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Chicago Students Build Safe Space, Practice Restorative Justice
Chicago's restorative justice movement frames a future that is not solely about survival.
Profiting From the Poor: Outsourcing Social Services Puts Most Vulnerable at Risk
A bill that would allow the state Department of Human Services to privatize everything from child protective services to nutrition programs for the elderly.
On the News With Thom Hartmann: House Republicans Continue to Blame President Obama for the Government Shutdown, and More
House Republicans continue to point the finger at President Obama for the government shutdown.
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William Rivers Pitt | Boehner, Obama and the Triple-Dog Dare
President Obama's most significant achievement, his legacy for all time, could be facing down these cretins.
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Last Hours of Humanity: Warming the World to Extinction
In the history of our planet there have been five times when more than half of all life on Earth died. They're referred to as “mass extinctions.”
Exposed: California’s Secret Plan to Gut Public Pensions
Lynn Parramore: A new California memo is just the latest example of Wall Street's attack on workers' pensions.
Is Western Civilization Becoming Criminal? The Case of the Mediterranean
The Mediterranean is nearly a locked sea between the continents of Africa, Europe and Asia. The fourteen kilometers-Strait of Gibraltar, the Greeks' Pillars of Hercules, connects the Mediterranean to …
Global South Most Affected by Threats to World’s Oceans
Alex Rogers: The West refuses to address climate change but developing countries most vulnerable to threats to oceans and marine life.
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The “Muhammad Ali of the Criminal Justice System” Passes On
This morning we lost without a doubt the biggest, bravest, and brashest personality in the political prisoner world. It is with great sadness that we write with the news …
The Data Hackers: Mining Your Information for Big Brother
Inside your mobile phone and hidden behind your web browser are little known software products marketed by contractors to the government that can follow you around anywhere.