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Black Lives Matter’s Patrisse Cullors on Creating a New Economy of Nonviolence
Black Lives Matter's Patrisse Cullors speaks about her violent childhood and the “economy of violence.”
Boycott From Within: Interview With Activists Ronnie Barkan and Haidar Eid
The two-state solution has been declared dead too many times to count, but have we turned a corner?
Former Baltimore Cop: You Can’t Enforce the Law by Breaking It
Stephen Tabeling says police who are hesitant in wake of Freddie Gray indictments don't understand the law.
Snowden Documents: NSA Technology Lets the Government Generate Transcripts of Private Phone Calls
The NSA is converting phone conversations into searchable text.
New York City Mayor de Blasio Moves to Rein in Soaring Rents With Call for New Tenant Protections
More than 250,000 apartments have been deregulated.
Human Rights Watch: Saudi-Led Coalition Bombing Yemen With Banned US-Made Cluster Munitions
Cluster bombs are banned under a 2008 treaty for the high civilian toll they can cause.
Emails Show American Psychological Association Secretly Worked With Bush Administration to Enable Torture
The issue is not about doctor-patient relationship here. It is about war crimes and about crimes against humanity, which are not contingent on someone being your patient.
Baltimore Youth on Being Called “Thugs”
Members of Dew More Baltimore talk about what politicians and media had to say about Baltimore youth last week.
“The Army Knew”: New Investigation Unravels Mexican Government Account of How 43 Students Disappeared
The evidence shows repeated inconsistencies and omissions in the government's account of what happened when the students went missing.
What Conditions Gave Rise to the Baltimore Uprising?
Community activists Marisela Gomez, Kimberly Ellis and Shaquayah McKenzie discuss the conversations in the media about Black life and Baltimore.