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Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl’s Idaho Hometown Cancels “Welcome Home” Celebration as Backlash Grows; Veteran: Politicians Using Freed POW Bowe Bergdahl as “Chess Piece to Win Political Matches”; Seattle’s Socialist City Council Member Kshama Sawant Hails Historic Vote For $15/Hour Minimum Wage; EPA Moves to Cut Coal Pollution, But Critics Say Plan Falls Short on Real Emissions … Continued
“There Were No Good Options”: Bergdahl Should Get Honorable Discharge, Says Lawyer for Deserters; Is Bowe Bergdahl a Deserter? If Freed POW Left Post, He Joins Ranks of Soldiers Moved by Conscience; 5 Years After Dr. George Tiller’s Murder, A Doctor Braves Threats to Continue Abortions in Wichita. HeadlinesJune 4, 2014 Military to Probe … Continued
Father of Freed U.S. Soldier: “Nobody Can Relate to Guantánamo Prisoners More Than Our Family”; Reporter: Bowe Bergdahl’s Fellow Soldiers Questioned Afghan War More Than He Did; Former Guantánamo Chief Prosecutor Defends American POW-Taliban Prisoner Swap; After Supreme Court Rejects Appeal, Will Obama Jail New York Times Reporter James Risen? HeadlinesJune 3, 2014 Obama … Continued
Former Counterterrorism Czar Richard Clarke: U.S. Drone Program Under Obama “Got Out of Hand”; Ex-Counterterrorism Czar Richard Clarke: Bush, Cheney and Rumsfeld Committed War Crimes. HeadlinesJune 2, 2014 Lone Known U.S. POW in Afghanistan Released in Taliban Prisoner Swap Hagel Rejects GOP Criticism of Prisoner Deal Report: Bergdahl Turned Against Afghan War EPA Seeks … Continued
“A Peace Warrior”: Poet, Civil Rights Activist Maya Angelou Remembered by Sonia Sanchez; The Case for Reparations: Ta-Nehisi Coates on Reckoning With U.S. Slavery & Institutional Racism. HeadlinesMay 29, 2014 Obama Calls for U.S. Military Restraint, But Endorses “Unilateral” Force to Defend “Interests” Sisi Poised for Overwhelming Egypt Election Win Amidst Low Turnout Indian … Continued
Obama Extends Nation’s Longest War to 2016, Leaving Afghan Civilians in U.S.-Taliban Crossfire; In Aiding Rescue of Kidnapped Schoolgirls in Nigeria, Will U.S. Expand Military Foothold in Africa? Egyptian Regime Scrambles to Boost Low Turnout in Election Sealing General Sisi’s Grip on Power. HeadlinesMay 28, 2014 Obama: U.S. to End Afghan Occupation in 2016 … Continued
Will Election Unite Ukraine? Dozens Killed in Airport Battle as President-Elect Vows Russia Talks; #YesAllWomen: Rebecca Solnit on the Santa Barbara Massacre & Viral Response to Misogynist Violence. HeadlinesMay 27, 2014 Gunman Who Vowed “War on Women” Kills 6 in California Nigerian Official Says Location of Missing Girls Known Report: U.S. Creating Commando Units … Continued
Remembering Vincent Harding, the Civil Rights Activist Who Wrote MLK’s Speech Against Vietnam War. HeadlinesMay 23, 2014 Records Show Close Monitoring of Occupy Protests by Fusion Centers Thailand: Army Summons Political Figures After Coup Ukraine: Fighting Kills 13 Soldiers Ahead of Election Syria, Russia Veto Resolution to Send Syrian Conflict to ICC U.S. House … Continued
