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Tamir Rice’s Family Gets $6 Million Settlement for Police Killing of 12-Year-Old
Black Lives Matter activists will now focus on calling for the officers to be fired.
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Dean Baker | Scamming US Veterans: Efforts to Privatize Veterans Administration’s Health System
Right-wing groups are inventing scandals around Veteran Administration's hospitals in order to advance an agenda of privatizing the system.
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The Irish Socialist Who Organized an Uprising
On the 100th anniversary of a failed rebellion in Ireland, many on the left will commemorate the revolt's leader, James Connolly.
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The Clintons Have Failed Latinos on Immigration Reform
The Clintons have championed “get tough” policies that have bolstered those who have a financial incentive to maintain the status quo.
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Fight for Justice Inches Forward for Victims of Massacre in Colombia
Colombians say they find hope in their ability to reconstruct their communities' social fabric and develop agricultural land.
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Meet the Corporate PR Firm Hired to Sell a Murderous Foreign Regime to the US Public
Ketchum was hired to improve the Honduran government's image.
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President Obama Can Help Save Saudi Youth Facing Beheading
Saving the lives of these men could show the Saudis that the US will no longer close its eyes to their grotesque human rights record.
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Berta Cáceres Lives On, and So Does Violence by Honduran Government and Dam Company
1,500 people from 22 countries convened in Honduras for the “Peoples of Berta Vive.”
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Senators Challenge US Military Aid to Saudi Arabia
Two US senators have introduced a bipartisan bill that would place new conditions on US military aid to Saudi Arabia.
US Steps Closer to Racial Healing With a Truth and Reconciliation Commission
South Africa used truth and reconciliation to address its racist history. It's time for the US to do the same.