Journalists have a responsibility to plainly tell the truth about how truly different the Democrats and the Republicans are today, especially with both democracy and the rule of law at stake this November.
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Portland's Austerity Resistance Movement Sparks Changes to City Budget
The false claim that Portland is broke was a strategy meant to rig the outcome of the hearings, push aside the issue of economic inequality, and leave communities fighting amongst themselves for crumbs.
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Brazil's Nationwide Protests Enter Third Week
Brazilians rejected concessions and demonstrations flared for a third week.
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Egypt Braces for Millions to Retake the Streets in Protests on June 30
Massive nationwide protests are planned for Sunday, June 30, as some 18 million Egyptians have signed a petition seeking to oust the Islamist president, Mohammed Morsi, from power.
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At the top of our Lungs: The People’s Filibuster of the Texas Senate
The spoken word, including yelling, is one of the most democratic tools in a citizen’s arsenal.
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Voting Rights Act, Section 4, Struck Down By Supreme Court
The Supreme Court struck down Section 4 of the Voting Rights Act Tuesday, altering the landmark civil rights law that designates federal oversight of voting rights in Southern states.
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The Story Behind the "NATO 3" Domestic Terrorism Arrests
Accused of domestic terrorism during the NATO summit, Brian Church, Brent Betterly and Jared Chase were victims of police entrapment and the use of "Red Squad" tactics by the Chicago police.
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Protesting From Afar, Turks in Berlin Stand With Gezi Occupiers
To show solidarity in the weeks since protesters flooded Gezi Park in Istanbul, Berlin's Turkish population has been marching, demonstrating and sitting-in to protest a government they feel is aiming to sever democratic rights in their homeland.
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Occupy Movements Around the World: How Is Brazil's Different?
Spain's Indignados. Egypt's Tahrir Square. Occupy Wall Street. Occupy Gezi, and now Brazil. These local moments of a global Occupy movement represent a new stage in the history of protest.
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Tar Sands Protesters Shut Down Keystone XL in Oklahoma as #FearlessSummer Begins
Eight protesters blocked construction of a pump station for TransCanada’s controversial Keystone XL pipeline on Seminole lands by locking themselves to equipment.
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America's Defining Choice: A Free or An Authoritian Future
Today's whistleblowers are fighting the same scourge that the Founders and every genuine patriot has fought against, only today, the authoritarianism that we're confronting isn't a foreign enemy, but one from within.