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San Fernando Migrant Massacre: How US, Mexican and Latin American Governments Share Responsibility
An international tribunal recently concluded that the US, Mexico and several Latin American countries are responsible for state terror against migrants.
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Justices in Walker Criminal Probe Face Conflicts of Interest
Two of the groups under investigation have been the dominant spenders in Wisconsin Supreme Court elections in recent years.
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Heavy Metal Songs: Contaminated Songbirds Sing the Wrong Tunes
After extensive research in Virginia, scientists have shown that mercury alters the very thing that many birds are known for - their songs.
Naomi Klein: People’s Climate March Is a “Glimpse of the Movement We Need“
Naomi Klein's powerful new book explains why not only can the climate movement win - but it's our best chance at overturning some of history's greatest injustices.
Not All of the Black Freedom Fighters Are Men: Black Women on the Front Line in Ferguson
“The media has left out that if it were not for Black Women, there would be no movement.”
Martial Law and the Criminalization of Thought in Thailand
Despite the repressive context, and ample evidence that the authorities will not hesitate to use both legal and extrajudicial strategies to halt dissent, courageous citizens continue to protest.
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Watching Our Health Go Up in Smoke
Medical waste incineration never made any public health or economic sense, but now science has overwhelmingly demonstrated its noxiousness.
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Mayor de Blasio’s “Living Wage” Increase Is Too Little for Too Few
Increasing the living wage is a good start, but all of New York's minimum wage workers deserve a raise.
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ISIS in Washington: The United States’ Soundtrack of Hysteria
“Amid the waves of fear and continual headlines about terror plots, we, the people, have now largely been relegated to the role of frightened spectators.”
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Michael Brown Had a Father
Will Ferguson shift media ideas on “fixing” black men?