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Ferguson Is What Happens When White Suburban Cops Get Weapons Of War
Michael Brown’s shooting was one thing. The protests are another. But military might does not belong on Main Street.
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How Crony Capitalism and Deregulation Poisoned Toledo's Water
Like other water-related crises this year in West Virginia and Detroit, the poisoning of Toledo's water is tied to corruption at the highest levels of state government by corporate special interests.
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Edward Snowden, The Most Wanted Man in the World
"I’m an engineer, not a politician. I don’t want the stage. I’m terrified of giving these talking heads some distraction, some excuse to jeopardize, smear, and delegitimize a very important movement.”
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Why Police Killings Of Black Men In America Constitute A Human Rights Crisis
The father of a slain black teen in Jacksonville, Florida, is in Geneva this week before the United Nations for what he says are murders committed with impunity against young black men in America.
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This September 17, Rolling Jubilee Will Buy Back – And Abolish – Student Debt
This time, it’s different.
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Protesters Defy Martial Law-Like Crackdown In Ferguson
"We have a right to assemble, a right to freedom. But here we are facing what looks like a military imposing martial law. It is not acceptable."
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Meet the Astroturf Kingpin: Rick Berman, Anti-Activism Propagandist
Posing as an activist watchdog, a tobacco lobbyist seeks to fool voters into adopting pro-corporate positions on the most pressing current economic issues.
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It's Official: The One Percent Are Literally Rich Beyond Measure
The wealth of the most well off people is under-counted because they hide it in tax shelters, keep it in foundations and holding companies, and don’t respond to questionnaires, according to recent research.
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Tear Gas, Rubber Bullets, Sustained Protests Follow Michael Brown Shooting In Missouri
“We were just sitting on the ground in the street, singing We Shall Not Be Moved. They told us, ‘Get off the street’, and then they started shooting gas canisters at us."
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"Houses Are Bouncing" In Oklahoma As Fracktivity Triggers Record Earthquakes
Since January, Oklahoma has had 292 earthquakes registering a magnitude 3.0 or larger, more than any state in the U.S – and nearly triple the 109 it had last year, thanks to massive oil and gas drilling.
