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A Call to Be Treated “Justly and Humanely“
Pelican Bay Prison hunger striker Lorenzo Benton deconstructs and lambastes California Department of Corrections Secretary Jeffrey Beard's contentions that the hunger strike (which ended Thursday), is gang-instigated and enforced, …
On the News With Thom Hartmann: Another Key Provision of Obamacare Meant to Protect Consumers Is Being Delayed, and More
In today's On the News segment: The Obama Administration is holding off on instituting out-of-pocket expense limits; North Carolina's Republican Governor Pat McCrory signed our nation's most restrictive voter …
Social Death and the Criminalization of Resistance in the California Prison Hunger Strikes
At stake here is the very meaning of social life and social death, and the continued legacy of slavery, both in the U.S. prison system and in the structure …
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Hunger Strike Shows Emaciation of Our National Character
Californians need to find the compassion in their hearts to recognize the heroism of incarcerated citizens.
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California Hunger Strikers Enter Third Week, Face Retaliation
On July 8, more than 30,000 prisoners in California refused meals in the third such strike in two years. Prisoners in solitary confinement at Pelican Bay State Prison, some …
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Special Investigation: Fracking in the Ocean Off the California Coast
The Pacific Ocean may be the next frontier for fracking technology.
Will Marijuana Farming in Mendocino County, California, Lead America to Pot?
Truthout interviews Doug Fine about the issues covered in his book ‘Too High to Fail.’
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Legalizing Marijuana May Help Save the US Economy, Reduce the Prison Population, and Stop the Drug War Death Toll
Author Doug Fine took off to Mendocino, California, where growing marijuana is big business.
Prisoners Stage Hunger Strikes Worldwide
Attorney Michael Ratner on the 30,000 California prisoners on hunger-strike and their solidarity with prisoners from Guantanamo Bay to the occupied territories of Palestine.
California’s Market for Hard-to-Verify Carbon Offsets Could Let Industry Pollute as Usual
Timber, dairy and chemical companies line up to sell credits to biggest emitters.