Their tactics to force construction of data centers even against significant opposition from local communities have become increasingly forceful and hostile.
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NYU Medical School Plans Free Tuition For Those Studying To Be Doctors
The move is meant to address the high cost of entering a career in medicine, which pushes prospective physicians to high-end specialties instead of primary care.
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Rebel Cities 12: Valparaiso Shows How Radical Municipalism Must Deal With Our Burning World
In October 2016, Valparaiso, Chile, elected a radical municipalist administration. The city is aware that it is existentially threatened by the fires consuming it, and aims to tackle climate change head on.
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How a Small Town in Iowa Freed Local Workers From ICE Detention
Isabel's husband was detained by ICE. Then she received a call from the Eastern Iowa Community Bond Project, part of a wave of new groups that bail out detained immigrants. They wanted to help.
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Our Opponents' Actions Show We're Winning
One way we measure success is by recognizing the growing popular movements across multiple fronts of struggle. Another way is by observing the actions of our opponents.
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'Hell no': counterprotesters outnumber white supremacists at White House rally
A small group of white nationalists marched through downtown Washington on Sunday and were met at the rally site by thousands of counterdemonstrators denouncing racism and white supremacy.
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One year from Charlottesville: Hate is on the run – but still at the White House
White supremacist and nationalist groups had not gone away after the Civil Rights era, they just went underground – until their voice had been given the greatest megaphone of modern times.
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Baltimore to Become First Major American City to Ban Water Privatization
In a unanimous city council vote, a charter amendment makes both the city's water supply and sewer system “inalienable” and leaves them in local control.
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Rebel Cities 11: As Newham Transforms London, Democratic Socialists Awaken
In Newham, East London, Rokhsana Fiaz took power in May with a radical manifesto to alleviate the council's housing crisis and increase citizen participation. She is following through, and change is afoot.
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Democrats, Unions Declare Victory As 'Right to Work' Loses By Wide Margin in Missouri
“In every corner of the state, voters rebuked the efforts of powerful, out-of-state corporate interests and dark money to control the future of Missouri’s economy.”
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Portland far-right rally: police charge counterprotesters with batons drawn
Police in riot gear use stun grenades and pepper spray on leftwing groups protesting against Patriot Prayer marchers.
