HEALTH IS WHERE THE HOME IS

Jan 16, 2016 by

[Translate]   By Susan Sered, Susan Sered’s Blog | Op-Ed VIA TRUTHOUT Maybe it’s because of the bitterly cold...

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The Future of Life Depends on ...

Dec 21, 2015 by

The Future of Life Depends on Bringing the 500-Year Rampage of the White Man to a Halt

[Translate] Whites can play an important role in restraining other whites. By Frank Joyce / AlterNet The future of life on the planet...

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STUDENTS SUCCESSFULLY CONVINCE...

Dec 6, 2015 by

STUDENTS SUCCESSFULLY CONVINCE GEORGETOWN TO RENAME BUILDINGS NAMED AFTER SLAVEOWNERS

[Translate] by Casey Quinlan THINK PROGRESS CREDIT: Jacquelyn Martin, AP   Georgetown University will rename two buildings on campus...

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BLACK LIVES MATTER MOVEMENT RE...

Sep 19, 2015 by

BLACK LIVES MATTER MOVEMENT REFUSES TO ENDORSE ANY 2016 PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE

[Translate] Network of activists and allies pledges to press ahead with protests and calling out those who fail to focus on the...

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HURRICANE KATRINA, THE POLITIC...

Sep 10, 2015 by

HURRICANE KATRINA, THE POLITICS OF DISPOSABILITY, AND THE INSENSITIVITY OF MALCOLM GLADWELL

[Translate] TRUTHDIG   By Henry A. Giroux, CounterPunch     Malcolm Gladwell. (Surian Soosay / CC BY 2.0) This piece first...

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WHY ENDING HOMELESSNESS IS POL...

Sep 4, 2015 by

WHY ENDING HOMELESSNESS IS POLITICAL POISON

[Translate]   By Bill Boyarsky   TRUTHDIG Bill Boyarsky This is the first installment in a three-part series that Truthdig...

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5 Black Women Have Been Found ...

Jul 31, 2015 by

5 Black Women Have Been Found Dead in Jail in the Last Month

[Translate] Civil Liberties With Sandra Bland’s death, is the conversation finally shifting? By Terrell Jermaine Starr /...

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AMERICA’S SLAVE EMPIRE

Jun 23, 2015 by

AMERICA’S SLAVE EMPIRE

[Translate]   By Chris Hedges   TRUTHDIG IBWC KC / YouTube Three prisoners—Melvin Ray, James Pleasant and Robert Earl...

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MICHAEL MOORE NAILS EVERY RACI...

Jun 22, 2015 by

MICHAEL MOORE NAILS EVERY RACIST, WAR-MONGERING, PSEUDO-CHRISTIAN, RW GUN EXTREMIST

[Translate] by Leslie Salzillo DAILY KOS attribution: None Specified Filmmaker, director, writer, and Liberal activist, Michael Moore...

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GLENN GREENWALD” “...

Jun 20, 2015 by

GLENN GREENWALD” “TERRORISM” IS A MEANINGLESS PROPAGANDA TERM

[Translate]   Jagz Mario / CC BY-SA 2.0 Reviewing media coverage of the killing of nine people at a church in South Carolina,...

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THE EVIL THAT DARE NOT SPEAK I...

Jun 14, 2015 by

THE EVIL THAT DARE NOT SPEAK ITS NAME: ISRAEL’S APARTHEID

[Translate]   By Sandy Tolan   TRUTHDIG     Palestinian workers wait to cross at the Israeli checkpoint in Jalameh, south of the...

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THE GOP AND ALEC’S WAR O...

May 28, 2015 by

THE GOP AND ALEC’S WAR ON CITIES

[Translate] Democracy & Government   by Theo Anderson  IN THESE TIMES   Few ideas are more powerful in US politics than...

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THE PATHOLOGY OF THE RICH WHIT...

May 18, 2015 by

THE PATHOLOGY OF THE RICH WHITE FAMILY

[Translate] TRUTHDIG – BY CHRIS HEDGES   Portraits of former Presidents George W. Bush, left, and George H.W. Bush, his father,...

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Sen. Warren Backs Plan for Wor...

May 2, 2015 by

Sen. Warren Backs Plan for Working Families To Overthrow Corporate Rule

[Translate] Elite interests holding all the cards but one, say proponents of grassroots uprising… And that card is ‘the...

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‘Charlie Hebdo’ Deserves Its A...

Apr 30, 2015 by

‘Charlie Hebdo’ Deserves Its Award for Courage in Free Expression. Here’s Why.

[Translate] Katha Pollitt   THE NATION (Via Creative Commons) When PEN decided to award the first PEN/Toni and James C. Goodale...

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5 Things Everyone Needs to Kno...

Apr 28, 2015 by

5 Things Everyone Needs to Know About Baltimore

[Translate] Civil Liberties 109 people have been killed by Baltimore police since 2010: 40% of those people were unarmed. Almost 70%...

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Rightwing Media Cynically Expl...

Apr 26, 2015 by

Rightwing Media Cynically Exploits Unrest in Baltimore to Push “Race War” Narrative

[Translate] #BlackLivesMatter is not targeting white people, it’s targeting white supremacy. By Adam Johnson / AlterNet When...

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The Drug War: The Primary Reas...

Apr 23, 2015 by

[Translate] Drug use doesn’t discriminate, but the war on drug users does. By Tony Newman / AlterNet On Monday, the New York...

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This Map Shows the Exact Locat...

Apr 9, 2015 by

[Translate] News & Politics A chilling and precise reminder of how little black lives often matter. By Kali Holloway / AlterNet...

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50 Years After Bloody Sunday i...

Mar 6, 2015 by

50 Years After Bloody Sunday in Selma, Everything and Nothing Has Changed

[Translate] Civil Liberties by Ari Berman  MOYERS & CO. This post first appeared at The Nation. Congress can’t agree on much...

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Climate change is the ultimate...

Feb 28, 2015 by

[Translate] Grist / H.I.L.T. Beyond gentrification By Brentin Mock   GRIST There’s no greater gentrifier than climate change, and...

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Inequality Becomes More Visibl...

Feb 25, 2015 by

Inequality Becomes More Visible in Cuba as the Economy Shifts

[Translate] By RANDAL C. ARCHIBOLD   NYTIMES Photo Cubans in the Havana shantytown El Fanguito, malady roughly translated as “Little...

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