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Westchester County Executive Rob Astorino Submits to Gas Pipeline Influence
Astorino promises to fight against government corruption, but is part of the problem.
“Disney-fying” New Orleans: Sex Workers Rally Against Plan to Shutter French Quarter Strip Clubs
A proposal by city planners that would shut down more than half of the strip clubs in the historic French Quarter of New Orleans has dancers and sex workers …
Ever Use Someone Else’s Password? Go to Jail, Says the Ninth Circuit
Using someone else's password is a federal criminal offense.
Resisting the Pro-Police Backlash After Dallas
Black Lives Matter is under attack after the killing of five police officers in Dallas, but that isn't stopping demonstrators from taking to the streets.
How MBA Programs Drive Inequality
Business school students are taught to extract resources instead of creating value.
Donald Trump’s Anti-Establishment Scam: The Insider Posing as an Outsider
So here's a question for that ultimate insider of outsiders: Can Donald Trump actually lose the 2016 election?
Pro-Fracking, Pro-Colonialism, Anti-Single Payer: Democratic Party Platform Disappoints
Progressives vow to “take the fight to Philadelphia” and battle for stronger platform at Democratic Party convention.
Radioactive Waste and the Nuclear War on Australia’s Aboriginal People
The government has embarked on its third attempt and once again it is trying to impose a dump on Aboriginal land despite clear opposition from traditional owners.
For the Senate, Transparency Is a Slow Process
When it comes to campaign-finance disclosure, Congress' upper chamber might as well be using carrier pigeons.
Veteran Survivors Fight Against Sexual Assault in the Military
The United States military is big, powerful and resistant to change, especially by outsiders.