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Rousseff’s Brazil: No Country for the Landless
Some 200,000 peasant farmers still have no plot of their own to farm.
In a Win for Opponents of Mountaintop Removal, West Virginia Government Will Study Health Impacts
For decades, people in southern West Virginia have suffered from elevated rates of health problems like lung cancer.
“Biden Plan” for Central America Continues the Crackdown on Kids
The “Biden Plan” for Central America treats refugee children as a national security threat.
“Test-imony”: Dr. Wayne Au’s Address to Washington State Legislature Against New Teacher Evaluation Bill
Politicians in Washington State are attempting to reduce educators to lifeless bits of inaccurate data.
Privatization of Medicare: Urgency of the Latest Threat
This is a dangerous time for Medicare.
In Iran Talks, Most Contentious Issue Is Lifting Sanctions
A source in contact with negotiators says the core issue in nuclear talks remains how and when sanctions will be lifted.
Secretive NRA-Launched Group Targets State Races
Secretive group destroys candidates' chances, leaves few fingerprints
How Evo Morales’ Third Term Will Challenge Bolivia’s Social Movements
The strategy of “defeating” the political right will be put to the test.
Wisconsin Lobbying Group Spends $600,000 to Demote Chief Justice
Wisconsin's premier lobby for corporate tax breaks and low wage jobs, has unleashed a $600,000 ad blitz to strip Wisconsin's independent Chief Justice of her title.
The Native American Genocide and the Teaching of US History
In many US classrooms, the United States is left out of the list of countries where genocide has occurred.