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The New “Oppressed People’s Movement”: Can the Tide of Resistance Continue?
How can the mass uprisings in the wake of recent police violence come together?
The Chilling First Amendment Implications of Journalist Barrett Brown’s Five-Year Sentence
Barrett Brown's conviction has frightening implications for journalists and researchers of all stripes.
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Sundarbans Oil Spill: An Urgent Wake-Up Call for the Bangladeshi Government
The oil spill in Sundarbans forest has mobilized activists to stop construction of a massive coal plant nearby.
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Roads and Bridges Need $1 Trillion. It Is Time to Rebuild the US
“My legislation puts 13 million people to work repairing the backlog of infrastructure projects all across this country.”
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Dissing DuVernay and the Lessons of “Selma“
The lessons of “Selma” itself are relevant to Ava DuVernay's omission from the Academy Awards nomination for Best Director.
Is Reinvestment a Good Strategy for the Fossil Fuel Divestment Movement?
Fossil fuel divestment is a powerful climate change strategy that must not be distracted by economics.
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Is John Boehner a Traitor?
By inviting Prime Minister Netanyahu to speak to Congress, Speaker Boehner may have broken any number of laws, and the Department of Justice needs to investigate.
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More and War: The Tao of Washington
In a sense, there are only two operative words in twenty-first-century Washington: more and war.
Air Marshal Whistleblower Wins 7-2 Supreme Court Victory
Whistleblower Protection Act wins with an exclamation mark.
Free Speech Case on Right to Boycott Goes Before Washington Supreme Court
Anti-SLAPP law at issue in Olympia food co-op boycott case.