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How the Largest Worker Owned Co-op in the US Lifts People Out of Poverty
Cooperative Home Care Associates has 2,300 workers who enjoy good wages, regular hours, and family health insurance. With an investment of $1.2 million into the cooperative sector, New York …
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Turning Suspensions Into a Last Resort
Lyons serves around 500 students who are overwhelmingly poor and 90 percent African American and Hispanic. Its switch to restorative justice methods is one of the main reasons the …
On the News With Thom Hartmann: the Banksters Who Caused the Economy to Crash Are Raking in Record Profits, and More
The bankers who caused the economic crisis are raking in profits, and more.
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Angelenos Take to the Streets for Ezell Ford, Omar Abrego and Ferguson Solidarity
While standing in solidarity with Ferguson and outraged over police killings of people of color, Los Angeles protesters express weariness over the continuous violations of their rights and fear …
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Trauma Kits and Body Bags Now Fill Aleppo School
Greyish dust blankets the dead, the alive and the twisted steel jutting out.
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Will Obama’s Commutation Allow Grandma Hardy and Thousands of Drug War Prisoners to Finally Go Home?
The Obama administration and the US Sentencing Commission are allowing drug war prisoners to retroactively apply for commutation and reduced sentences. But will these changes actually allow 71-year-old Phyllis …
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As Police Continue Ferguson Crackdown, Protesters Vow to Keep Taking the Streets
People in Ferguson, Missouri have been protesting for 10 days now and are showing no sign of stopping, following the killing of an unarmed 18-year-old, Michael Brown, by a …
For the Betterment of the City
Despite California's historic drought, San Francisco's homeless will continue to be forced off Market Street with pressurized water.
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On the News With Thom Hartmann: Wind Power Is One Step Closer to Coal Country, and More
In today's On the News segment: Wyoming recently approved a permit for a massive wind farm, which could eventually power nearly a million homes; Keystone XL could be even …
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Activist: For a New Generation, Ferguson Marks Historic Nonviolent Resistance to Police Repression
As protests continue in Ferguson, activists are traveling to Missouri to join the movement in solidarity.