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This City Came Up With a Simple Solution to Homelessness: Housing
Salt Lake City's Housing First initiative has reduced chronic homelessness by 72 percent. Now other cities are giving it a try.
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The Fearleaders for War
Cue the racist panic.
When It Comes to Torture, Silence Is Bipartisan
The clock is ticking down on the Committee's effort to release a public accounting of our nationu2019s failed and repugnant torture program.
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Still on the Thank-You Tour-of-Duty Circuit 13 Years Later
Labeled as a hero, it's hard to think twice about putting your weapons down. Thank yous to heroes discourage dissent.
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Why Do Banks Want Our Deposits? Hint: It’s Not to Make Loans
The answer is that while banks do not need the deposits to create loans, they do need to balance their books; and attracting customer deposits is usually the cheapest …
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Big Pharma Urges Women to Fight for Access to Harmful Pill
The pharmaceutical industry is pressuring the FDA to approve a pill for “Female Sexual Disorder” that comes with some significant side effects for many women.
Medea Benjamin: Bold and Loud Moves
Activist and author Medea Benjamin talks about Ferguson, the militarization of police, US education, Obama versus the neo-cons and more.
Author Nora Barrows-Friedman Chronicles Rise of Student Movement for Justice in Palestine
Students for Justice in Palestine groups are proliferating on college campuses around the country and their power is being felt at the highest echelons.
The Uncertainty of Access: Reproductive Health in the Rio Grande Valley
As goes reproductive health-care access in Texas, so may go the nation.
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Dahr Jamail | On Climate Disruption, Washington Governor Inslee Vows “Disruptive Change“
Washington Gov. Jay Inslee recently toured the Chehalis River Valley to meet with people affected by extreme weather events resulting from climate disruption.