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Henry A. Giroux | Hope in the Age of Looming Authoritarianism
Increasingly, young people are becoming more willing to cross boundaries, join questions of understanding and power, and bring into being new ways of engaging with the world.

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Walmart Workers Will Make History on Friday As America Confronts Growing Inequality
This year, the day after Thanksgiving will be remembered as the day Americans took action to demand that Walmart pay workers livable wages.

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Tilting at Gas Wells: What’s the Best Way to Defend Your Community From Fracking?
The most effective fracking bans may be the ones that make the fewest rights claims.

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On the Front Lines of Hawaii’s GMO War, Part Two
Bill 2491 will take effect in nine months, but the battle over GMO farming and pesticides in Kauai - and the rest of Hawaii - is far from over.

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What Message Do You Need?
Nothing will change to make a better world without independent, public interest media sources that inform without fear or favor and so lay the foundation for a functional democracy.

Drone Strike Victims Find Support From Activists, Silence from Unapologetic US Leaders
A second drone briefing from victims at the US House of Representatives is also sparsely attended, but concerned citizens from around the world packed CODEPINK's Global Drone Summit in …

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Branding the Revolution
Does the Russell Brand

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My Charmed Life in the Tax Wars
Scorse describes how one private citizen succeeded in effecting a major change in the law for capital gains reporting.

Respect ABQ Women Campaign Applauds Voters for Rejecting the Abortion Ban Ballot Measure
The Respect ABQ Women campaign declared Albuquerque votersu2019 sound rejection of the anti-abortion ballot measure a huge victory for Albuquerque women and families.

An International Campaign to Reform Burma’s Constitution Currently Banning Women and Aung San Suu Kyi From Running for President
Vancouver-based investigative journalist Alan Clements recently returned to Burma (aka Myanmar) to document a country unravelling from decades of totalitarian tyranny.