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Protesters Call for Justice for Transgender Filipina Allegedly Killed by Marine
A candlelight vigil for Jennifer Laude, the 26-year-old transgender Filipina woman who was allegedly murdered by a US Marine, was held in San Francisco.
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The Post-Michael Brown Agenda Provides Goals for the Movement to End Racist, Militarized Policing
Throughout the nation the issue of police brutality, including killings of unarmed people, is a common problem.
Groups Across the Country Denounce “National Bioenergy Day” as a Dirty Sham
Pointing to growing opposition to bioenergy facilities around the nation and the world, they say burning trees, contaminated wastes, and garbage is grossly and dangerously misrepresented by industry advocates …
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More Than a Number: Violence and Freedom of Expression in Honduras
In today's Honduras, the inalienable freedom of expression has been violently repressed in the form of frequent attacks committed against journalists.
Dahr Jamail | As Casualties Mount, Scientists Say Global Warming Has Been “Hugely Underestimated“
As the signs of runaway anthropogenic climate disruption continue to escalate, a new study reports that climate change is “worse than we thought” because it is happening "faster than …
Theodore Roosevelt, Walt Whitman and Andrew Jackson Were Proponents of Native American Genocide
Author Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz speaks about her book on the true history of how the United States became a nation and Eurocentric racism that justified it.
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Here Come the Rain and Drought
Many coastal regions must start bracing for frequent floods as key freshwater sources are drying up elsewhere.
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The United States Is Founded Upon the Model of European Conquest: Dispose of the Disposable People
In order to expand, the original 13 colonies had to decimate the Native-American nations and seize their lands.
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On October 15, the United Nations Will Fail Haiti Once Again
We have a moral and political obligation to support the struggle for self-determination by the popular classes in Haiti.
The Death Penalty, Missouri and the Continued Devaluing of Black Life
Death penalty states like Missouri have been treating their predominantly black death row prisoners like test subjects while protests over the worth of black life continue in Ferguson.