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Black Haitian Lives Matter: Haiti on the Fifth Anniversary of the Earthquake
On the fifth anniversary, Jesse Hagopian describes his experience surviving Haiti's earthquake and urges solidarity between the uprising there and the Black Lives Matter movement.
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Dean Baker | Idea for Tackling Inequality Number 27,653: Stop Subsidizing It
Maybe we can get the government to stop subsidizing the high salaries of the people who have pointless conferences on reducing inequality.
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Is This Country “Crazy”? Inquiring Minds Elsewhere Want to Know
“Wherever I travel, the questions follow, suggesting that the US, if not exactly crazy, is decidedly a danger to itself and others.”
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Cast Into the Depths: Perilous Waters for the American Psychological Association
It is time to end the denial by the APA and begin the repair for its collaboration on torture and interrogations.
Do Prisons and Mass Incarceration Keep Us Safe? (Part One)
Eddie Conway interviews Maya Schenwar, author of “Locked Down, Locked Out,” who argues mass incarceration in the US causes more harm than good for prisoners and communities.
Private Intelligence Contractors Need Better Oversight
Private contractors' share of the intelligence budget has reached up to 70 percent.
On the News With Thom Hartmann: New Rule Change in the House Centers on Failed Policies of Reaganomics, and More
In today's On the News segment: Republicans know that trickle-down economics is no longer an easy sell, so they've wrapped up those bad policies into a new package, and …
Rebuilding the Obama-Putin Trust
The year 2015 will surely mark a watershed in relations between the United States and Russia, one way or the other.
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Police Corruption Exposed
The NYPD have all but ceased writing summonses and making arrests and they have done so with the same zeal they once used in acting as the modern day …
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Pride and Professionalism Shape the Lives of Gay and Lesbian Teachers
Changes in the norms of teaching professionalism and gay pride are necessary to enable sexual justice in schools, for teachers and students alike.