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Anti-Abortion Groups Sue for Right to “Counsel” Patients Entering Clinics
Anti-abortion groups are reasserting their claim that the First Amendment allows them to “counsel” patients entering clinics.
Graduate Students Are Workers: The Decades-Long Fight for Graduate Unions, and the Path Forward
The NLRB's ruling that teaching and research assistants at Columbia University are workers and are legally protected is historic.
Ohio Residents Clash With State and County Government in Fight to Ban Fracking Via the Ballot
For years, local Ohioans have been told by courts and elected officials that they have no control over fracking.
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Disrupting the Myth of Franklin D. Roosevelt in the Age of Trump, Sanders and Clinton
The presidency of FDR reveals some policy positions that capture those of more recent candidates.
“Necessary Trouble” and a Long, Hard Struggle: Talking Movements With Sarah Jaffe
Sarah Jaffe's “Necessary Trouble” is an extensive, vivid overview of post-2008 crisis movements and their organizers.
India’s First Fully Organic State Faces Many Challenges to Maintaining Its Status
It's too early to hail Sikkim's transition to chemicals-free agriculture an outright success, say observers.
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The Surprise Weapon in Detroit’s Battle Against Gentrification
The Illuminate Literacy project encourages neighborhood youth to hold onto their identities and histories by expressing themselves in words.
Exposure on Tap: Drinking Water as an Overlooked Source of Lead
Unlike most water contaminants, lead gets into water after it leaves a water treatment plant.
Socializing the Corrupt: Cheating, Education and Law Enforcement in Pennsylvania
Law enforcement leaders create an educational system for socializing corrupt police in Pennsylvania.
What’s Not for Sale in the Branded United States?
Mark Engler bemoans the corporate colonization of public space.