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#  IMPORTANT READS

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### Corporate Monopolies Are Controlling Prices. Let’s Do Something

Written by Wenonah Hauter on April 28 2022.

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## ['Journalism Is Not a Crime': Outrage as Judge Approves Assange Extradition to US](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=24372:journalism-is-not-a-crime-outrage-as-judge-approves-assange-extradition-to-us&catid=9)

The judge's new and widely expected procedural order, the culmination of a drawn-out legal battle, places the final decision on Assange's extradition…

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Written by Emily Hoeven on April 18 2022.

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Written by Mel Gurtov on April 18 2022.

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Written by Roger Monroe on April 14 2022.

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Written by Lindsay Koshgarian on April 14 2022.

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Written by Jim Hightower on April 14 2022.

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Written by Patrick Range McDonald on April 07 2022.

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Written by Joel Kotkin on April 04 2022.

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Written by Joel Kotkin on March 27 2022.

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