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By Elaine Margolin Svetlana Alexievich’s first book, a harrowing oral history of women in World War II, is now available for the first time in English, almost four decades after it was written.

In a new episode of “Scheer Intelligence,” host and Truthdig Editor in Chief Robert Scheer talks with Brian Knappenberger (pictured) about his new documentary on billionaire Peter Thiel’s takedown of Gawker Media.

By Ken Thomas and Julie Pace / Associated Press After Spicer abruptly quits, Sarah Huckabee Sanders is named to replace him.

By Jake Johnson / Common Dreams New analysis shows how corporate bosses rake in huge salaries and bonuses as inequality continues to soar.

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Photo by eflon (CC BY 2.0) Around 9 p.m. on Wednesday, The New York Times released a partial transcript of Donald Trump’s first interview in weeks involving members of the press who aren’t from Fox News. The transcript underscores how Trump’s general incompetence on the issue of health care guarantees an uphill battle for the Republican-led Senate to achieve any sort of accord: TRUMP: But what it does, Maggie, it means it gets tougher and tougher. As they get something, it gets tougher. Because politically, you can’t give it away. Читать дальше...

By Glen Ford / Black Agenda Report Both Justine Damond and Charleena Lyles were killed by cops, but the two deaths are quite different in political and historical terms.

Nerve gas incinerators at Tooele Army Depot in Utah, a site used to demilitarize munitions. (Dave Merrill / CC 2.0) A detailed new report by ProPublica reveals how the U.S. military continues to engage in unsafe methods to destroy hazardous waste at sites across the country, and how this practice is harming nearby communities. The story, which is “the first in a series examining the Pentagon’s oversight of thousands of toxic sites on American soil,” exposes how “outdoor burning and detonation... Читать дальше...