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Immigrant Advocates Take Action Following Deportation Raids in the South
Immigrant advocates sharply criticized the decision to conduct raids on vulnerable women and deport them back to the dangerous countries they fled.
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Philippines Islanders Unite to Resist “Land Grab” Palm Oil Companies
Farmers on Palawan are being tricked into giving land away to palm oil companies with local government support.
The Limits of Trickle-Down Philanthropy
Author Linsey McGoey discusses how super-rich people's philanthropy is often far from altruistic, and closer to capitalistic.
With the New Year, the American Parade of Politics and Prejudice Marches On
Philadelphia's Mummer's Parade brought flare-ups of racism and bigotry that parallel the rage and fear that grip much of the public in this election year.
“Domestic Terrorism” and the Master’s Tools
The “terror” frame reifies the notion of violence as the work of individual extremists versus systems, and calls on the inherent violence of state policing and punishment to solve …
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Visits and Conversations in a Kabul Winter
The path out of war seems to involve creating peace where we can, in earnest community with people whose basic needs aren't met.
Is Zero Deforestation Possible for the Brazilian Amazon?
Zero deforestation before 2025 is possible, and we know what it will take to achieve it.
Can the German Government Get T-Mobile to Change Its Sexual Harassment Policy?
One of the most interesting US labor fights of 2016 might include putting pressure on a foreign government.
Ten Powerful Reasons Why Bernie Sanders Scares Wall Street
Some of Sanders' suggestions: Break up banks. Tax speculators. Cap interest rates.
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Will the TPP Set Back a Campaign to Stop a Proposed Coal Mine on Montana Tribal Land?
The TPP makes the rights of companies sacrosanct, and that includes the right to mine.