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North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory Campaign Cashes in on Anti-Refugee Animus
Governor McCrory's campaign is raising funds off his call to close his state's doors to Syrian refugees.
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People Tied Up “Like Animals” on UK Deportation Flights
Commercial contractors routinely belt immigration detainees into restraints so extreme that they are rarely used in prisons.
Five Ways Sanders Could Democratize the Financial Sector That Clinton Won’t Touch
Hillary Clinton wants to simply regulate bad practices, while Bernie Sanders wants to move toward replacing big banks.
There’s No Such Thing as a Climate Change Refugee, but There Ought to Be
The challenges of climate change are not merely technical and economic; they are legal as well.
Noam Chomsky | The Hubris of the United States
The US always claims that when it kills, it's in the name of democracy and virtue.
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No Thanks: How Thanksgiving Narratives Erase the Genocide of Native Peoples
Thanksgiving has nothing to do with Native American and Indigenous people. Its purpose is to serve the capitalism of empire.
Kochs’ Push for Criminal Legal Reform Is Aimed at Protecting Corporate Lawbreakers
The Kochs appear to want to change sentencing laws to help protect themselves and their ilk.
The Dangerously Limited Foreign Policy Discourse of the Democratic Candidates
After the Paris attacks, the Democratic candidates had a chance to offer progressive foreign policy ideas. They missed that chance.
Thanksgiving Thoughts on the Children of War
Our fear of the few is exacerbating the suffering of the many.
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On Holiday Myths and State Violence
Just as Thanksgiving whitewashes a period soaked in the blood of Natives slaughtered during crimes of conquest, the myth of police as guardians of the public whitewashes the reality …