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Xenophobia, Poverty and the Lies That Link Them: Dissecting the UKIP Support Base
With an election in England on Thursday, the UK Independence Party is gaining steam in the poorest regions with its anti-immigrant rhetoric.
For US Women, Inequality Takes Many Forms
The gender wage gap is a complex problem, and we'll need to address factors like race and region to solve it.
Driver’s License Suspensions: Another Obstacle Perpetuated by the Criminal Legal System
As courts increasingly struggle to address criminal justice debt, this analysis will prove even more potent.
Drive to Drill: Energy Lobbyists Behind Governors’ Crusade for Atlantic Oil
Instead of moving away from risky offshore oil, the US is now poised to expand exploration and drilling in vast new areas of the ocean.
Bolivia: 15 Years After the Cochabamba Water Revolt, Echoes in New Cases of Corporate Abuse
Fifteen years ago this month the people of Cochabamba, Bolivia were victorious in their now-famous showdown with one of the most powerful multinational corporations in the world.
The Wars Come Home: A Five-Step Guide to the Police Repression of Protest
Thoroughly militarized, surveillance-heavy forces are bringing counterinsurgency thinking from Iraq and Afghanistan back to this country.
Telling Billionaires What They Want to Hear
There is a lavishly funded ecosystem of billionaire-financed think tanks and media outlets that provides a comfortable cushion for politicians and pundits who tell such people what they want …
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The Irish Are Fighting Back
The grassroots campaign against water charges in Ireland is politicizing people discouraged by politics as usual and turning into full-scale resistance to austerity.
William Rivers Pitt | How to Run for President for Fun and Profit: 2016 Edition
Republican presidential contenders are the 21st century version of the carnival barkers and tent revivalists.
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Don’t Call It a Curfew: Martial Law in the United States
Being Black in Baltimore in recent days meant being imprisoned in your home, another example of communities of color being subject to an unequal criminal legal system.