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Kimani's Story: An Interview with the Directors of “Defended in the Streets"
The new film tells the story of the fatal shooting of 16-year-old Kimani Gray by plainclothes police in Brooklyn – an event that sparked outrage and widespread protests against police brutality.
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Killing Black Children is an American Tradition
In the wake of the Jordan Davis verdict, a history lesson.
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Unequal States of America: New Report Shows the Geography of U.S. Income Inequality
The top 1% captured all of the income growth between 2009 and 2011 in 26 out of the 50 states.
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After Fracking Blast in Pennsylvania, Chevron Offers Pizza
A Chevron well in the preparation stages for fracking exploded last week in Pennsylvania, causing a fire that lasted for four days.
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British Law Is Failing As Student Protesters Demand End to Austerity
Incorporated with the coalition government’s pro-business austerity agenda, the right to protest has faced severe cuts in Britain.
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Homeland Security Wants a Nationwide License Plate Tracking System
The tracking system would give the agency access to vast amounts of information from commercial and law enforcement tag readers.
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Snowden Docs Reveal U.S. and U.K. Covert Surveillance, Pressure On WikiLeaks and Supporters
One classified document from the U.S. intelligence community recounts how the Obama administration urged foreign allies to file criminal charges against Julian Assange over the WikiLeaks publication of the Afghanistan war logs.
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Ending the Chicago Tribune’s Propaganda War Against Public Dissent
The NATO 3’s ‘crime’ — assembling four primitive Molotov cocktails on the eve of a protest — was wholly initiated, incited and put into motion by two undercover cops.
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Hedges: The “Dual State” That Edward Snowden Enabled Us To See
A debate this week at Oxford University centers on whether the NSA whistleblower helped or harmed the public good – but on a deeper level, this debate revolves around our nation’s loss of liberty.
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Riding to Resist: L.A. Bicyclists Brave Death to Empower Communities
We have brought all ages of bicycle activists out of their homes and into the streets to form innovative, radical groups whose two-wheeled tools address far-reaching community needs
