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Ally Nation Sues United States for Nuclear Treaty Violations
The Republic of the Marshall Islands filed an unprecedented lawsuit in the US Federal District Court in San Francisco to hold the United States government accountable for its flagrant …
Corporations Divest Nearly $60 Million From Private Prison Complex
The announcement comes after civil rights activists pressured more than 150 companies for months.
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Despite Community Pleas, Three Chicago Schools Slated for Privatization
The Chicago Board of Education has consistently voted to close schools or turn them over to private management - laying off most of the staff in the process - …
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Revealed: ALEC’s 2014 Attacks on the Environment
An internal tracking document reveals the scope of ALEC's anti-environmental efforts in 2014.
The West Marches East: The US-NATO Strategy to Isolate Russia
For the past quarter-century, Russia has stood and watched as the United States, NATO, and the European Union have advanced their borders and sphere of influence eastwards to Russia's …
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Scathing Report Finds Rocketship, School Privatization Hurt Poor Kids
A new report by the Economic Policy Institute, documents the effects of both for-profit and non-profit charter schools that are taking over struggling public schools in Milwaukee.
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Giving Up Essential Liberty to Purchase a Little Temporary Safety
Like everyone on a no-fly list, Dr. Rahinah Ibrahim had no idea she was on it until her life was turned upside down.
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What’s Really Driving Inequality?
The World Bank is driving the inequality that is a defining problem of our times through its “Doing Business” rankings and criteria.
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William Rivers Pitt | Weaponized Cops and the Future of Freedom
It is hard to avoid the feeling that the tremendous arming of the police is inspired by the fear of unrest looming over the horizon, of rising seas, rising …
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A Fish Swims Like a Fish
The loss of sincerity, of humility as a product of deep practice is anethema to the corporate culture industry. Sincerity is vulnerability, it is the deep strength of a …