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Lockdown at Trans-Pecos Pipeline Site in West Texas Consecrates New Indigenous-Led Resistance Camp
An Indigenous Water Protector was among those arrested at a Trans-Pecos Pipeline work site near Marfa, Texas.
A House Rules Change You Didn’t Hear Much About — and Prosecutors Won’t Like
Few noticed a sentence that did make it into the package of House rules changes passed last Tuesday.
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Tiny Houses Are a Big Help for Homeless People in Seattle
While a tiny house may seem like a teeny idea, it can help save a life.
Florida Prepares to Expand Gun Rights After Second Mass Shooting in Six Months
Lawmakers prepare to consider legislation to loosen prohibitions on firearms.
New Exposé Uncovers SEAL Team 6’s Ghastly Trail of Atrocities, Mutilations, Killings
There is a darker side of the group best known for killing Osama bin Laden.
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Reporting From Inside a Refugee Detention Center
Journalism is the reason Boochani was forced to flee his home country of Iran, and seek refuge in Australia.
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North Carolina’s Anti-LGBT Law Has Cost the State More Than $560 Million So Far
North Carolina's discriminatory “bathroom bill” has inflicted major economic damage on the state.
“Unprecedented” Polar Melting Unfolds as Climate Disruption Denial Goes Wild
Early January saw colder temperatures in Seattle than at the North Pole but the climate science denial goes on.
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Brutal Year Sets Back Orca Recovery
What was cause for celebration at the end of 2015 turned to cause for alarm by the fall of 2016.
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Neoliberalism Creeps in: Nicaragua’s Slow Departure From Sandinista Ideals
The Nicaraguan government's leftist origins provide effective cover for President Ortega's neoliberal programs.