We have to be smart in how we fight against Trump and the Republican Party this time around. That means picking our battles wisely, and not taking bait that’s dangled in front of our faces.
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ACLU Launches Nationwide Police Militarization Investigation
The ACLU has launched a nationwide campaign to assess police militarization in the United States.
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Revealed: ALEC Is Behind State-by-State Push to Lower Minimum Wage
Politicians backed by the ultra-conservative American Legislative Exchange Council have introduced 67 laws in 25 states to reduce minimum wage levels, a new survey revealed.
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The 28th Amendment: Separating Corporation and State
Educating the public about the corporate corruption of democracy will lead to reform, and reform will undermine the ability of corporations to corrupt the democratic process.
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Hugo Chavez, Venezuelan President and Revolutionary Leader, Dead at 58
The populist combined the leveling spirit of a kind of new New Deal with a model of social change based on redistributed wealth and communal organization.
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Jury Finds 12 Philadelphia Protesters Not Guilty for Wells Fargo Sit-In
In the matter of The People v. Wells Fargo, a Philadelphia jury on Tuesday found 12 Occupy Philly protesters not guilty for a November 2011 sit-in against the banks’ predatory lending practices.
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Techtivist Report: New Copyright Alert System to Drive Sharers Underground
The CAS, backed by Time Warner, Verizon, Comcast, AT&T - and the U.S. government - will disrupt Internet access for copyright violators.
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Fracking Industry Propaganda Battles Science in Obama's New Energy Pick
President Obama's appointment of Dr. Ernest Moniz to head the U.S. Energy Department is a literal payoff to the hydrofracking industry, which has funneled millions into Moniz's Energy Initiative research at MIT.
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Letter from Bulgaria: What’s Taking Us to the Streets?
Twenty-four years after the supposed fall of communism in Bulgaria, it is the social state that has been brought down - not the communist elites.
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Lords of Disorder: Billions for Wall Street, Sacrifice for Everyone Else
As usual, we’re collecting nothing from the big banks but demanding sacrifice from the elderly, the disabled, the poor, the young and the middle class.
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In Portugal, "Screw the Troika" Protest Draws Hundreds of Thousands
Hundreds of thousands of people flooded the streets of Portuguese cities protesting austerity measures that the government hopes will help to avoid the bailout and lift the country out of recession.
