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Building Community Safety: Practical Steps Toward Liberatory Transformation
Ejeris Dixon speaks to the need to address violence without relying on the criminal legal system.
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Surviving Violence Is Not a Crime: Justice for Cierra Finkley
Cierra Finkley, 24, fatally stabbed her ex-boyfriend when he tried to kill her and her 5-year-old daughter and was immediately labeled a criminal.
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Activists Work to Stop Building of New Prison in Appalachia
Feds want to build a maximum security prison on top of a former mountaintop removal mining site in eastern Kentucky.
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Warning: Industry Spin Likely Bad for Your Health and the Environment
Big food and agriculture companies are spending hundreds of millions to manipulate the public conversation about food.
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Consorting With the Devil: Professionals Selling Out for Blood Money
Scholars have received CIA and DoD funding for publications, collecting intelligence and even for spying.
Dean Baker | The Federal Reserve Board and the War for Poverty
The Fed plans to raise interest rates, possibly beginning as early as next month, in order to slow the economy.
Climate Change and Hurricane Katrina: What Have We Learned?
Global warming is occurring far too fast for effective human adaptation.
Washington Supreme Court Rules All SeaTac Workers Be Paid $15 Minimum Wage
SeaTac became the nation's first city to enact the minimum wage.
Five Things You Need to Know About the US “Reconstruction” Effort in Afghanistan
With billions of dollars for Afghanistan reconstruction unaccounted for, there is a strong possibility that the US is repeating its military mistakes of old.
Drive to Drill: A Timeline of the Push for and Against Atlantic Oil and Gas Development
The timeline highlights key events from the oil crisis of the 1970s to communities taking a stance, today.