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Reproductive Sovereignty or Bust!
Unless there are many wider and deeper changes in our society, peer women's health education would not be the choice of the majority.
51 Former State Attorneys General Push for Reasonable Prisoner Phone Rates in Letter to FCC
The petition and the letter submitted today by the bipartisan group of former attorneys general argue that high phone rates are passed on to the consumers who pay for …
Dude, Where’s My Peace Dividend?
The war hawks and politicians in Washington DC will tell you it is being reinvested to defeat terror and secure American interests abroad; that the elusive dividend payment is …
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On Racism and Selective Commemoration
If you average out the murder rate in Chicago last year, it breaks down to about one murder every nineteen hours. Seventeen of those people were killed by our …
Citizen Journalists: Confronting Fears and Fables
Alongside our political fears are the delusional fables of American freedom which legacy media, in all its forms, has failed to confront.
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Haiti’s Promised Rebuilding Unrealized as Haitians Challenge Authoritarian Rule
They promised to “build” the country “back better.” The world was aghast at the poverty in Haiti revealed by the massive news coverage of the earthquake.
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Millennial Perspective: Our Failing Infrastructure and the Highway Trust Fund
Millennials are an interconnected generation, and travel and mobility are important to us.
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Reporting Recipe: How to Investigate Health Professionals
In the US, where medical negligence is the third-leading cause of death, finding out this information could make a life-changing difference.
Will France Repeat US Mistakes After 9/11?
If you listen to the corporate media, there is almost no discussion about why so many people in the Muslim world object to US policies so strongly that they …
Whose Lives Matter in New York City?
The instantaneous shift in media coverage and public opinion following the two officers' deaths shows the difficulties that any struggle against racism and police power will inevitably face.