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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Republican Senator Challenges Treasury Over Bank of America’s No-Bid Prison Deal
Bailed-out bank has been paid at least $76 million to manage inmates’ accounts and oversee e-messaging and phone services inside the 121 facilities managed by the Bureau of Prisons.
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Classmates of Missing Mexico Students Vow "Radical Action"
Forty-three students were allegedly “disappeared” after a political protest two weeks ago in Guerrero state, and a nearby mass grave may link police to a drug gang that committed a massacre.
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Farmers and Indigenous People Lead Worldwide Protests Against World Bank
Groups will stage creative resistance actions outside the Bank's annual meeting in Washington, D.C., and across nine other cities.
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Bay Area Tech Bus Drivers Seek To Unionize For Better Wages and Conditions
Occupy.com met this week with a handful of shuttle drivers in San Francisco working for some of the biggest brands in global tech, and the overall sentiment was that they're being used and abused.
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Demonstrators "Disrupt" St. Louis Symphony Singing A "Requiem for Mike Brown"
Some onlookers were outraged and start spewing expletives while others stood up and started clapping – though most seemed stunned and simply watched.
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Germany Abolishes College Tuition Fees
“We got rid of tuition fees because we do not want higher education which depends on the wealth of the parents."
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Parents Of Kids Murdered By Cops Confront N.Y.P.D. With Video and Testimony
It was around 7:30 p.m. when Margarita Rosario took the mic, turned to a table that seated five police officers and told the story of how her son had been murdered by NYPD cops.
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What the Cowboy-Indian Alliance Means for America and the Climate Movement
The alliance that's developed in opposition to the Keystone XL pipeline has had far-reaching effects beyond environmental concerns – digging into America's colonial, racist legacy.
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The JPay Scam: Prison Bankers Cash In On Captive Customers
JPay, Inc. and other prison bankers collect tens of millions of dollars every year from inmates’ families in fees for basic financial services.
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What's Next For Hong Kong? End U.S. Ties and Build National Consensus
With the protests at a turning point, the next steps of Occupy Central and the Umbrella Revolution depend, in part, on how well – and how quickly – the democracy movement organizes.