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Los Angeles Citizens Vote to Regulate Medical Marijuana: State Oversight Would Help Clarify New Regulations
Yesterday, the citizens of Los Angeles voted to regulate medical marijuana by voting to pass Proposition D, one of three medical marijuana regulation measures on the ballot. The Proposition …
Kerry Kennedy and Farmworkers to Decry Wendy’s at Manhattan Stockholders Meeting
This morning, Kerry Kennedy, human rights leaders, and an interfaith group of a dozen clergy, joined the Coalition of Immokalee Workers in front of Wendy's corporate shareholders meeting in …
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The Path to Illegalization and the Invisibility of the State
Mariame's post (linked here) on anti-blackness prompted some further reflection on militarization and also on merit-based immigration, extending the question of who and what is rendered invisible. One of …
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An Excerpt From Lightweb Darkweb: Three Reasons to Reform Social Media Before It Re-Forms Us
In this preface to his new book, ecology and children's champion Raffi Cavoukian considers some of the downsides of social media for youth.
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A Dream Foreclosed
Interview with Laura Gottesdiener, author of a new text on the history of the housing crisis in African American communities.
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GOP Immigration
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Justice for Patriot Mineworkers
Coal workers' pensions are being undersold as big corporations attempt to break their union contracts. Laura Flanders reports.
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The Pentagon’s Assault Guidelines
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When Black News Disappears: White Holds on Black Intellectuals’ Minds and Misinforming the Black Public
As the Black media dwindles down to a few slightly progressive voices in the liberal media, critical voices against racism are lost in the exchange.
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In Europe, March Against Monsanto Is Latest Rejection of the GMO Giant
An official ban on GM crops is still absent in most EU states, but regions have defined themselves as GMO-free.