The recent decisions by two of the most influential national newspapers of record to not publish their endorsements of Vice President Kamala Harris says a lot about how seriously they take Trump’s threats to democracy and his promises of vengeance against his enemies.
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The Wrong Men: How the DHS Failed to Prevent Terrorism
When they should have been investigating Tamerlan Tsarnaev’s extremist ties in 2011, Homeland Security and the Boston Police were busy collecting information on peaceful antiwar activists from Code PINK and Veterans for Peace.
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Occupying the Barbie Dreamhouse: Berliners Take on Mattel
German activists want parents to think twice about bringing their children to a real-life dollhouse they say embodies tired and damaging female stereotypes—and perpetuates the rise of corporate culture in the capital.
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New Shell Oil Laboratory at Oxford Meets Organized Resistance
A coalition of environmental protesters has targeted Shell for co-opting one of the world’s most prestigious universities and demanded an end to Big Oil's pollution of British education.
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The GMO Coup: How Monsanto Took Over the U.S. Agriculture Department
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has been taken over by an outside organization. RootsAction has launched a campaign demanding a Congressional investigation.
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Privacy or Security: Do We Only Get To Pick One?
After the Boston Marathon bombing, 61 percent of Americans said they were more concerned about the government enacting new anti-terrorism policies that would restrict their civil liberties.
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60 Minutes and the Billionaire Agenda
Journalist Lesley Stahl's segment about the adoption of military counterinsurgency techniques by U.S. police forces failed to mention that Stahl sits on the board of the Peterson Foundation, which heavily favors U.S. police militarization.
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Why the TransPacific Partnership is a Scary Big (So-Called Trade) Deal
Like a supersized NAFTA, the TPP gives foreign corporations privileges that can override domestic laws on environmental health and citizens’ rights. Here’s why we shouldn’t let it pass without a fight.
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Teenagers, Social Media, Terrorism — and the Price for a "Free Society"
Authorities are leaning toward zero tolerance of teenagers who fling around online threats about acts of violence or terrorism, and what might have once merited a slap on the wrist may today result in criminal charges.
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The Fix Is In: Obama Did It for the Money
The love fest between Barack Obama and his top fundraiser Penny Pritzker that has led to her being nominated as Commerce secretary would not be so unseemly if they both just confessed that they did it for the money.
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Obama in Plunderland: Down the Corporate Rabbit Hole
Commerce Secretary Penny Pritzker? What’s next? Labor Secretary Donald Trump? SEC Chairman Bernie Madoff? The president's latest high-level appointments — boosting corporate power and shafting the public — are despicable.