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Code Black: Murder, Mass Incarceration, Militarization and Genocide in Progress
“Instead of lynchings, we now enjoy the spectacle of the fraternal-order-of-police executing blacks and browns as sport.”
Freed After Hunger Strike, Egyptian Journalist in US to Campaign for Jailed Colleagues
Abdullah Elshamy, an Al Jazeera journalist, speaks about his release from an Egyptian prison after his sustained five-month hunger strike.
“What’s Possible,” a New Film for World Leaders on the Urgency of Global Warming
More than 120 world leaders kicked off a one-day UN summit on climate change in New York City by viewing “What's Possible,” a short film on the urgency of …
No Charges in Ohio Police Killing of John Crawford as Walmart Video Contradicts 911 Caller Account
An Ohio grand jury has declined to indict the white police officer who fatally shot John Crawford.
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It’s Time for the US Middle Class to Make a Comeback
It's time to repudiate Reaganomics, so the American middle class can make a comeback.
Two Afghan Stories
There's a lesson here about folly, if only we would care to draw it.
Treatment, Not Prison: How Sentencing Reform Will Boost Health for All Californians
Prop. 47 would save up to $900M for state and counties u200bto help keep kids in school and fund victims' services.
American “Success” and the Rise of West African Piracy
The US military has been moving into Africa big time for years and just about nobody seems to notice.
A Tipping Point for the Good
In the Chesapeake Bay region, we're on the front lines of climate change.
Peace Statement Opposing US Bombing of Iraq and Syria
We wish to see a US foreign policy based on true humanitarianism and real diplomacy based on mutual respect, guided by international law, and dedicated to human rights and …