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Why “Can’t Make Ends Meet” Trumps “Poverty“
Poverty is structural, created by policies and practices that benefit some people at excruciating cost to others - particularly people of color and women.
How Did the FBI Miss More Than 1 Million Rapes?
Systematic undercounting of sexual assaults in the US disguises a hidden rape crisis.
Panthers in the Hole: French Angola Three Book Illustrates US Prison Crisis
An interview with Nicolas Krameyer of Amnesty International France.
Dahr Jamail | Art Is a Necessary Element of Every Revolution
In this interview, American artist Erin Currier discusses her work, how it celebrates the underprivileged and dispossessed people of countries to which she travels, and her thoughts on revolution …
The Spread of Electronic Monitoring: No Quick Fix for Mass Incarceration
Electronic monitoring costs less than incarceration, but in the rush for a quick fix, we are overlooking key questions of human rights, private corrections company profiteering and potential threats …
Soft Edges, Hard Core: A Media Tilt to Israel in Gaza
A July 25 editorial by The New York Times shows how a reasonable and ostensibly balanced text can mask deeply biased pro-Israel sentiments.
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A National Disgrace: Violence Against Native Women
The federal government has made some efforts to reduce the violence, but there is a long way to go before indigenous women are afforded their full civil rights.
The Language of Expulsion
Whether the long-term unemployed in the global North or the long-term displaced in the global South, people are being expelled from economy, society and nation in increasing numbers.
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Australia Threatens to Jail Citizens Who Embarrass Repressive Governments
There is nothing like a free press in Vietnam, Malaysia and Indonesia, so it's unlikely journalists there will report on a multimillion-dollar corruption case involving senior officials. But why …
Planning to Launch New Freedom Flotilla to Challenge Blockade
The Freedom Flotilla Coalition condemns Israeli attacks on Gaza, ongoing blockade and international complicity.