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One Month After Historic People’s Climate March, “Climate Action” from Global Leaders Is Still Disappointing
In days following the march, people took action to pressure the United Nations (UN) and global leaders to take real community-led action on Climate Change.
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Bill of Rights 2014
That this Bill of Rights shall not limit the type of society that we determine to have in order to reflect the contemporary need for justice, the evolution of …
Official Sources May Be the Only Sources
Risen case tests reporters' power to reveal government wrongdoing.
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Noam Chomsky at United Nations: It Would Be Nice if the United States Lived up to International Law
Chomsky spoke at an event sponsored by the United Nations Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People.
That Film About Money
What is the real value of a dollar? What do banks do with our deposits?
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Don’t Ask the Pentagon Where Its Money Goes
(Image: Jared Rodriguez / Truthout)President Barack Obama proudly signed the law that repealed the Pentagon’s Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell policy, freeing lesbian, gay, and bisexual Americans (although not trans people) to openly …
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Jeremy Scahill: Blackwater Executives Remain Free as Guards Convicted for Killing 14 Iraqis in Massacre
A federal jury has returned guilty verdicts against four Blackwater operatives involved in the 2007 massacre at Baghdad's Nisoor Square.
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Violence Against Women Can Be Stopped if Everyone Is Invested in Preventing Abuse
Recent estimates suggest that a third of women worldwide have experienced partner violence at some point in their life, with wide-ranging implications for their social, mental and physical well-being.
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More Than a Number: Violence and Freedom of Expression in Honduras
In today's Honduras, the inalienable freedom of expression has been violently repressed in the form of frequent attacks committed against journalists.
Turning Fear Into Power: An Interview With Unarmed Peacekeeper Linda Sartor
Linda Sartor is not afraid to die.