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With Sons in Solitary, Mothers Fight for Their Freedom – and Their Lives
New York's Special Housing Unit Exclusion Law is meant to protect prisoners with mental illness from solitary confinement, but it is not always enforced.
Groups Decrying “Dark Money” Use Shadowy Money Themselves
At least 21 politically active groups failed to fully disclose their own funders.
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New President, Old Problems: Guatemala Seeks to Turn the Page
Guatemala inaugurated its new president, but the country still struggles to emerge from the shadows of its undemocratic past.
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2015 Wildfires Burned a Record-Breaking 10.1 Million Acres
Fires in Alaska help to smash 2006 record.
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Rosa Luxemburg Explains Capitalism Using Spoons
The teenage Rosa Luxemburg teaches her family about Marx's “Das Kapital.”
The Most Dangerous Year for Muslims in the United States
Abby Martin interviews Dr. Deepa Kumar, author of “Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire.”
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Worker Protests in Ciudad Juárez Shine Light on Workers’ Rights Violations
Workers took action to improve conditions in the low-wage maquiladora sector.
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Clinton, Sanders and O’Malley Address Police Violence and White Privilege at Brown and Black Forum
The Iowa Brown & Black Forum took place as Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders are deadlocked in Iowa and New Hampshire polls.
Revoke ExxonMobil’s Corporate Charter for Climate Destruction and Cover-Up
We should petition the attorney general of New Jersey, where ExxonMobil is incorporated, to revoke the oil firm's corporate charter.
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The Climate Movement Is Stuck in “Groundhog Day”; Here’s How It Can Break Free
The only way to break free from the time loop is to learn from mistakes and refuse to repeat them.