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Ebony Slaughter-Johnson

Ebony Slaughter-Johnson is a research assistant with the Criminalization of Poverty project at the Institute for Policy Studies.

• American justice now feels laughable
• The end of a tenuous alliance for police reform

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Seán Edwards

Edwards writes for Socialist Voice, a monthly publication from Dublin, Ireland, published by the Communist party of Ireland.

• ‘Fossil capitalism’ opens new geological epoch: The Anthropocene

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Ben Cowles

Ben Cowles is deputy features editor and gaming columnist at the Morning Star, the socialist daily newspaper published in Great Britain.

• Sea Watch 3 refugee rescue ship detained in Italy again for ‘saving too many lives’
• At least 15 refugees dead in Mediterranean shipwreck

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Michael Moore, filmmaker

Filmmaker. Writer. Citizen. Podcaster. Listen to his podcast “Rumble with Michael Moore” on Apple & Spotify. Sign up for his free newsletter at https://www.michaelmoore.com/

• My endorsement of Bernie Sanders
• Dear Gov. Snyder: Syrian refugees are welcome in my home

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Miriam Pemberton

Miriam Pemberton is a Research Fellow at the Institute for Policy Studies. She directs its Peace Economy Transitions Project which focuses on helping to build the foundations of a postwar...

• Trump’s budget: Feeling safer yet?
• Trump’s phony populism on military spending

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Bill Waren

Bill Waren is senior trade analyst at Friends of the Earth. He works to protect the environment from the negative impact of international trade and investment agreements.

• Five ways the Trade in Services Agreement threatens public health and environment

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Jon Goodan

Jon Goodan writes from Atlanta, Georgia.

• “Westworld”: First season offers intrigue, social critique

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Behzad Navid

Behzad Navid writes on international topics for People's Voice, Canada's leading socialist newspaper. Prolétaires de tous les pays, unissez-vous! Otatoskewak ota kitaskinakh mamawentotan! Workers of all lands, unite!

• Secret audio tape exposes new info on 1988 Iran massacre

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Lisa Linda Natividad

Dr. Lisa Linda Natividad is an assistant professor at the University of Guam (Univetsedat Guahan) in the College of Natural and Applied Sciences and an activist in the cause of peace and...

• Guam still bearing the burdens of U.S. occupation

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