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Climate Change Creates New Geography of Food
The countryside is the first sector directly affected by climate change.
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How Fear of Occupy Wall Street Undermined the Red Cross’ Sandy Relief Effort
Red Cross responders say there was a ban on working with Occupy Sandy because it was seen as politically unpalatable.
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Eight Ways to Support Protests Against the Criminal Punishment System, if You Can’t Get Out on the Street
Organizing is a longer-term commitment that isn't always visible, glamorous or fun.
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.