It is not hyperbole to say that the world’s richest man has now illegally seized control of America’s checkbook and the entire federal workforce.
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Pokémon Go is everything that is wrong with late capitalism
Last week, two things happened that will have long-lasting impact on American society and the global economy. First, the yield on the 10-year Treasury fell to a record low of 1.366 percent. Second, Nintendo released Pokémon Go.
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Turkey widens purges to police after coup bid, Europe warns on rule of law
Authorities have rounded up nearly 3,000 suspected military plotters, ranging from top commanders to foot soldiers.
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Occupy the Cinema: "Free State of Jones" and "The Purge: Election Year"
These new films ask: Are we primed to drown in the culture of fear created for us? Doomed to waste one another in most excessive ways, while the wealth remains undisbursed?
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Legalized Murder and the Politics of Terror
Impoverished urban communities have evolved into miniature police states.
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In First, U.S. Judge Throws Out Cell Phone "Stingray" Evidence Obtained Without Warrant
For the first time, a federal judge has suppressed evidence obtained without a warrant by U.S. law enforcement using a stingray, a surveillance device that can trick suspects' cell phones into revealing their locations.
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Activists Reclaim Public Space Through Advertising Takeovers–Come Learn How
Public Ad Campaign encourages political movements to reach new audiences by occupying corporate messaging and creating new forms of communication.
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This Grassroots Louisiana Organization In A Conservative Parish Wants To Ban Fracking
Concerned Citizens of St. Tammany demanded a halt to efforts to frack in their backyard.
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Will Apple's New Patent Push Delete on Ability to Record Police?
Concerns have been raised regarding the potential for new infrared technology to censor dissidents during political protest.
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Did Brexit Just Open the Floodgates for A New Era of Direct Democracy?
I must congratulate the U.K. citizens for voting to leave the undemocratic, unaccountable, bureaucratic and failed experiment that is the European Union. And no, I am not an anti-immigrant racist.
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World Anger Over Honduras Activist Lesbia Yaneth Urquia's Death
A mother of three children, Urquía was a member of the Council of Indigenous Peoples of Honduras, the same organization founded by Berta Cáceres — who was also murdered for working to stop a hydroelectric project.
