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NYT Endorses Imaginary TPP Deal
The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) is a trade deal that is being negotiated completely in secret.
US Courts Can Hear Cases of Torture at Abu Ghraib, Experts Argue
Retired military officers, UN special rapporteurs, survivors of human rights violations, and scholars urge court to allow Abu Ghraib contractor case to go forward.
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Gunning Down a Boy With a Toy Gun
A California deputy has gunned down a Latino boy carrying a toy AK-47, raising other troubling questions.
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Monsanto Calls Out the Dogs in St. Louis: New Anger, Old Crimes Point to Reparations
The struggle against Monsanto is intensifying as a new awareness emerges that it must make up for the harm it has done.
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Those With Mental Health Challenges Fight Rahm Emanuel’s Cutting of Their Support Network
In an excerpt from her book, ‘Mayor 1%: Rahm Emanuel and the Rise of Chicago's 99%,’ author Kari Lydersen describes how mental health advocates occupied and protested the closing …
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The Future Must Be Green, Red, Black and Female
The human species must acknowledge that any future that allows us to retain our humanity will jettison capitalism, patriarchy and white supremacy - and be based on an ecological …
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Obama Must Be Called Out, Not Coddled, on Keystone XL Bait-and-Switch
Now is the time to support the efforts of courageous Texas landowners who could stop Keystone XL's southern leg in its tracks.
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Nightmare on Main Street: ALEC Policies Harm Working Americans
The Economic Policy Institute has produced the most in-depth study yet on the plethora of legislative initiatives pursued by the American Legislative Exchange Council to undermine the ability of …
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To Gov. Christie, From the Teacher He Screamed at
“I wanted to know why Gov. Chris Christie portrays New Jersey public schools as failure factories. Apparently that question struck a nerve.”
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Big Brother’s Loyal Sister: How Dianne Feinstein Is Betraying Civil Liberties
Ever since the first big revelations about the National Security Agency five months ago, Dianne Feinstein has been in overdrive to defend the surveillance state.