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Flamenco’s Repression and Resistance in Southern Spain
The public spaces that play a major role in the formation of flamenco culture in Spain are increasingly threatened by authorities.
Dawn Paley: Drug War a Pretense to Expand Transnational Capitalism Southward
Author Dawn Paley offers a transformative view of the US war on drugs in the Western Hemisphere.
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Using English to Oppress
English-language policies in US schools are both overtly and covertly racist and discriminatory.
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Keeping Hope Alive: A Call to Action
As a country and as a people, we have decisions to make- the very same decisions faced by those who came before us.
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The Flacks for Plutocrats Need a New Analogy
New research and another dose of on-the-ground reality are shredding what little credibility the rationalizers of inequality have left.
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For Retail Workers, Time Is Money
A new law in San Francisco to curb erratic scheduling practices could be the first of many.
The Secret History of Cannabis in Japan
Many of Japan's licensed cannabis farms grow a low-THC strain which was first developed in the post-War period.
Texas Oil Regulators Fired for Trying to Actually Regulate
What happens to energy regulators that dare to do their jobs and try to actually regulate energy companies? They get fired.
Bail-In and the Financial Stability Board: The Global Bankers’ Coup
The House has passed a bill repealing the Dodd-Frank requirement that risky derivatives be pushed into big-bank subsidiaries.
UN Climate Negotiators Drop the Ball in Lima – Now It’s Up to the Grassroots to Pick It Up
It's up to the people to push our governments to action.