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The Economist’s Question on Obama’s Promise of Open Government, “Is it naive to think Mr Obama really believed this stuff?” YES.
Houston, The Economist “Secret government: America against democracy,” is a compelling and scary analysis of secret government in America - a nation that has become a caricature of ithe …
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Beyond Case Justice: Reimagining Remedies for the 21st Century in the Wake of the Zimmerman Verdict
No matter how many times I live through moments like these, it never gets any easier. Trayvon Martin, Oscar Grant, John T. Williams, Henry Glover, Juan Herera, Amadou Diallo, …
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Why Do Americans Live Lives So Short?
While we look at the vital signs of our individual bodies, we fail to check society's and ignore how inequality is literally killing us.
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Please Stop “Reforming” Pelican Bay
As the strike pushes forward and the numbers teeter, will the publicity keep up?
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It’s College Students vs. the Corporate Machine – and the Machine’s Winning
Richard Eskow: The college revolution is everybody's revolution.
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Why We Strike – Pelican Bay Prison Hunger-Strikers: J. Baridi Williamson
J. Baridi Williamson: We strike for freedom, justice and humyn rights against prolonged isolation and torture in US-California solitary confinement prisons, facilities, units, cell dungeons across this nation's mass …
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Travesty in “Post-Racial” America: the Zimmerman Verdict
Black America and people of good will of all races watched in utter dismay as the jury in the George Zimmerman Trial issued its verdict of not guilty in …
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Occupy National Gathering Proves OWS Is Still Alive!
The US Occupy movement is still alive and well in many cities and small communities across the nation. Despite the lack of mainstream corporate news coverage of their activities, …
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Abortion Rights Are At a Crossroads: This is NOT a Time to Lay Low – It is Time for Massive Uncompromising Struggle!
Across the country, people are waking up to the state of emergency facing the right to abortion. As legislators in Texas pass legislation that will close down 37 of …
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On the Zimmerman Verdict: Sympathy for the Devil
Since the acquittal of George Zimmerman Saturday for the death of Trayvon Martin, there have been thousands of tweets, dozens of blogs. Some are relieved by the verdict; others …