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LaVena Johnson, 19 years old. She was found dead in her tent in Iraq in 2005. She had a broken nose, black eye, loose teeth, burns from a corrosive chemical on her genitals to cover evidence of rape, and a gunshot wound. The United States government ruled her death a "suicide."
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Today marks 60 years since the US began its air war on the Democratic Republic of Vietnam (DRV), commonly known as North Vietnam.
This move effectively escalated US involvement in the Vietnam War—a bloody war that the US would continue to wage for another decade.
Undeterred by the US bombing campaigns, the NLF would go on to continue its liberation struggle until the last US aircraft left the Southeast Asian country in 1975.
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This move effectively escalated US involvement in the Vietnam War—a bloody war that the US would continue to wage for another decade.
Undeterred by the US bombing campaigns, the NLF would go on to continue its liberation struggle until the last US aircraft left the Southeast Asian country in 1975.
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For decades, CIA-backed operations have fueled global drug networks from Mexico to Afghanistan. Meanwhile, US officials continue to blame foreign governments.
By enabling traffickers to fund anti-communist militias, the agency helped entrench a drug trade that continues to destabilize entire regions today.
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By enabling traffickers to fund anti-communist militias, the agency helped entrench a drug trade that continues to destabilize entire regions today.
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Today, in Black History Month, we remember the youngest person to be executed in the US during the 20th century: 14-year-old Black boy George Stinney.
Convicted of murder by an all-white jury after only 10 minutes in court, Stinney was completely innocent. He was accused of killing two missing white girls.
It took seven decades until the court recognized that he was deprived of due process and that his alleged confession was not credible.
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Convicted of murder by an all-white jury after only 10 minutes in court, Stinney was completely innocent. He was accused of killing two missing white girls.
It took seven decades until the court recognized that he was deprived of due process and that his alleged confession was not credible.
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