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Manolada Workers: “No Greek Would Want This Job Anyway“
As a Greek court frees the shooters and employer of 35 Bangladeshi strawberry pickers, the plight of Greece's migrant workers is brought back into focus.
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As Migrant Children Face Backlash, Communities Mobilize to Drown Out Hate
The hateful taunts of counter protesters were drowned out by songs of freedom resonating high toward the skyscrapers in Manhatten this June.
Truthout Interviews Tanya Lee on Native American Gender-Based Violence
Tanya Lee speaks with Ted Asregadoo about the startlingly high rates of gender-based violence among Native American and Native Alaskan communities and the lack of access the victims of …
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Leaked Documents Show Spyware Used to Snoop on US Computers
Software created by the controversial UK based Gamma Group International was used to spy on computers that appear to be located in the United States.
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Time to Stop Criminalizing Immigrants
Last week US authorities began to place ankle bracelets on a few newly arrived immigrants. This represents a continuation of the criminalization and punishment of immigrants. The root causes …
Gitmo Prisoner’s “Life at Risk” After Abusive Force-Feeding
Abu Wa'el Dhiab, a father of four from Syria, is currently asking the DC District Court to order a halt to abusive force-feeding methods and the practice of unnecessary …
Center for Constitutional Rights Takes Animal Rights “Terrorism” Law to Supreme Court
Attorneys argue the AETA is written so expansively it could turn a successful labor protest at Wal-Mart into an act of domestic terrorism.
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Ebola, Secret Serums and Me
Ebola is no laughing matter. Except, of course, for Monsanto.
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James Baldwin at 90: “‘I can’t believe what you say,’ the song goes, ‘because I see what you do'”
Today, racism is thinly masked, and many refuse to see it.
Israel and the Erosion of International Humanitarian Law
The Zionist state's present blitzkrieg in Gaza may be the worst of that nation's ongoing series of violations of International humanitarian law.