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Utah Land Defenders Stand Up to Dirty Politics
The land defenders say that with enough pushback, investors may get nervous.
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While Congress Fails on Syringe Exchange Funding, Activism Fills the Gap
Syringe access is one of many strategies of the harm-reduction movement that is changing the way society deals with drugs from the bottom up.
Rory Fanning: “We Have to Make It Cool to Be a War Resister Again“
Rory Fanning spoke to Truthout about his aims in writing the book, the meaning of Pat Tillman, how to engage with war resisters in the military, and more.
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Hollywood, the Police and the Poor
The white affluent and usually liberal audience for films such as Nightcrawler, experience no cognitive dissonance in such depictions of urban life.
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Anti-Black Racism and the Task of White Anti-Racists in This Historic Moment
Anti-racists must generate positive identities rooted in challenging, not sidestepping, structural oppression.
Fallen Heroes of 2014
Hundreds of social justice advocates and organizers passed away in 2014.
Who’s Afraid of Shareholder Democracy?
The US Chamber of Commerce, one of biggest corporate trade associations, and ALEC, one of biggest corporate lobbying groups are both startlingly hostile to shareholders.
Unbelievable: Telecoms Claim They’re Worried About Your Bill!
The telecoms remind us of the mafia: “If you reclassify the Internet as a public utility, it's gonna cost you.”
Subsidy Spotlight: Publicly Funding a Utah Disaster in the Making
Oil and gas executives are flocking to the Uinta Basin in Eastern Utah.
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The Invasion of Panama and the Proclamation of a Lone Superpower Above the Law
The US military aggression in Panama showed it was free to do whatever it wanted, whenever it wanted.