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Spotlight on Worldwide Inequality
The disparity between the wealthy minority and the billions living in suffocating poverty is greater than it has ever been.
As Abortion Restrictions Soar, Abortion Coverage Dwindles
How have national media kept up with the dramatically changing landscape of women's health? Not so well.
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A Mexican State Armed to the Teeth
Michoacan is one of Mexico's most lawless states, and decades ago the population learned to live with (and in many cases, live off) the drug trade.
“If the Risk Is Low, Let Them Go”: Efforts to Resolve the Growing Numbers of Aging Behind Bars
By 2030, the prison population age 55 and over is predicted to be 4,400 percent more than what it was in 1981. Some state and federal prison systems look …
The Greek “Success Story” of a Crushing Economy and a Failed State
Contrary to the official story, Greece's economy is not recovering, and the continuation of the Troika's neoliberal austerity medicine assure the country a bleak economic and social future.
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US Involvement in Iraq Never Ended
Neither the Iraq War nor US involvement in it has ever really ended.
Citizens Risking Arrest at White House to Stop Keystone XL South
They are calling on President Obama to exercise his executive powers to permanently shut the pipeline down.
GroKo Politics: No Change of Key in Germany
A term used constantly during three months of wrangling between Germany's two biggest parties, once seen as “irreconcilable foes,” to form a nice joint government.
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For America, Denial Is a River in Iraq
Americans don't know much about geography.
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“It’s Not Just Two Pesos; It’s the Country:" Mexico City’s #PosMeSalto Movement Protests Rising Transit Costs
A rise in subway fare has Mexican youth in a city-wide transportation protest, taking place in a majority of major train stations.