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Seven Arrested at Hancock Air Base in Anti-Drone Protest
Eight Atlantic Life Community activists joined with Upstate Drone Action at the main gate of Hancock Air Base, in Syracuse, New York.
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Not Much Better Than Bush
Obama's Iraq track record doesn't mark much of an improvement over the mess his predecessor made.
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Nicaragua Vive! 35 Years Since the Triumph of the Sandinista Revolution
As child refugees flood the US border from Central America, Nicaragua's children are not among them.
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India’s Great Invisible Workforce
A whopping 160 million women in India, are confined to their homes rather than gainfully employed in the formal job sector.
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Running for Their Lives: The Child Migrant Crisis
US policies stoked the gang violence Central American kids are fleeing.
Workers Speak Out Against Work Schedule Abuse and Retaliation
American women who have no control over their own work schedules have no control over their own lives.
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Wine, Not Gas! New York Residents Fight Gas Storage at Lake Seneca
A company's five-year-long drive to store massive quantities of fracked gas in abandoned salt caverns, prone to collapse, is nearing conclusion, with the final decision up to Gov. Andrew …
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How Public Pressure Got Two Mothers Out of Jail
Crowdfunding and social media campaigns were important in gaining the temporary freedom of Jessica De Samito and Shanesha Taylor. But they are not substitutes for abolishing the prison system.
Next Step for Net Neutrality: Join Call for Regional Hearings
Our next step on net neutrality is to demand that the FCC commissioners hold hearings across the country where people can speak face-to-face with the commission.
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“Mad Men” and the Triumph of the Insubstantial
The TV show “Mad Men” captures a moment when we began, slowly, to shift from substance to image, anticipating a laptop capitalism of the 21st century.