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Court Dismisses Verizon Lawsuit Against FCC; Verizon Promises to Sue Again
(Photo: gt8073a) A federal appeals court on Monday dismissed anti-net neutrality complaints by Verizon and Metro PCS against the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) on the grounds that …
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If You Are or Want to Be in the Middle Class
For most people the “American Dream” is to be in the middle class, or to raise yourself up to be in the middle class. And people used to expect …
Former Guantanamo Detainees Should Have Chance to Clear Their Name
April 1, 2011, New York and Washington – Today, the D. C. Court of Appeals heard arguments in the case of Nazul Gul and Adel Hamed, two former Guantánamo …
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Time for Tax Justice
In this time of budget crises we are hearing increasing calls to tax the rich. Working people paying the cost of our wars with both their lives and their …
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Jena Six Activist Convicted, Faces Decades in Prison
Civil rights activist Catrina Wallace, who received national acclaim for her central role in organizing protests around the Jena Six case, was convicted today of three counts of distribution …
Conyers: Congress Should Bar US Ground Troops From Libya
On the road between Ajdabiya and Brega, opposition fighters take cover after they were fired on by forces suspected of being loyal to Libyan leader Col. Moammar Qaddafi on …
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A Campaign Promise Dies: Obama and Military Commissions
This investigative report was originally published on Truthout.org on March 8, 2010. At first it seemed Obama was on track to make good on his campaign promise …
This Is What Resistance Looks Like
UAW delegates march on Bank of America chanting “money for schools, not for banks,” March 24, 2011. (Photo: John Rummel/PW ) The phrase consent of the governed …
The Martin Luther King Legacy and the Global Economic Crisis: Can One Influence the Other?
Martin Luther King, Jr. 1964. (Photo: Library of Congress) Before he went over that mountain top in that week in April like this one back in l968, …
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We Are One: Remembering Martin Luther King’s Struggle for Labor Rights
Martin Luther King Jr. on the march to Montgomery, 1965. (Photo: Eliel) “It is a crime for people to live in this rich nation and receive starvation …