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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Housing Victories, from Atlanta to Detroit to Minneapolis
Homeowners recently got a reprieve in three separate cities thanks to support from their communities that helped them stave off evictions.
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Report Misses How Regulators Conspired with Banks Against Homeowners
The U.S. Government Accountability Office, tasked with carrying out a high level review of the big banks' illegal foreclosure process, has released a report that fails to reach meaningful conclusions.
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Killings and Repression Spark Revolt in Brooklyn
The March 9 killing of 16-year-old Kimani Gray in Brooklyn has unleashed a torrent of outrage about police brutality and racism in New York City.
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"The Kissinger Cables": Wikileaks Releases New Trove of Secret U.S. Documents
The world's lead whistleblowing website has just published the "Public Library of U.S. Diplomacy," 1.7 million U.S. documents from 1973 to 1976 including many written by former State Secretary Henry Kissinger.
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Hearts, Minds and Dollars: Condolence Payments in the Drone Strike Age
One measure of accountability for the U.S. covert drone wars is acknowledging civilian casualties and compensating families for their losses, but recent history in Iraq and Afghanistan shows that isn’t always simple.
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In March, Worldwide Protests Gained Momentum
Global demonstrations in March turned out hundreds of thousands of protesters, raising oppositional voices against austerity measures, police violence, school closures and ecocidal legislation.
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Six Things You Need to Know About the Arkansas Oil Spill
The damage it's wrought, human and environmental, could determine the future of the Keystone XL pipeline.
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Ohio is Illegally Jailing Debtors
Modern-day debtors' prisons push poor defendants further into destitution.
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Is Keystone XL Pipeline the "Stonewall" of the Climate Movement?
The narrow window of opportunity that physics provides us makes me doubt that a third party will offer a fast enough answer to come to terms with our changing planet.
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Revealed: How Homeland Security Spies on Peaceful Demonstrations and Activists
Government documents obtained through FOIA requests reveal that the Department of Homeland Security conducts daily monitoring of peaceful, lawful protests as a matter of policy.
