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Lyme Disease Could Be a Game Changer in the 2016 Election
Adding Lyme disease to his platform did not lead to a win for Romney, but it could be a game changer for candidates.
Prisoners’ Families Organize to Resist Incarceration and Its Costs
Increasingly, women relatives of prisoners are organizing to challenge high costs and fight the laws that fuel mass incarceration.
The Boom and Bust of the CIA’s Secret Torture Sites
This account unveils the hidden history of a worldwide detention network run by the CIA and facilitated by its foreign partners.
Latin America Unified in Addressing Refugee Crisis
Countries in Latin America have always dealt with refugees, migrating either from neighboring countries or from abroad.
Is Pro-Bush Super PAC Obscuring Spending?
Right to Rise USA's money trail to biggest vendor ends at DC post office box.
Environmentalists on Both Sides of the Border Eye Canadian Election
Our neighbor to the north has taken an aggressively anti-climate, pro-pipeline tack. But the upcoming election could change that.
Reclaiming Labor History: How Domestic Workers Resisted Racism in the ’60s and ’70s
Premilla Nadasen discusses how Black women domestic workers organized for better pay and conditions in the 1960s and 1970s.
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How Media Reports Exacerbate Rape Culture
When media cover the issue of sexual violence, they often reinforce rape myths, minimizing survivors' experiences of violence.
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Haiti’s Earthquake Was Devastating, but the Cholera Epidemic Was Worse
Earthquakes are unavoidable. Human rights tragedies are not.
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How the World Bank Undermines Climate Change Efforts
The World Bank is undermining the cause it purports to champion.