'mass trial' in Pecos, Texas, a small town roughly 70 miles southwest of Odessa."
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Boeing Assembly line workers. (photo: Paul J. Richardson/Getty Images)
Boeing Assembly line workers. (photo: Paul J. Richardson/Getty Images)

South Carolina Boeing Workers Stand Up to 'Goliath,' Vote for Unionization
Elham Khatami, ThinkProgress
Khatami writes: "Flight-line workers at Boeing's South Carolina plant pushed back against the company's executive team in voting overwhelmingly in favor of unionization Thursday, marking a rare win for organized labor in the South."
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 Presidential candidate Ivan Duque and Senator Uribe during the campaign rally. (photo: Reuters)
Presidential candidate Ivan Duque and Senator Uribe during the campaign rally. (photo: Reuters)

Colombia: Uribe-Linked Massacres Deemed Crimes Against Humanity
teleSUR
Excerpt: "Colombia's Supreme Court of Justice has declared several criminal acts, which were part of an ongoing investigation against the country's former president and legislator Alvaro Uribe, crimes against humanity."
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A wildfire near Santa Barbara, California. (photo: John Newman/US Forest Service)
A wildfire near Santa Barbara, California. (photo: John Newman/US Forest Service)

How Climate Change Ignites Wildfires From California to South Africa
Olivia Rosane, EcoWatch
Rosane writes: "The link between climate change and more frequent, severe wildfires is well-known, but two new studies published in Geophysical Research Letters this month provided more insight into exactly how warming temperatures are increasing fire risk around the world."
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