In the news, Tuesday, November 20, 2018

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from AP  Associated Press - Media/News Company

Possible Russian president of Interpol raises alarm in West

Two prominent Kremlin critics warned Tuesday that electing a top Russian police official to be president of Interpol would undermine the international law enforcement agency and politicize police cooperation across borders. Bill Browder, who runs an investment fund that had once operated in Moscow, and oligarch-turned-dissident Mikhail Khodorkovsky told reporters in London that President Vladimir Putin has tried to use Interpol to hunt down critics such as themselves. Having a Russian lead the agency could intensify such efforts to silence dissent, they said.

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from FEE (Foundation for Economic Education)

RIGHT-CENTER BIAS, HIGH, non-profit organization

The Idea That the US Has a "Free Market" Health Care System Is Pure Fantasy
According to the World Health Organization, US per capita government spending on health care is the fourth highest in the world.

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from Miami Herald

Leonard Pitts Jr.: Republicans cheated to win, and we all lost

The Voting Rights Act once provided at least some protection against voter suppression. But in 2013, the Supreme Court cut out its heart, a section that prevented places with a history of discrimination from changing their voting laws without federal approval. Writing for the majority, Chief Justice John Roberts justified the decision by noting how much progress has been made toward ensuring the right to vote since the Act was passed in 1965. In effect, he said that because the VRA worked, it was no longer needed. As Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg noted in her dissent, this was “like throwing away your umbrella in a rainstorm because you are not getting wet.”

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from The Spokesman-Review

Newspaper in Spokane, Washington

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