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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Police Killings Raise Tensions As Protests Continue in Salinas, California
The shooting death two weeks ago of Carlos Mejia was caught on a cell phone and quickly went viral, prompting outrage as he became the third person killed by Salinas police in three months.
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ExposeFacts: A New Organization for Whistleblowing, Journalism and Democracy
The new group, led by Daniel Ellsberg, Barbara Ehrenreich, William Binney and others, will shed light on concealed activities relevant to human rights, corporate malfeasance, the environment, civil liberties and war.
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Egypt Strongman's Lop-Sided Victory Reveals Fractures, Fears – And A Revolution Still Unmet
The elections opened stark new divisions in Egypt's society as public criticism of President-elect Abdel Fattah al-Sisi becomes an “at your own risk” endeavor.
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Tiananmen Anniversary Quelled in Beijing As Crowds Flood Hong Kong
Over 100,000 people gathered Wednesday in Hong Kong to mark the 25th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square crackdown, while heightened security in Beijing prevented the public from assembling there.
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‘And Still We Rise’: Palestinian Soccer Stands Tall
“It’s like those words of your poet who just died, Maya Angelou, her words that we see written on the walls that surround us: ‘And still we rise.’”
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Protests Threaten to Paralyze Brazil Ahead of World Cup
As the FIFA World Cup approaches, the streets of Brazil are heating up with strikes and demonstrations, and there are worries that the social unrest could escalate into a wave of protests similar to the ones that shook the country in June 2013.
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Gezi Movement Erupts on Anniversary As Turkish Leader Lashes Out With Force
Turkey’s strongman prime minister has mobilized the power of the state to head off another popular uprising against rising authoritarian rule.
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Post-Occupied: Where Are We Now?
Occupy did not happen in a vacuum, and any attempt to analyze it in one will fail. What happens next depends on how prepared people are to choose a direction, and how ready they are to push.
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Marching Against Oil: More Tar Sands Resistance Is Rising, This Time In Quebec
The one-month-long Peoples for Mother Earth march across Quebec to protest TransCanada's Energy East pipeline will be the largest march in North America.
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What the Left Can Learn From the Far Right's Political Gains In Europe
The extreme right has worked hard to make themselves more palatable – while demonstrating that the old formula of scapegoating the already marginalized continues to be a winner.
