CJ Chivers | NYT | 21 August 2012 Reporter embeds with the "Lions of Tawhid", rebel group fighting near Aleppo. Mix of civilians who took up arms and army defectors who joined them. One of many such bands that are gradually getting organised and battle-hardened Comments Chris Hedges | TomDispatch | 21 August 2012 Opiate addiction is destroying West Virginia. "For fun, addicts, especially the young, hold 'pharm parties', in which they combine their pills in a bowl, scoop out handfuls of medication, swallow them, and wait to feel the result" Comments Robert Worth | NYT | 22 August 2012 Robert Worth goes to DeRidder, Louisiana to meet a hero of the American atheist movement – a former preacher who, at great personal cost, discarded his Christianity. "We can't leave the cause to intellectuals," he says Comments Eve Ensler | Huffington Post | 20 August 2012 And still he won't stand down. In the meantime, here's a powerful piece of writing in which the author of The Vagina Monologues takes aim at the Missouri congressman for his recent comments about rape (h/t Daniel Lippman) Comments Vincent Navarro | Counterpunch | 16 August 2012 "The major forces behind the Euro have done very well and continue to do so. As long as they continue to benefit from the Euro’s existence, the Euro will continue to exist." Interesting take on the history and future of eurozone Comments Anisse Gross | Rumpus | 17 August 2012 Interesting throughout. "The short story does much better in translation to film than a novel. It’s already in the right shape and size. A movie is like writing a haiku. You have to be so pared down. Everything has to be so loaded" Comments | 
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