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Take the Chains Off: The Struggle for Racial Justice Continues
The call for justice is building in Black America and beyond.
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Ferguson Reverberates Around the World
The Ferguson protests seized the attention of people all over the world and gave them a sense of the unvarnished truth of Black American life.
Utah Land Defenders Stand Up to Dirty Politics
The land defenders say that with enough pushback, investors may get nervous.
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While Congress Fails on Syringe Exchange Funding, Activism Fills the Gap
Syringe access is one of many strategies of the harm-reduction movement that is changing the way society deals with drugs from the bottom up.
Rory Fanning: “We Have to Make It Cool to Be a War Resister Again“
Rory Fanning spoke to Truthout about his aims in writing the book, the meaning of Pat Tillman, how to engage with war resisters in the military, and more.
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Hollywood, the Police and the Poor
The white affluent and usually liberal audience for films such as Nightcrawler, experience no cognitive dissonance in such depictions of urban life.
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Anti-Black Racism and the Task of White Anti-Racists in This Historic Moment
Anti-racists must generate positive identities rooted in challenging, not sidestepping, structural oppression.
Who’s Afraid of Shareholder Democracy?
The US Chamber of Commerce, one of biggest corporate trade associations, and ALEC, one of biggest corporate lobbying groups are both startlingly hostile to shareholders.
Unbelievable: Telecoms Claim They’re Worried About Your Bill!
The telecoms remind us of the mafia: “If you reclassify the Internet as a public utility, it's gonna cost you.”
Subsidy Spotlight: Publicly Funding a Utah Disaster in the Making
Oil and gas executives are flocking to the Uinta Basin in Eastern Utah.