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Reclaiming the Roadblock, UK Uncut Takes Direct Action Against Austerity
The anti-cuts group recently mobilized a nationwide action called “Roadblocks for Justice” that focused specifically on cuts to legal aid.
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Worse Than Watergate
A new Supreme Court campaign finance case could unleash unprecedented political corruption.
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Capitalism Works (or Not) for Me
Does capitalism work? Artist Steve Lambert, found a new way to project that question so his audience might grasp how it touches our lives.
Kieron Bryan and the Arctic 30
Truthout interviews the brother of Kieron Bryan, a British journalist held in a Russian prison along with another journalist and 28 activists from the captured Greenpeace ship Arctic Sunrise.
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Food Stamp Outage Highlights Problems With Privatization of Public Services
The government shutdown was not to blame for the crashing of the food stamp program for poor families in several states over the weekend, just the latest in a …
Amid Government Shutdown, “New Economy” Events Draw Sustainability Advocates
The New Economy Coalition hosted events focused on building sustainable solutions to inequality and climate change.
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Washington Attorney General Sues GMO Labeling Opponents for Hiding Corporate Donors
The state of Washington has filed a lawsuit, claiming opponents of a ballot initiative that would label groceries containing genetically engineered ingredients (GMOs) are hiding their donors in a …
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How the “Know Nothing” Press Extended the Shutdown
What reason could the mainstream media possibly have for prolonging the government shutdown and prolonging the suffering of the American people? Money. And lots of it.
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What Was “Essential” and What Wasn’t: The Government Shutdown in Perspective
Let this be the last time we as a nation let our elected officials cut nutrition assistance for vulnerable children at the same moment that they protect deep tax …
How US Pressure Bends UN Agencies
UN inspectors did not conclude who was responsible for the Syrian gas attacks, but major US news outlets implied the findings implicated the Syrian government.