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October 28 - Mexico in Shock Over the Month-Long Disappearance of 43 Students; Turkey Allows Some Kurds to Join the Fight for Kobani; Unsolved Political Assassinations in Venezuela

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September 8 - Ebola Spreading Out of Control in Liberia; The Exaggerated Fear of the Islamic State; Latino Fury at the President Delaying Immigration Reform

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September 3 - The Author of "Why the Ukraine Crisis is the West's Fault"; Does the Islamic State Want to Take Over Saudi Arabia?; A Tribute to Charles Bowden

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February 24 - Chaos and Thuggery in Venezuela; Defense Budget Bloat Lives On; Will the Drug Lord Be Extradited to the U.S.

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February 23 - Behind the Capture of the Mexican Drug Lord; Who Will Fill the Vacuum in Ukraine?; Rebooting Ukraine

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February 19 - Ukraine on the Brink of Civil War; A Report from the North American Summit; How Politicians and Plutocrats Persuade Americans to Vote Against their Interests

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October 24 - California Exposes the Koch Brothers' Dark Money; Senator Cruz Makes a Stand for Billionaires' Dark Money; Fallout in Mexico from NSA Spying

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October 17 - Toby Miller sits in for Ian Masters

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July 18 - Will the Capture of a Mexican Drug Lord Provoke a Bloody Backlash?; Putin Jails a Potential Rival; Washington Dithers While Syria Burns

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May 2 - Obama's Meeting With Mexico's New President; The Counter-Terrorism Boondoggle; A Former FCC Commissioner Speaks Out

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