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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35 Arrested As Police Block Ferguson Highway Protest, and New Video of Killing Is Released
Three dozen people were arrested during a largely peaceful protest near Interstate 70
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Ticket to Insolvency: The Fed's Bizarre New Rules to Asset-Strip Local Government
The latest misguided move by regulators could result in serious collateral damage to cities – maybe serious enough to finally propel them into bankruptcy.
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As Scotland Vote Nears, Fragmentation and Sharp Disunity In A U.K. That Isn't So United
Britain’s political system is broken to the point where many people in Northern England actually want to join Scotland to escape austerity measures.
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San Francisco's Living Wage Movement Unveils New "Workers Bill of Rights"
The city's labor-friendly bills, recently introduced by progressive city supervisors, would give part-time employees the opportunity to work more hours with greater predictability from one week to the next.
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Primer for NYC Protests: How We're Broadening and Sharpening the Climate Justice Movement
In addition to speaking with a common voice on climate justice and the policies needed to achieve it, today's "movement of movements" needs to reach beyond environmentalists.
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World Bank Warns of Global Jobs Crisis
An extra 600 million jobs need to be created worldwide by 2030 just to cope with an expanding population.
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Veronica Noriega’s Hunger Strike in Seattle: What it Means For Immigrants and All of Us
Veronica Noriega is putting herself on the line for thousands of families, and this is why you should care.
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Big Banks Fined Mega-Billions; CEOs Remain Above the Law
Get arrested for robbing a bank or shoplifting and you will go to prison. But if you are a CEO of one of the biggest banks in America, the Justice Department will give you a free pass.
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The Road to Serfdom: Connecting Detroit, Argentina and Greece
If you want to fully understand the game at play in the bankruptcies and privatization of public assets in Detroit, Argentina, and Europe, play Monopoly.
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What Will It Take To Create Climate Justice?
There's still a long way to go to stop the division in the environmental movement and get traditional groups to treat climate change as an urgent disaster for which real solutions – not false compromises – are needed.