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“There’s Nothing Left”: Women’s Future Under the Conservatives in the United Kingdom
It is structural and economic violence inflicted on a section of society.
Feeling Trapped in a Dead-End System? Cartoonist’s Affirmations Encourage Resistance
Stephanie McMillan saw the hopelessness fellow activists felt and wanted to do something to help people overcome it.
Families Describe Fleeing War-Torn Ukraine for Russian Camps
Refugee camps in Russia welcome Ukrainians fleeing the violence in Ukraine, where Kiev is bombing its own citizens.
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Body Cameras Are Not Pointed at the Police; They’re Pointed at You
Civil rights advocates warn body cameras are no substitute for comprehensive police reform and may even threaten civil liberties.
Shot and Gassed: Thousands of Protected Birds Killed Annually
Government-sanctioned killing is a taxpayer-funded threat that the birds should not have to face, one that is hidden from the public.
The Biggest Lessons Nepal Will Take Away From Its Tragedy
An estimated 8 million people have been affected by the disaster.
Mexican Auto Workers Fired for Protesting Sexual Harassment
Twenty Mexican auto workers were fired for defending a co-worker from a harassing supervisor at the new Mazda assembly plant in Salamanca.
Hijacking the Anthropocene
How the anti-green Breakthrough Institute misrepresents science to advance a technocratic agenda and undermine grassroots environmentalism.
How the United States Economically and Politically Strangled Puerto Rico
At its height, the Pentagon controlled 13 percent of Puerto Rico's land and operated five atomic missile bases.
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Tony Judt: The Best Man Among Us
The moral center in Judt's work is the product perhaps of a weary knowledge of the wickedness of which humanity is capable.