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Israeli, West Bank Arabs’ Divergent Lives Revealed in Olive Harvest
The olive harvest reflects the growing disparities between Palestinians who live in the West Bank and their more prosperous brethren who hold Israeli citizenship.
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Justice Department Takes Steps to Reform Grant Program Incentives
The DOJ has made some subtle, but important, changes to its largest grant program, the Byrne Justice Assistance Grant.
Coal’s Black Wind: Pregnant Women in Parts of India Advised to Stay Away
In its bid to industrialize, India relies heavily on energy from coal.
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Obama: Don’t Sell Out the United States’ Women
The proposed Trans-Pacific Partnership is bad news for workers and worse news for women.
Truthout Interviews JP Sottile on the School of the Americas 2.0
The US Army School of the Americas in Georgia was the key training facility for Central American groups engaged in right wing coups and repression in the 1980s.
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With Election Over, First Order of Business Is $450 Billion Corporate Tax Break
The first order of business after the election is to give big tax breaks to the corporations.
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Soy: Industry’s Miracle Bean in Brazil
The industrial cultivation of soy in Brazil results in deforestation and the expulsion of small-scale farmers from their land.
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Our Daily Poison: How Chemicals Have Contaminated the Food Chain
Marie-Monique Robin ferrets out the origins of the modern chemical industry.
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Racism and the Charter School Movement: Unveiling the Myths
Schools should be grounded upon cultural inclusiveness, social justice and economic democracy, not profit potential.
Making Contact’s 20th Anniversary
Every week since January of 1995, Making Contact has been bringing you voices and perspectives from the grassroots.