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Robert Barr

Robert Barr writes for Associated Press from London, England.

• Best-known theoretical physicist of his time, Stephen Hawking, dies

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Ben Jamal

Ben Jamal is director of the London based Palestine Solidarity Campaign.

• Jewish nation-state law ends any claim of a democratic Israel
• Rubbing salt into Palestine’s wounds

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John R. Platt

Environmental journalist covering endangered species, climate, pollution and related topics. Editor, "Revelator News."

• The fossil fuel divestment movement is on fire
• 18 new books on climate change, sustainability, women environmentalists

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Evan Sedgwick-Jell

Evan Sedgwick-Jell is politically active in a number of left-wing movements, and currently focusing on the topics of migration, racism, asylum policy, and ideology. Having received his bachelors in History...

• Germany’s “socialists” enter another “grand coalition” with conservatives

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Chris Garlock

Chris Garlock is coordinator, Union Cities Program, and director, D.C. Labor FilmFest, for the Metro Washington D.C. Council AFL-CIO.

• Protesters call Reagan’s induction into Labor Hall of Honor a “shame”

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Kátia Moraes

Kátia Moraes began her career in Rio de Janeiro in the 1980s with her band “O Espírito da Coisa.” Since then she has performed and/or recorded with top Brazilian and...

• An immigration musicale in the making: The South American way

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Flávio Casoy, MD

Flavio Casoy is a community and emergency psychiatrist and a Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association.

• Mental health services cannot prevent mass shootings
• Markets and medicine: Behind the rising cost of prescription drugs

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Richard Fowler

Richard Fowler is a senior associate at the American Federation of Teachers (AFT). He is also a diversity representative on the national executive board of PRIDE@WORK.

• AFT’s Weingarten visits West Virginia teachers during statewide walkout

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David Swanson

David Swanson is an author, activist, journalist, and radio host. He is director of WorldBeyondWar.org and campaign coordinator for RootsAction.org. Swanson’s books include "War Is A Lie" and "When the...

• Billboards opposing drone wars going up all over Syracuse, NY

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