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Chicago’s Taxpayer-Funded Ode to Robber Barons
The Chicago Park Service is sponsoring a national monument on the site of an autocratic old company town.
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Growing the New in the Cracks of the Old in Detroit
The amazing story of Detroit's rebirth through urban agriculture.
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The Key to Your Health Could Be in Your ZIP Code
Understanding how our environment and social conditions shape our health could lead to better treatments and better preventive care.
Confronting the Pro-Police Backlash
The need for Black Lives Matter has never been greater.
Antofagasta Mining Region Reflects Chile’s Inequality
The inhabitants of the mining region have the highest per capita income in the country. But 4,000 local families continue to live in slums.
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“American Red Cross Sunshine Act” Would Open Charity to Outside Scrutiny
A House bill was released along with a government report citing a lack of oversight about how the charity spends the millions of dollars donated.
People’s Tribunal Decries US War Machine in the Philippines
At a people's tribunal, jurors condemned the Philippine and US governments for human rights violations against the Filipino people.
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Black Sex Workers’ Lives Matter: Appropriation of Black Suffering
Anti-sex work campaigns attempt to gain funding and legal reform, but without connections to historical or current Black movements.
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Ten Years After Katrina: Lessons From Charleston, South Carolina
South Carolina's Charleston fits the same complicated and troubling profile as Louisiana's New Orleans.
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Hero or Coward: Could Skipping My Student Loan Payments Start a Revolution?
A college professor is calling for a massive student debt strike with only one necessity.