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Fighting Mass Incarceration Under Trump: New Strategies, New Alliances
We cannot hope for a shift toward prison reform under the self-declared “law-and-order” president-elect.
The Scandal of Vast Inequality in Retirement Pay
Although changes in public policy could close the widening pension gap, such changes are unlikely to come from the GOP.
As President, Will Donald Trump and His Cabinet Trade Inside Information?
Has Donald Trump given the public any reason to believe that he will resist the temptation to profit from his position as president?
Democracy Endangered When “Philanthro-Barons” Try to Tip Courts
Billionaire philanthropists are combining outsized political contributions with the glow of their reputations as selfless doers-of-good.
California Hotel Workers Defeat Boss Tactics to Win Union
A week after Trump's win, hotel workers at Le Merigot Hotel voted 27 to 15 to unionize with UNITE HERE Local 11.
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Community Rights: A Key to Conservation in Central America
A new report bolsters the case for involving local communities in biodiversity and forest conservation.
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Arctic Waters Have Been Rescued From Drilling, but What About the Land?
Time is running out for Obama to say no to Big Oil and permanently protect the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge — and the people who depend on it.
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Are Governments Attempting to Curtail Dissent of Seniors by Stopping Social Security Checks?
The latest effort to silence dissent is someone in the government falsifying records to show someone was in jail for more than 30 days and sending the records to …
A World in Shambles: An Interview With C.J. Polychroniou
In place of the common good we have created atomized, segmented societies that promote a dog-eat-dog culture.
William Rivers Pitt | My Mother’s Favorite Thing
Nothing stops; the ripples from an act of kindness or courage extend ever outward.