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Urgent Call to World Leaders to Prevent Catastrophic Climate Change
The upcoming COP21 climate meeting in Paris is world leaders' last chance to prevent catastrophic climate change.
Children With Incarcerated Parents Played Key Role in Phone Justice Victory
Sharing heartfelt stories about calling loved ones in jail, kids played a central role in the campaign for prison phone justice.
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Challenging the Official Story in Afghanistan
The US government seems unable to imagine that attacks supposedly taken in US national interests can be war crimes.
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Decreasing Number of Uninsured: Metric for Success of the Affordable Care Act?
We need to drill deeper to see if we can declare the ACA a success.
South Carolina Incident Highlights Growing Police Presence in Classrooms
The incident is the latest in a series of cases of police officers in schools using excessive force against students.
Texas Student Spent 52 Days in a Coma After Being Tased by Police at School
The student was permanently brain injured.
Postal Banks Are People’s Banks: Six Things to Know About Postal Banking
To make postal banking happen requires a broad, mass coalition willing to keep pushing the issue regardless of the outcome of the 2016 elections.
Labeled “Insider Threats,” Intelligence Whistleblowers Face Conundrum
The Obama administration has prosecuted more whistleblowers under the 1917 Espionage Act than all other presidents combined.
Noam Chomsky: Electing the President of an Empire
Noam Chomsky discusses the reality of “democracy” under capitalism.
Nobel Laureate Joseph Stiglitz on “Rewriting the Rules of the American Economy”
One of the nation's leading economists is calling for a comprehensive overhaul of the US economy.