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Blacks Face Bias in Bankruptcy, Study Suggests (2)
Blacks are about twice as likely as whites to wind up in the more onerous and costly form of consumer bankruptcy as they try to dig out from their …
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Quietly Radical Mission at Sundance: Supporting Native Filmmakers
It’s days before the Sundance Film Festival and Aurora Guerrero is busy. The 40-year-old filmmaker is set to debut her first feature-length project “Mosquita y Mari” at the festival …
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The Corporate State Will Be Broken
A protester with the Occupy Wall Street movement waves to Auubi, a 17-month-old boy whose father was also demonstrating, on the grounds of the Capitol in Washington, on January …
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The Surefire Way to End Online Piracy: End Copyright
(Image: Jared Rodriguez / Truthout) The popular rebellion against the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) was an impressive display of democracy in action. The opponents of the …
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Gingrich Bets on Attack Mode Against News Media
Greenville, S.C. — They were Newt Gingrich’s other adversaries in the South Carolina primary and they helped define his surge to victory as much as Mitt Romney, Rick Santorum …
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How Can Communities Defend Themselves From Corporate Interests?
(Image: Gibbs Smith) Why isn't activism working? It's not for lack of trying, says self-described recovering environmental attorney Thomas Linzey. The environmental community has created a slew …
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Endless War
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Shale-Shocked: Fracking Gets Its Own Occupy Movement
This is a story about water, the land surrounding it, and the lives it sustains. Clean water should be a right: there is no life without it. New York …
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Obama Must Choose on Housing: Sweetheart Deal for the 1 Percent or Fairness for the 99 Percent?
With George Goehl Rumor has it that on Monday, after months of negotiation with big banks, the White House may announce a settlement that would let the …
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Honduras Is Test of New US Policy on Gay Rights
San Pedro Sula, Honduras - From U.N. chambers to the halls of the State Department, global pressure on countries to protect the rights of gay people and transgender people …