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A sense of justice is just human nature

Daniel Sznycer - The Conversation
A Syrian refugee girl holds her brother as she walks at an informal refugee camp, at Al-Marj town in Bekaa valley, east Lebanon Lebanon, Saturday, April 8, 2017. For the millions of Syrian refugees scattered across camps and illegal settlements across the region, the chemical attack on a town in northern Syria and subsequent U.S. strike was a rare moment when the world briefly turned its attention to Syria, before turning away again. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar) (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

How the rich punish the poor

Vijay Prashad - Alternet
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Litterbug? We'll take your car

Joanna Rothkopf
The execution chamber at the Utah State Prison after Ronnie Lee Gardner was executed by firing squad Friday, June 18, 2010. (Reuters/Trent Nelson)

GOP's firing squad idiocy

Alessandro Camon
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Daniel DeFraia - GlobalPost
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