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India’s Vaccine Makers Are Pandemic Profiteers, Not HumanitariansAparna GopalanThe Indian government’s free-market approach to vaccine distribution has privileged profit over lives.
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I Visited a Chinese Lab at the Center of a Biosafety Debate. What I Learned Helps Explain the Clash Over Covid-19’s Origins.Mara HvistendahlWe should let science and evidence prevail while recognizing that science, like other disciplines, is shaped by competing interests.
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Bolivian Ex-Minister of Defense Plotted a Second Coup Using U.S. MercenariesLaurence Blair, Ryan GrimLeaked phone recordings and emails reveal a top official was prepared to use foreign troops to block Bolivia’s left-wing MAS party from returning to power.
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Hacked Emails Give Unfiltered View Into the D.C. Police Gang DatabaseChris GelardiThe emails reveal how the Metropolitan Police Department’s gang database is connected to other flawed tough-on-crime initiatives.
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U.S. Sanctions on Cuba and Venezuela Hamper the Global Fight Against Covid-19Cole StanglerCritics say the sanctions undermine U.S. ambitions to vaccinate the world, while new polling shows a clear majority favors a policy change.
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ICE Discussed Punishing Immigrant Advocates for Peaceful ProtestsJosé Olivares, John WashingtonInternal documents show how ICE surveilled immigrant advocates’ protest activities — and floated retaliating against them for it.
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House Takes First Step to Claw Back War Powers From White HouseSara SirotaRepublicans join Democrats to repeal the 2002 resolution that authorized the invasion of Iraq.
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The G7 Upheld Vaccine Apartheid. Officials From the “Global South” Are Pushing Back.Natasha LennardA summit of government ministers is trying to tackle the inequities of Covid-19 vaccine distribution that could cost millions of lives.
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Biden’s Defense Budget Is a Big Win for Hypersonic Weapons ContractorsSara SirotaThe fiscal year 2022 proposal includes $3.8 billion for the ultrafast weapons, but some arms control experts question their effectiveness.
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Recent Covid-19 Spike in Immigration Detention Was a Problem of ICE’s Own MakingFelipe De La HozThe increase coincided with ICE’s decision to transfer people through a Mississippi facility where coronavirus cases were exploding.
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Join us Thursday, June 24, for a timely discussion with Daniel Ellsberg and others on the dangers of treating whistleblowers as spies and the future of the Espionage Act. 
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Joe Manchin Gets Candid With Billionaire Donors in Leaked AudioDeconstructedSen. Joe Manchin reveals his thoughts on the filibuster in a leaked Zoom call with fundraisers.
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