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If a Senator Can’t Report Sexual Harassment Without Backlash, Who Can?
Women, even those in power, have to walk a tricky tightrope of not wanting to seem too “sensitive” while at the same time standing up for themselves in the …
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What “Battlestar Galactica” Can Teach Us About the Militarization of Police
"There's a reason you separate the military and the police. One fights the enemy of the state, the other serves and protects the people. When the military becomes both, …
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Better Off Dead: Black Women Speak to the United Nations CERD Committee
With each of our dead, we mourn the loss of a piece of ourselves and with each of our raped we mourn the loss of a piece of our …
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Imprisoning, Killing, Spying: Suppression of the Innocent inside Ethiopia
Ethiopia's ruling regime follows a nationwide policy of violent suppression and constitutional vandalism.
One Million Comments Urge the SEC to Stop Secret Corporate Political Spending
The SEC should respond to this mandate by requiring corporations to disclose their use of corporate resources for political activities.
Groups Unite to Call on Brazil to Deny Application to Legalize Genetically Engineered Eucalyptus Trees
Two letters signed by hundreds of organizations from around the world were delivered today to the Brazilian National Technical Biosafety Commission (CTNBio) calling on them to deny a pending …
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TeleSur English as 21st Century Counter-Hegemony
Latin America has become a kind of new Soviet Bloc, a counter-hegemony to the liberal capitalist empire.
USDA’s Controversial Wildlife Services Refuses to Help Endangered Ocelot
Wildlife groups announce plans to sue to protect the rare cat from unlawful snares and traps.
US Slammed for Failure to Fulfill Legal Obligation to Eliminate All Forms of Race Discrimination
A UN Committee has published a scathing denunciation of US failures to honor its treaty commitments to the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination.
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“Illegal Immigration” Is a Policy Used to Exclude and Exploit
Aviva Chomsky explores how prejudice and the exploitation of inexpensive labor increasingly shaped US immigration policy in an excerpt from her book,