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Chris Hedges: Murder Is Our National Sport
Death Row inmate William Van Poyck fights for his life by blogging his experience as he waits for lethal injection.
Opting Out of Wall Street and Building Sustainable, Resilient Communities: Remaking Finance, Part III
Community time banks and local currencies can be an effective means to escape the corrupt extractive finance system.
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Change
“A woman president would change everything.”
Did Backlash Against GOP Voter Suppression Increase Black Voter Turnout?
Voter suppression laws might have in fact pushed higher voter turn out among minority communities. Brendan Fischer reports.
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“Declaration”: An Excerpt
The authors of Declaration examine injustices that democracy has wrought and share an excerpt.
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Another Government Is Necessary: The People Can Rule Better Than the Elites
On Earth Day, a new alternative government, the Green Shadow Cabinet, was announced. Its over 80 members are leaders in their fields, from medicine to art to activism, and …
Thom Hartmann on the News: Criminalizing Immigration, Florida Rejects Medicaid Funding, and More
Thom Hartmann on the News
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Guatemala Genocide Trial Must Resume, Say Human Rights Leaders
If witnesses to the 1980s massacres are forced to re-testify, they'll face risk and strain beyond what they've already overcome in order to speak out.
Bob Edgar: A Tainted Democracy
Bob Edgar is remembered for his lifelong commitment to social justice and his belief that government can be made to work for and with the people.
Putting Water Back in Public Hands
Nick Buxton: Paris and other cities have remunicipalised water that had been privatized saving users money and introducing more democracy and transparency.