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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75% of Missouri Voters Approve Privacy Amendment to Block NSA Spying
While a state constitutional amendment only binds state agencies and not the federal government, Tuesday's yes vote on the 9th Amendment will protect Missourians from a practical effect of federal spying.
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Why Detroit's Water Crisis Is A Wake-Up Call To All Americans
We cannot credibly advocate for human rights abroad while failing to protect them at home – and the denial of water to Detroiters raises poignant questions about America’s ever-growing inequality.
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Indigenous Blockade of B.C. Pipeline Spurs Apache Corp To Abandon Kitimat Gas Project
Houston-based Apache Corporation said it will exit the joint project with Chevron just one month after Premier Christy Clark took a tour of the site.
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Where Are the Occupy Protesters Now?
Social media makes it easier and cheaper to build movements quickly – but bypassing the business of creating decision-making infrastructure means they can disappear just as fast.
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Rebel Generation: Millennials In the Era Of Distrust and Discontent
From 9/11 on, millennials saw firsthand the devastation wrought by the Bush administration’s dishonesty.
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New Wiki Opens Data on 4 Million Oil & Gas Wells Across North America
"We're not doing anything the regulators can't do themselves if they were so inclined."
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Labor On Offense: Congress Introduces Bill to Make Union Organizing A Civil Right
The Ellison-Lewis legislation would amend the National Labor Relations Act to give workers a range of legal options if they feel discriminated against for trying to form a union.
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Exclusive: Euro-Crisis Report Links Bailouts and Austerity To Fascism's Rise Across Europe
In "False Dilemmas," Christina Laskaridis explores the origins and impacts of the debt crisis – looking at who engineered the bank bailouts, how they were able to get away with it, and what Europe has been left with.
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Indigenous Community Evicts TransCanada Fracking Pipeline Crew From Its Territories
Under a system of governance that predates Canada by thousands of years, the Unist’ot’en have taken an uncompromising stance: All pipelines are banned from their territories.
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Uranium Corporation Of India Is Killing Children – But Refuses To Admit It
Even as uranium mining devastates communities in the state of Jharkhand, India, in the grip of promised growth, is choosing to look away.
