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Why Is Blackwater Helping To Train Brazil’s World Cup Security?
More than 170,000 security personnel will be on hand at the summer soccer tournament, some of them trained by a private U.S. security firm with a dark history.
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Michael Pollan Thinks Wall Street Has Way Too Much Influence Over What We Eat
In a wide-ranging interview, the renowned author explained what studying the food system can teach us about capitalism.
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Major Corporations Announce $60 Million Divestment from Private Prisons
Thanks to sustained pressure from ColorOfChange, this may be the first time that a series of corporations have confirmed divestment from private prisons.
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Victims of Police Entrapment, NATO 3 Sentenced to Multiple-Year Jail Terms
Three activists accused of plotting to firebomb high-profile targets during the 2012 NATO Summit were sentenced Friday.
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500 Indigenous Protesters Occupy Peru's Biggest Amazon Oil Field
Native communities have taken control of a thermoelectric plant, oil tanks and key roads in the Amazonian region of Loreto.
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Prosecuting Wall Street: It's Time to Bring the Banks Before a California Jury
Sixteen of the world’s largest banks have been caught colluding to rig global interest rates – so why are we doing business with a corrupt global banking cartel, and isn't it time someone prosecuted them?
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More Seattles, Please: Appetite Is Growing for a $15 Minimum Wage
From San Francisco to Portland to Chicago, grassroots groups and unions are following in Seattle's footsteps by pushing to institute a $15 minimum wage.
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Justice Stevens Says Highest Court Has Taken “Giant Step in the Wrong Direction”
In his new book, Justice John Paul Stevens proposes six amendments, one of which would address the Citizens United ruling on campaign finance.
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Feed Them Cake: A British Group Challenges Inequality and Stolen Wealth
The World Development Movement advocates for African food sovereignty, attacks the fossil fuel industry and fights corporate power.
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Cowboys and Indians Ride Into Capital Calling for End to Keystone Pipeline
Dozens of ranchers, farmers and Native Americans calling themselves the Cowboy and Indian Alliance rode into D.C. on horseback to set up camp in opposition to the Keystone XL pipeline.
