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Hate Groups Increase for Second Consecutive Year as Trump Electrifies Radical Right
A new report found that the number of hate groups operating in 2016 rose to 917 – up from 892 in 2015 – and that the most dramatic growth was the near-tripling of anti-Muslim hate groups, from 34 in 2015 to 101 last year.
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"A Post-Western Age": Munich Security Report Details Fragile World Order
With the rise of populism threatening the international order, the report warns of an "illiberal moment" globally—and the withdrawal of the U.S. on the world stage could allow others to take advantage of the power vacuum.
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UK to Trump: Bugger Off, You’re Not Welcome Here!
Trump's first weeks in office have resulted in almost every city and town in the U.K. hosting some kind of anti-Trump procession.
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Restaurants, Schools Close in "Day Without Immigrants" protest
Immigrants across the country went on strike Thursday to highlight their economic importance to a new administration that has taken a hard-line stance on immigration policies.
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How a Russian Steel Oligarch and Putin Ally Is Profiting from the Keystone XL Pipeline
DeSmog has uncovered that 40 percent of the steel created so far for KXL was manufactured in Canada by a subsidiary of Evraz – a company partly owned by Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich, who is a close ally of Putin and a Trump family friend.
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Out of the Deadlock and Out of Control: Why Trump's Foreign Policy Could Make Grexit a Reality
Ted Malloch, the U.S. president's highly controversial pick to serve as U.S. ambassador to the E.U., previously claimed that the Euro would not survive longer than 18 months and believes Greece is close to breaking with the E.U.
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Army Veterans Return to Standing Rock to Form a Human Shield Against Police
A growing group of military veterans are willing to put their bodies between Native American activists and the militarized police trying to remove them.
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Legal Battles Over Wisconsin Pipeline Shines Light on Enbridge Woes
The Bad River Tribal Council voted in January to evict Enbridge’s Line 5 from tribal lands, arguing that the pipeline’s age poses a significant threat to tribal lands and water supplies.
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The Long Road to Impeach Trump Just Got Shorter
On Thursday, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) filed a “resolution of inquiry” that amounts to the first legislative step toward impeachment, as a new poll shows registered voters are evenly split, at 46-to-46, on whether or not to impeach.
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Detroit Should Sell Its Occupied, Publicly-Owned Homes to their Current Residents
It is time for residents to get a deal in post-bankruptcy Detroit. Homesteading of Detroit Land Bank Authority homes can immediately improve the lives of thousands of Detroiters – by giving homes to the people who are already there.
