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For US Mothers, Conservative Policies Can Be Deadly
For much of the last decade, maternal mortality rates have declined globally. But in the United States, they have consistently increased and are now at one of the highest …
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Bayou Corne Residents Still Evacuated Nearly Two Years After Salt Mine Collapse Caused Sinkhole
It's been almost two years since a salt mine collapsed in Bayou Corne, 77 miles from New Orleans, causing a sinkhole to open up and natural gas to spread …
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Surround the FCC! #SaveTheNet
"We're camping out day and night on the FCC's doorstep to defend net neutrality and keep the Internet free from discrimination and ‘slow lanes."’
How Bill Clinton’s Welfare “Reform” Created a System Rife With Racial Biases
It's become a political cliche that “red” and “blue” states represent two Americas. But consider how states prioritize programs like health care and education - or how they administer …
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When Propaganda Meets Social Media
Using social media to spread information and give up to the minute news has become a popular method for activists to get their stories out.
Introducing “Human Rights and Global Wrongs”
Professor Marjorie Cohn analyzed human rights violations in the Bush and Obama administrations and she continues to write about executive branch lawbreaking in the era of Donald Trump.
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Facing Growing Grassroots Pressure, Wheeler Revises Net Neutrality Proposal
A massive online protest to halt potential elimination of net neutrality is having an impact on the FCC, set to make a proposal May 15.
Dahr Jamail | “Devastating” Impacts of Climate Change Increasing
A massive collapse of an ice sheet in Western Antarctica has begun and, according to scientists, is most likely an unstoppable event that will cause an inevitable rise in …
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The Snowden Saga Begins: “I Have Been to the Darkest Corners of Government, and What They Fear Is Light“
Glenn Greenwald's new book, “No Place to Hide: Edward Snowden, the NSA, and the US Security State,” chronicles his last near-year swept away by the Snowden affair.
Surveillance Posing as Counter-Terrorism: Foreword to “The Rise of the American Corporate Security State”
This Foreword to Bea Edwards' “The Rise of the American Corporate Security State,” describes how peace, financial stability and civil liberties are threatened by the antidemocratic legal regime.