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The Supreme Court Just Gave You One More Reason To Join the Clean Elections Movement
The McCutcheon decision will boost the political power of the one percent at the expense of the rest of us. But it also adds to the urgency of the …
Razor Wire, Prison Cells, and Black Panther Robert H. King’s Life of Resistance: An Interview With Filmmaker Ron Harpelle
A new 40-minute documentary film by Canadian History Professor Ron Harpelle, entitled “Hard Time,” focuses on the life of Robert Hillary King, who spent 29 years in continuous solitary …
When Clearcuts Kill
The landslide that killed Delsa Hammer also began in a clear-cut that environmental officials knew might trigger a slide.
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Occupy Sandy and the Future of Socialism
The impromptu relief efforts in the wake of Superstorm Sandy, as in every crisis, quashed the notions that humans are inherently selfish.
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Changing Our Climate of Indifference
In a million ways, the changing climate is ruining lives around the world by changing rain patterns, floods, mudslides, crop failures, and more. What will it take to for …
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Economy Adds 192,000 Jobs in March, Unemployment Rate Unchanged
The ACA appears to be allowing workers to opt for part-time jobs and older workers to retire early.
Sen. Bernie Sanders: Supreme Court Undermines Democracy by Allowing Billionaires To “Buy Elections”
Amy Goodman speaks to Independent Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont about Wednesday's landmark decision in McCutcheon v. FEC and his fight to remove big money from the electoral process.
Hopkins Hospital Workers Speak Out Against “Poverty Wages”
Jaisal Noor talks to workers at Baltimore's internationally renowned Johns Hopkins Hospital as they prepare for a possible strike in order to obtain a $15 hourly wage.
Noam Chomsky: Ecology, Ethics, Anarchism
Chomsky talks about how indigenous peoples are trying to save the world from anthropogenic climate disruption and the havoc being wrought by “really existing capitalist democracies.”
Emails Show Sen. Corker’s Chief of Staff Coordinated with Network of Anti-UAW Union Busters
Leaked documents obtained by a Nashville TV station reveal communications between the employees of two Tennessee Republicans and a network of antiunion professionals during the United Auto Workers' …