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Environmental Justice Activists Fight Plans for Federal Prison on Mountaintop-Removal Site
Environmental justice activists are demanding federal agencies count prison populations when assessing environmental justice impacts.
Trump, His Virus and the Dark Age of Unreason
He's the latest in a long line of American demagogues but has come closest to the White House. That makes him the most dangerous of them all.
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Trump, Reagan and Fascism: Frank Rich and the Pitfalls of Historical Analogy
All historical analogies are flawed, but something resembling fascism could arise with the catalyst of an authoritarian leader like Donald Trump.
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Targets on Our Backs: From Charleston to Orlando
On the anniversary of Charleston, we must ask: When will we say enough to the bigotry that leads to these slaughters?
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It’s Not Just Climate Change Anymore: Meet the Right-Wing Poverty Deniers
Instead of putting our heads in the sand, policymakers on both sides of the aisle must acknowledge the very real experience of poverty in the US.
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Rasmea Odeh Case Moves Toward Retrial
More than 100 supporters rallied outside the US District Court in Detroit, Michigan, on Monday, June 13, in support of Palestinian activist Rasmea Odeh.
The Emancipation of the Minority Academic
There was a Black woman on my computer screen, not slinking into the back of a college classroom, but with her shoulders squared for millions of viewers.
This Foreign Firm Wants to Break Into the US “Market” of Detaining Refugee Women and Children
British-owned Serco was just given the green light to negotiate the opening of a family immigrant detention center in Texas.
Pennsylvania Community Defeats Nestlé’s Attempt to Privatize Its Water
Citing local opposition, Nestle has abandoned its plans to extract millions of gallons of water from a Pennsylvania aquifer.
Platform Cooperativism: What Is It?
Yochai Benkler, author of “The Wealth of Networks,” says socially produced value could be used for the common good.