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After Budget Deal, Time to Move Forward
Democrats still accept the GOP's parameters for the budget debate, and until they reject their framework, we are doomed to repeat our failures again and again.
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Months After Fierce Opposition to Fare Hikes, Brazil’s Protests Are Evolving
While the right wing forces couldn't overwhelm the protests, their emergence nonetheless revealed the demonstrationsu2019 uncertain path.
The Business of America Is War: Disaster Capitalism on the Battlefield and in the Boardroom
As the government shuts down, war continues to churn profits for the ruling military class in America.
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Afghan Families Want Accountability, Not Apologies
The dusty cemetery in Saracha village hosts three new graves and their families want justice.
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Chris Hedges | Let’s Get This Class War Started
The disparities between rich and poor is a story told again and again. Unfortunately, we still have not learned from our past.
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Protectors vs. Destroyers – Canadians Unite to Stop Fracking in New Brunswick
For the past two weeks, an unprecedented coalition of Acadians, Anglophones and members of the Elsipogtog First Nation have blockaded a compound in the Canadian town of Rexton, New …
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Gulf Ecosystem in Crisis Three Years After BP Spill
Three years after well blowout, declining seafood catches and deformities point to an environment in distress.Three years after well blowout, declining seafood catches and deformities point to an environment …
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When Poverty Quietly Morphs into Catastrophe
In the face of severe food shortages and with no relief aid, the elderly like Zeinab Wambui, from lower Mukurweini, Central Kenya, are facing very tough times.
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A Fascist Revival Stirs in Spain
Some elected Popular Party officials and party militants are openly making the Nazi salute, proudly displaying fascist flags and other memorabilia, and posting pro-Franco messages on social media sites.
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Berta Cáceres Is Still Alive
In the face of escalating repression, Honduran indigenous groups are standing against transnational plunder.