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Derailing Amtrak: Tracking the Latest Disaster in the Infrastructure Crisis
The underfunding of US infrastructure was underscored by a fatal train derailment on May 12.
Chicago Just Became the First US City to Pay Reparations to Victims of Police Torture
For nearly 20 years, officers of the Chicago Police Department tortured more than 100 people. How survivors and their lawyers won a decades-long fight.
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The United States “Liberated” Puerto Rico Only to Brutally Colonize It
The book “War Against All Puerto Ricans” is a vivid, detailed account of the brutal treatment of a people “liberated” from Spain.
The Buck Stops Elsewhere: How Corporate Power Trumps Politics
Globalisation has brought us to a situation where we have a regulatory vacuum u2013 global regulation is practically non-existent.
Why the Surveillance State Is Everybody’s Problem
There's been much controversy around the New York City Police Department's stop and frisk program, which unfairly ensnared tens of thousands of young minority men.
Add Korea to the Axis of Diplomacy
Women are stepping in to try something different on the Korean peninsula.
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Who Gets to Decide What Winning Looks Like?
Winning looks like being able to define all of our collective efforts to obtain equality and liberation.
Why This US Doctor Is Moving to Canada
The hassles of working in the dysfunctional health care “system” in the US have simply become too intense.
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Alan Greenspan, Fearmonger
The former chairman's reputation has faltered badly.
Seattle Educators on Strike!: Photos and Stories of the Struggle
Our union went on a one day strike to demand that the State Legislature spend billions of more dollars on the schools.