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How Jails Became Warehouses for the Poor, Ill and Addicted
A recent report found that the majority of people incarcerated in local and county jails committed minor violations including driving with suspended licenses, shoplifting or evading subway fares – and simply can't pay the $500 bail to leave.
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Climate Deniers Attempt to Block "Merchants of Doubt" Film
Climate denier Fred Singer lobbied fellow skeptics to create a backlash, and proposed legal action, against the film that exposes industry’s role in manipulating the U.S. debate on climate change.
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Four Years Later, Fukushima Victims Speak – But Will Anyone Listen?
On the 4th anniversary of the Fukushima disaster, Americans may be surprised to learn that no one in Japan has been held accountable – that in fact Japanese police and prosecutors have yet to conduct a thorough investigation.
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The Noose Around Greece: How Central Banks Harness Governments
To buy Greece's bonds as collateral, the European Central Bank is first asking the country to sell off its public assets, slash salaries and pensions, drastically increase taxes and dismantle its social services – all to save the banking system.
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Why A Loss for Chicago’s Mayor 1% Could Be the Win Progressives Have Been Waiting For
Rahm Emanuel’s cascade of calamities points to larger problems within a Democratic party being tugged by neoliberals of the Clinton/Obama school and forces that oppose the party's long rightward drift.
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Justice Must Flow: Economic Democracy and the Water Commons
The water crisis has nothing to do with the actual availability of water – the culprit is local communities’ inability to control their wealth, their common resources and their institutions of lending and credit.
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ACLU With Wikipedia Sue NSA Over Online Surveillance
The lawsuit alleges that the NSA's mass surveillance of internet traffic, often called "upstream" surveillance, violates the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution.
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Balkan People Square Off With Oil Interests Over Adriatic Sea Drilling
Nobody wants to bathe in a sea where they see oil rigs, platforms, tankers and pipelines.
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Obama Issues Modest "Student Aid Bill Of Rights" For Millions Drowning In College Debt
Not only should every American be able to afford college, they also should be able to afford the loan payments that kick into overdrive once they graduate.
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World At A Crossroads: Stop The Fast Track To A Future Of Global Corporate Rule
Do we want corporate rule or the people’s rule?
