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This May Day in Berlin: 7,000 Imported Police, With Marching Routes Exposed
This year, the city government brought in an estimated 7,000 auxiliary officials from across Germany to aid in controlling the May Day protests.
High Unemployment Due to Lack of Demand, Not Lack of Skills or Education
Jesse Rothstein: Low wages and lack of purchasing power the real structural problem, skills training and more education is not the critical solution.
Isabel Allende on “Maya’s Notebook,” Drug Addiction, 1973 Chilean Coup and Death of Poet Pablo Neruda
The best-selling Chilean novelist Isabel Allende is out with a new book, “Maya's Notebook: A Novel.”
Kimberly Rivera, Pregnant Mom of Four, Sentenced to Military Prison for Refusing to Serve in Iraq
On Monday, a military court sentenced her to 10 months behind bars.
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President Obama’s Law Day Proclamation Rings Hollow So Long as Torturers Go Unpunished
Stephen F. Rodhe: Today is Law Day, and Obama has issued a lofty Proclamation, full of sound and formality, signifying nothing.
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Immigrant Rights Groups, Labor and Occupy Plan May Day Protests
Nationally, May Day protests have already attracted the attention of authorities.
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Angela Davis: The Iconic “Sweet Black Angel” at l’Humanité
Here's a look back at the work of this remarkable activist who is still engaged in the struggle for human emancipation.
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The Guantanamo Problem
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Sand Land: Fracking Industry Mining Iowa’s Iconic Sand Bluffs in New Form of Mountaintop Removal
The landscape is an issue that tugs on the heartstrings of locals, yet it's just one concern on a long list of objections.