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Abortion Rights Are At a Crossroads: This is NOT a Time to Lay Low – It is Time for Massive Uncompromising Struggle!
Across the country, people are waking up to the state of emergency facing the right to abortion. As legislators in Texas pass legislation that will close down 37 of …
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On the Zimmerman Verdict: Sympathy for the Devil
Since the acquittal of George Zimmerman Saturday for the death of Trayvon Martin, there have been thousands of tweets, dozens of blogs. Some are relieved by the verdict; others …
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Peaceful Revolution? Gandhi’s Four Paths to Get There
The Indian leader saw nonviolence as an active and powerful thingu2014not just the absence of war.
Will the People Decide? What’s Next For the Egyptian Revolution
With the political and social atmosphere at a violent flux, the world watches and waits to see what will happen in Egypt next.
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Liberty is Hunted Around the Globe
Despite the outpouring of support from the American people, Edward Snowden continues to be hunted down by the Obama Administration as a traitor.
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Some People Wake Up Like This
Immigration and Customs Enforcement's intimidation of immigrants in this country reveals the pain and embarrassment they face every day.
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Legalizing Marijuana May Help Save the US Economy, Reduce the Prison Population, and Stop the Drug War Death Toll
Author Doug Fine took off to Mendocino, California, where growing marijuana is big business.
Egypt Under Empire: Working Class Resistance and European Imperial Ambitions
This series examines some of Egypt's recent history as it has built up to Egypt's unfinished Revolution.
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To Rescue Local Economies, Cities Seize Underwater Mortgages Through Eminent Domain
Richmond, California is trying out a new way to help homeowners refinance and halt the slide into foreclosure.
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Locking Out the Voices of Dissent: Arrests Demonstrate Restrictions on Right of Assembly
The legal system has been grotesquely deformed in most cities to, in essence, shut public space to protesters.