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Catholic Hierarchy Demands Corporate Personhood
What do Koch Industries and the Catholic hierarchy have in common? A determination to shift rights away from individuals and assign them to institutions. In their campaign to …
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Teach-Ins Target Arizona’s Mexican American Studies Ban, Organizations Demand Return of Banished Books
From the high plains of Wyoming to the urban centers of Atlanta, Chicago and New York City, hundreds of schools launched a historic teach-in movement today to incorporate lesson …
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Atrazine: A “Molecular Bull in a China Shop“
Atrazine is an herbicide primarily manufactured by the multinational conglomerate Syngenta and commonly used on commodity crops, forests, and golf courses. Its potential harmful effects on human health have …
TUSD Flagrantly Violates Constitution and International Human Rights Treaties
The above quote best contextualizes the battle in Tucson. Mexican American Studies, also known as Chicano/a Studies or Raza Studies, in effect, is the study of peoples who trace …
How to Occupy the Economy, According to Richard Wolff
Occupy Wall Street has changed the conversation about the distribution of wealth, and an economic framework which for decades, has been taken for granted. So what now? What policy …
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Under New Law, France Would No Longer Be Sexual Playground of Men Like Dominique Strauss-Kahn
Dominique Strauss-Kahn. (Photo: Paul Taggart / The New York Times) Dominique Strauss-Kahn's (DSK) marauding sexual behavior has passed out of the news cycle. However, in the aftermath …
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A Tale of One Activist’s Global Reach, From Pennsylvania to Bucharest
Decebal "John" Bilan. (Photo: Rick Smith / Flickr) On October 12, Decebal Bilan, who went by John while he was in the United States, first visited Occupy …
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Nuclear Regulatory Commission Ignores Fukushima, Green-Lights First New Reactors in 34 Years
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has granted a construction and operating licenseto Southern Co. for two reactors to be added to its Plant Vogtle facility in Georgia. The OK is …
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Blasts Rock Aleppo as Dozens More Are Reported Killed in Syria
Beirut, Lebanon - Explosions in the northern Syrian city of Aleppo struck two targets associated with the military and police early on Friday, Syrian state television reported, as the …