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When Black Lives Matter Met Clinton: Activists Speak Out on Challenging Candidate Over Crime Record
Black Lives Matter activists are back in the news after confronting Hillary Clinton on the campaign trail.
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Smoke and Mirrors Lie Behind Balanced-Budget Rhetoric
Every state's constitution (save Vermont's) requires a balanced budget. The surprises are in the methods they used.
Insurance Lobby That Fought Hillarycare and Obamacare Now Has Sturdy Bridges to Democrats
After insurers torpedoed Clinton's 1993 reform, they sought influence among Democrats through a firm with ties to the Clintons.
A Welcome New Yardstick for Measuring CEO Greed
By 2017, US corporations will have to start disclosing the ratio between what their CEOs and typical workers take home.
Economic Update: System Toxicity
This episode provides updates on China's currency moves, and more.
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Black Labor Organizers Urge AFL-CIO to Reexamine Its Ties to the Police
United Auto Workers members have led a push for the AFL-CIO to dissolve its relationship with an international police union.
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A Civil Society Arose in Watts Before and After the Unrest
The Watts rebellion grew not from chaos but from a mobilized community seeking change. Six days of violence could not destroy the community.
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Mumia Abu-Jamal on the Meaning of Ferguson
Ferguson is a wake-up call to build social, radical, revolutionary movements for change.
Collectively Dreaming New Worlds: Walidah Imarisha on “Octavia’s Brood“
Co-editor Walidah Imarisha discusses what inspired the sci-fi anthology “Octavia's Brood” and what it is intended to inspire.
Art and Protest at Venice Biennale Highlights Labor Conditions, Climate Change and Austerity
The Venice Biennale is the oldest and most prestigious international art exhibition.