GOP Megadonor Leonard Leo Is Bankrolling a Website on the Warpath Against Somalis

Noah Hurowitz

The Maine Wire presents itself as a plucky upstart fighting for the common Mainer, but it’s fueled by powerful right-wing money men.
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An American Company Drilled for Oil in Kenya — and Left Behind Soaring Cancer Rates

Georgia Gee, Nelly Madegwa

Amoco, now part of BP, never cleaned up after its failed oil prospecting mission. Rural Kenyans are suing for a right to a clean environment.
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The Media Just Can’t Help Turning Iran Fighter Jet Rescue Into “Black Hawk Down”

Katherine Krueger

Everyone reported the exact same story at the exact same time — and they all relied on the same liars who got us into this mess.
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How the War Strengthened Iran’s Hand Against the U.S. and Israel

Hooman Majd

Survival of the regime alone was a victory — but its demonstration of control over the Strait of Hormuz may be a strategic game-changer.
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With Trump Threatening Genocide in Iran, Military Must Disobey His Orders, Former Pentagon Officials Say

Nick Turse

“What President Trump is describing as the destruction of ‘a whole civilization’ would be a war crime, plain and simple.”
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Iranian Women Elected to Office in U.S. Reject Trump’s Iran War

Matt Sledge

Netanyahu and Trump have invoked the Woman, Life, Freedom movement to justify war. Politicians like Rep. Yassamin Ansari rejected the idea.
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We Called Out the Pentagon for Undercounting U.S. Casualties in Iran. They Keep Doing It.

Nick Turse

After we exposed what one source called a “casualty cover-up,” the Pentagon offered another lowball count.
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