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Filming Holds Officers Accountable – Like In Eric Garner's Death by Excessive NYPD Force
Once again, a person's revolutionary act of filming with a cellphone has exposed crimes perpetrated by the New York police.
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Will a Vulture Hedge-Fund Billionaire Drown Argentina In Debt?
The U.S. president need only inform a federal judge that Paul Singer is interfering with the president's sole authority to conduct foreign policy – so why hasn't he done it?
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The OIRA Effect: Lobbyists Block Regulations Through Secretive White House Office
Washington lobbyists often find a receptive ear within the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, an arm of the White House that conducts much of its business in secret.
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Intercontinental Cry Marks A Decade On Front Lines of Global Indigenous Movement
A decade ago, there were 50 Indigenous Nations leading their own struggles. Now there are 500.
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People's Climate March In September: An Invitation To Change Everything
In the run-up to the People's Climate March in New York City on Sept. 20-21 – slated to be the largest climate march in U.S. history – the Climate Convergence will draw thousands from across the world.
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New York Sex Trade Filling with In-Debt Graduates and "Average Everyday Women"
With an Ivy League education, Anna is currently paying off $47,000 in student debt – an amount that would be much higher, she says, if she hadn't had the supplemental income sex work provides.
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Corporations Renouncing U.S. "Citizenship" Bilk Billions from Federal Revenue
So far this year, a dozen U.S. companies including well-known brands like Medtronic and Chiquita have merged with foreign firms, shifting their headquarters offshore to avoid U.S. taxes.
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New Seattle Cooperative Refinances Student Debt with Community Funds
It's a win-win scenario – sort of like Lending Club for local college graduates.
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Here's How Conde Nast Tries to Enlist Celebs to Make Propaganda for Monsanto
Monsanto, which has been a target of environmental and human rights activists for decades now, is well aware of the constant need to burnish its own reputation.
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Obama’s Secret Terrorist-Tracking System, by the Numbers
Of the 680,000 people caught up in the government’s Terrorist Screening Database, more than 40 percent are described by the government as having “no recognized terrorist group affiliation.”
