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Thousands March for Water Rights in Detroit
On Friday, July 18, thousands of people marched through downtown Detroit to call attention to a major public health crisis as the city shuts off the water for residents …
“Blood on American Hands”: Richard Falk on Palestine
The latest carnage in Gaza is part of an ongoing Israeli imperial policy, but, as Richard Falk underscores in this exclusive interview, Israel always claims that its attacks against …
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Dean Baker | Cheap Talk at the Fed
By calling attention to the over-valuation of social media and biotech companies, and junk bonds, Fed Chair Janet Yellen is putting the financial professionals on notice.
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What Corporate Media and Corporate Latino Politicians Won’t Tell You About Central American Child Refugees
Why can't Latino politicians and corporate media call the current wave of Central American children refugees, when that's what they plainly are?
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El Salvador Launches Public Education Campaign to Curtail Emigration of Children
El Salvador's campaign to curtail the emigration of children will likely get more traction should public security significantly improve.
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Child Migrants Are Refugees the US Helped Create
Central American children fleeing poverty and gang violence are refugees - often from situations US policies have helped to create - and they should be treated as such.
Breaking the Grip of the Fossil Fuel Economy: If It Can Happen in Appalachia, It Can Happen Anywhere
Coal production is gradually leaving Appalachia - having already extracted much of the region's natural wealth.
The Criminalization of Black Youth and the Rise of Restorative Justice
Black children are systematically dehumanized in this country, especially within the criminal justice system - to the extent that they're viewed as inherently guilty and worthy of punishment.
Across Latin America, a Struggle for Communal Land and Indigenous Autonomy
With a rise in the number of Latin American indigenous groups drawing legal boundaries around their territories, neoliberal governments are attempting to grant access to transnational corporations to indigenous …
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Gaza Hospitals Can’t Cope
Medical crews are unable to cope with the havoc wrought on Gaza by Israel's heavy military.