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Mental Health Movement Resists Chicago Austerity Measures
Chicago Shuts Down 6 of the Cityu2019s 12 public mental health centers, moves towards privatization of services.
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Europeans’ Economic Future Has Been Hijacked by Dangerous Ideologues
The primary cause of the eurozone crisis is the political agenda of the European authorities u2013 led by the European Central Bank (ECB) and European commission.
Divided British Court Upholds Extradition of WikiLeaks Founder Julian Assange to Sweden
Britainu2019s Supreme Court has upheld the extradition of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to Sweden to face questioning over alleged sex crimes.
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Obama Awards Medals to Bob Dylan, Toni Morrison and others
u201cToday we present this amazing group with one more accolade for a life well lived,u201d he said as he awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom to the recipients.
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Boulder Votes to Free Its Electric Company
Running their own utility means sun and wind energy instead of coal.
The Washington Post, PBS and the Koch-Funded American Enterprise Institute Attack Community Colleges
America's community colleges are in a near-death cycle after decades of budget cuts designed to weaken the public commons.
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Fracking in California Raises New and Old Concerns
Food & Water Watch joined with Gasland'sJosh Fox, Environment California, Citizens Coalition for a Safe Community and residents of surrounding neighborhoods to call for a ban on hydraulic fracturing …
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The Coming Mega-Drought: Tightening the Screws of Want and Thirst in the American Southwest
The Southwest is a beautiful country of blue skies, little water and plenty of land, most of which is semi-arid, arid or desert. Deserts are by definition inhospitable to …
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Partners in Deforestation and Slumification
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Collateral Damage in the War on Protesters: Neighbors of the NATO3 Cuffed, Held at Gunpoint
Whether or not they are guilty of illegal activity, the original three activists facing terrorism charges in Chicago and their six apartment-mates are not the only people who were …