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For Women Like Charleena Lyles, Trauma Has Trickled Down for Generations
How symptoms of mental illness manifest in Black women and the steps toward healing.
“Stop-and-Frisk” for Caregivers: How Expanded Mandated Reporting Laws Hurt Families
Universal mandatory reporting laws increase complaints but do not reduce violence against children, research shows.
Pastor Leads Lawsuit Opposing Bayou Bridge Pipeline to Protect Louisiana Cancer Alley Community
Is the love of money so strong that industry leaders and politicians are willing to let people die in order to get it?
Sovereign Debt Jubilee, Japanese-Style
Japan is selling debt to its own central bank, which returns the interest to the government.
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Proxy War and Surrogate Terror: How the US Came to Take an Active Role in War and Torture in Latin America
John W. Dower describes the US role in facilitating death and destruction in Latin and South America.
Protesters Cry “Shame!” Outside Presidential Reelection Fundraiser at Trump Hotel
The event was projected to raise as much as $10 million for Trump's reelection campaign and for the Republican National Committee.
A Pair of Decades-Old Policies May Change the Way Rural Americans Get Local News
The Federal Communications Commission quietly proposed reshaping a key way rural Americans stay informed.
Tread Carefully: The Folly of the Next Afghan “Surge“
Instead of surging yet again in Afghanistan, realize that all the US military in its present mode of operation can do to change that reality is make it worse.
“Welfare Reform” Is Pushing Women Into Unwaged Work — It’s Time to Change That
The RISE Out of Poverty Act will help correct some of welfare reform's worst consequences for women and children.
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Are We Going to Let 13 Men Deny Reproductive Health Care to Millions of Women?
Crafted by 13 men in secret, the GOP's health care bill goes out of its way to deny essential coverage to women and mothers.