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Judge Tosses Retaliation Lawsuit by Fired NY Fed Examiner
A federal judge dismissed the claims of a former bank examiner at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York who says she was fired for refusing to change her …
The NSA Comes Home: Police Departments Conceal Phone Tracking Equipment From Courts
Police departments across the nation are concealing their use of cellphone tracking equipment from local courts.
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Three Things Obama’s New Clemency Initiative Doesn’t Do
Obama's new commutation reforms don't address other problems with presidential clemency.
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Will Climate Change Wash Away One of Louisiana’s Last Remaining Indigenous Tribes?
A timeless existence and way of life on the Isle de Jean Charles is now in jeopardy due to climate change.
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Prophecy Delivered! Martin Luther King Jr. and the Death of Democracy
Are we witnessing the death of democracy in the United States that Martin Luther King foretold?
The Story of Hope and Faith the Government Doesn’t Want You to Hear
The stories from the frontlines of nonviolent struggle are not the ones shown on the evening news; they are human stories of hope and determination.
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Henry A. Giroux | Neoliberalism’s War on Democracy
Four decades of neoliberal policies have resulted in an economic Darwinism that promotes privatization, commodification, free trade and deregulation, Henry Giroux writes in the introduction to his book.
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Act Now to Keep Students Safe
Seclusion or restraint for students is much more widely used in schools than you'd think, and it's endangering student health. The Keeping All Students Safe Act would outlaw the …
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Paying for the Climate Change Pivot
If humanity fails to cut back dramatically on carbon emissions by 2050, according to an alarming new UN report, our planet may warm past the point of our ability …
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Five Ways American Policies Make Us Lonely, Anxious, and Antisocial
With mountains of knowledge, why aren't we better at setting up our society in a way that helps us to prosper? Unfortunately, ours is increasingly designed by politicians indebted …