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Democracy Should Not Be Suppressed by Tear Gas
How a weapon of war got approved for police use.
Ecuador Grants Open-Pit Mining Permits in One of the World’s Most Biodiverse Areas
A pristine ecology is under threat.
Those Who Commit Torture Actually Get Promoted
CounterSpin interview with Maha Hilal on Gina Haspel.
Cambridge Analytica’s Reach Into Southern Politics
Cambridge Analytica got its start working in an election in a Southern state.
A Dispatch From the UK University Staff Strikes
After years of seeing budget surpluses spent on vanity projects, lecturers rebelled against proposed pension cuts.
Imprisoned for Offering Oral Sex: Ill-Founded Laws Criminalize People With HIV
Fears and superstitions around HIV still abound.
Wave of Red State Protests Against Low Salaries and School Funding Comes to Kentucky
Teachers across Kentucky became the latest educators to walk out of their classrooms.
Beyond the “Black Panther” Swoon: No, This Inspirational Movie Is Not “Revolutionary”
What's revolutionary about Black corporate rule?
#DeleteFacebook? Not in Indian Country
The social network has done more for bolstering the modern Indigenous rights agenda than perhaps any other platform of our time.
“The Last Earth: A Palestinian Story” Is a Decolonization of the Palestinian Narrative
Stories from an Indigenous Palestinian perspective.