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How Activists Won Reparations for the Survivors of Chicago Police Department Torture
A history of the movement to make Chicago pay for the crimes of Jon Burge.
Our Refugee World
There are more refugees adrift in the world today than ever before. If they formed a country, it would be the 24th most populous on the planet.
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Scenes From Domestic Worker Organizing
We see this as an international struggle that is critical to the leadership of women.
States Are Fighting to Keep Towns From Offering Their Own Broadband
Two more states side with telecoms, which have lobbied against cities becoming providers.
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The US and War: Poverty, Drugs, Terror or How to Make War on Everything
The biggest mistake in US policy is looking at everything as war.
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Dean Baker | The Federal Reserve Board, Jobs and the Rewriting of Economic History
The history of the 1990s should be an important feature in the current debate on the Fed's interest rate policy.
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Interrupting Pride for Black Lives
A group of Black youth in Chicago did right Sunday by the memory of those whose actions the gay pride parade is meant to honor.
How a Law That Failed to Protect Eagles Could Offer a Lesson to Save Honeybees
If neonics are a threat as science suggests, Congress won't have an excuse for waiting.
Justice Delivered: A Week That Changed a Nation
“It feels as if the Earth I thought I knew tilted a tiny bit on its axis last week.”
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Freedom Flotilla III Exposes Anti-Democratic Extremism of the Israeli “Center“
The ship sailing to challenge the Gaza blockade is exposing the true face of anti democratic political actors.