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Defending a Sacred Trust: The High Stakes for the Future of US Social Security
Steven Hill explains why Social Security should be expanded — not trimmed or privatized.
Oakland City Council Votes to Ban Coal Exports in Big Win for Local Advocates
Council members cited strong concerns about public health and safety.
Moving Beyond Bernie Sanders’ “Political Revolution“
Just as the Sanders campaign didn't arise in a vacuum, there's no reason to expect it will leave a vacuum behind it.
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The United States: Land of Terrorists and Massacres
Historical records remind us that the murders in Orlando, unfortunately, do not constitute the largest domestic mass murders.
“Transgender Troops” Should Be an Oxymoron
Is the US military's plan to allow transgender troops a civil rights victory?
Democratic Party Platform Committee Supports a Wall Street Tax
By linking the tax to the need for funding for free higher education at public universities, Bernie Sanders made the tax even more popular.
Another Corporation Is Suing the US Government Thanks to Trade Agreements
TransCanada is suing the US government for $15 billion in damages under North American Free Trade Agreement rules.
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Save Bear Butte
Turtle Island and the Indigenous groups who have occupied these lands are older than America, and Bear Butte is one of these ancient holy places.
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“The War Against All Puerto Ricans” — One Year Later
A factual narrative with over 700 footnotes, the book is a history of US-Puerto Rico relations. But it also reads like a police blotter.
Detained in Dilley: Project CARA Fights Family Detention
A pro bono organization in South Texas put the brakes on a “deportation machine.”