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“Alexa, Drop a Bomb”: Amazon Wants in on US Warfare
The acquisitive impulses of hundreds of millions could become the stuff of their imprisonment or death.
The Troubling Link Between Attacks on Immigrants and Labor Activists
The targeting of immigrants has almost always been tied to wider attacks on labor movements and civil liberties.
Facing 17 Ethics Investigations, Ryan Zinke Set to Resign
President Donald Trump announced Zinke's impending departure in a tweet Saturday morning.
Wall Street, Banks and Angry Citizens: The Inequality Gap Is Growing
In today's global economy, financial security is increasingly the property of the 1 percent.
Senators Press for Expanded Probe of FEMA Over Hurricane Maria
The Trump administration’s spectacular incompetence in Puerto Rico hasn’t attracted an adequate level of scrutiny.
There’s a Hunger Crisis in North Carolina
All kinds of people in North Carolina — children, adults and seniors — face food insecurity and hunger.
Fascists Find Fertile Recruitment Ground in Anti-Choice Movement
There is often collaboration between the so-called pro-life movement and racist far-right movements.
Sheriff’s Deputies Protect Corporate Interests in Bayou Bridge Case
Activists say moonlighting by deputies has created a blurred line between corporate and public interests.
From Insects to Starfish, We’re Edging Toward Biological Annihilation
To save life itself would require a genuine reevaluation of modern life and its institutions.
Support for Redistricting Reform Crossed Party Lines in 2018
State ballot measures to fix gerrymandering were popular this year with both Democratic and Republican voters.