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Muslim Lives Matter: Loved Ones Honor North Carolina Shooting Victims and Reject Police Dismissal of a Hate Crime
The killings in Chapel Hill have sparked an international outcry, with the hashtag #MuslimLivesMatter spreading across social media.
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Virginia Passes Bill to Rein in Restraints of School Kids
Many schools in the state still have no policies or rules around pinning kids down.
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The No State Solution: Institutionalizing Libertarian Socialism in Kurdistan
In what many outside of the territory are referring to as the Rojava Revolution, a major shift in political philosophy and political programmatics has taken place in Kurdistan.
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Marcellus Life: A Native American Protest to Stop a Pennsylvania Pipeline
Many of the 50 or so other protesters outside the Hershey Lodge, where national Republican leaders attended a retreat, demonstrated against issues like the Keystone XL pipeline and climate …
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Scientists: We Cannot Geoengineer Our Way Out of the Climate Crisis
“When people realize that we're considering these crazy things, it might encourage them to push more for mitigation,” one scientist said.
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Protesters Crash FCC as GOP Scrambles Against Net Neutrality
Growing public support for net neutrality has put Republican lawmakers and the telecom industry in a tough political spot.
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Housing Enforcement Group Sues M&T Bank for Discrimination
The unusual lawsuit draws on secret videotapes and recordings to argue that the bank's loan officers discriminated against blacks, Latinos and Asians who applied for mortgages.
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Drug Violence Leaves a String of Ghost Towns in Mexico
“What happened here is the usual: the town fills up with police and the army, but nothing happens,” says one mayor.
On the News With Thom Hartmann: EPA Gives President Obama Cover to Reject Keystone XL, and More
Tar sands present a huge risk.
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Trial of LAPD Officer for the Death of Alesia Thomas Set to Begin This Month
LAPD Chief Charlie Beck says he made the decision to recommend the charges against O'Callaghan after reviewing the tape of the incident along with the report of the Board …