The burgeoning pro-democracy, anti-Trump movement known as 50501 expects to drive tens and possibly hundreds of thousands to protest in 1,000 cities and towns on Saturday.
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After Failed GMO Initiative in Washington, Food Safety Modernization Act Is Next Battle
Unless people participate to support their values, our democracy cannot function.
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ACLU Report: Thousands Serving Life Without Parole for Nonviolent Offenses
At least 3,728 prisoners in the United States will spend the rest of their lives in prison for nonviolent offenses, costing taxpayers $2 billion.
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Occupy Wall Street Group Buys $15 Million of Americans' Debt — And Abolishes It
Rolling Jubilee, set up by Occupy's Strike Debt group last November, purchases personal debt cheaply from banks before "abolishing" it, freeing individuals from their bills -- mainly medical ones.
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The Future Must Be Green, Red, Black and Female
If the story of a human future is not green, there is no future. If we can restructure our world along new understandings of ecology and economics, there is a chance we can salvage something.
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Hedges: Jeremy Hammond and the Revolutionaries In Our Midst
Hammond appears for sentencing Friday in Manhattan and could face 10 years in prison for hacking the security firm Stratfor and exposing its infiltration, monitoring and surveillance of nonviolent protesters for corporations and the security state.
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Violence Against Brazil Protesters Puts Spotlight on Education as a Constitutional Right
Rio de Janeiro's State Teachers Union gained wide support after 200 teachers were brutally removed from occupying Rio's town hall in October. The teachers have won concessions and are threatening further strikes if more demands aren't met.
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Here's what we still don't know about the U.S. drones program
Nearly six months ago, President Obama promised more transparency and tighter policies around targeted killings. How much has changed since then?
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Public Banking in Costa Rica: A Remarkable Little-Known Model
Established in 1949, Costa Rica's four public banks have remained open and in public hands in spite of enormous pressure by the IMF and the U.S. to privatize them.
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Oil Espionage: How the NSA and Britain's GCHQ Spied on OPEC
Documents disclosed by Edward Snowden reveal that both America's NSA and Britain's GCHQ have infiltrated the computer network of OPEC to spy on global energy supplies.
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Civil Rights Lawyers Challenge Judge's Removal After Stop-and-Frisk Ruling
Attorneys from the Center of Constitutional Rights say that a ruling to remove U.S. district judge Shira Scheindlin, who sought to overturn New York City's stop-and-frisk policy, was "unprecedented and unwarranted" and want the court to reconsider.
