Biden cared more about the appearance of having an independent DOJ untainted by politics than he did about holding an unrepentant criminal ex-president accountable.
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Fast-Food Workers In Denmark Make $20/Hour As U.S. Employees Fight for $15
“Sometimes I ask, ‘Do I buy food or do I buy them clothes? If I made $20 an hour, I could actually live, instead of dreaming about living.”
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Pay Rent or Drink Water: The Human Rights Crisis in Detroit Escalates
Despite mass protests, the emergency management water shutoffs in Detroit have resumed – even as UN experts call the water disconnects "contrary to human rights" and activists decry them as "genocide."
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The Children's Crusade: Understanding the Central American Migrant Crisis
The reasons so many kids continue to make this dangerous trek north involve the War on Drugs, Reagan-era civil wars and a U.S. sponsored coup.
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Weeklong Protests in Capital Target Industry's Grip On Policy
There were daily conflicts with police at each entrance to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, and over 100 arrests during the course of the week.
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Protesters In Mexico Set Fire to National Palace Over Missing Students
The 43 students were allegedly kidnapped by local police and handed over to a gang.
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Net Neutrality Protests Sweep America As F.C.C. "Hybrid" Plan Is Leaked
Protesters have promised to escalate demonstrations after a Tom Wheeler's “hybrid” proposal failed to fully reclassify the Internet as a public utility and protect free speech.
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As City Profits Pour In, India's Rural School Meals Tragedy Is Due To Be Repeated
For the last three years this small, one-room school hasn’t seen a single midday meal served to its impoverished students – nor have cooks across the country been paid.
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The Protests, Occupations and Uprisings That Are Changing Our World
From the Battle of Seattle to Occupy Wall Street, a new book revisits the major challenges that grassroots movements face in the pursuit of social change.
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Green Tuesday: Oregon and Alaska Legalize Growing and Selling Marijuana
The marijuana legalization train has left the station.
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Workers Nationwide Win City and State Minimum Wage Hikes
Ballot measures on minimum-wage hikes and paid sick days succeeded, but things just got grimmer for unions and healthcare expansion.
