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Their tactics to force construction of data centers even against significant opposition from local communities have become increasingly forceful and hostile.
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Vast resources of the U.S. government are being deployed at the bidding of the entertainment industry, which saw its profits threatened by Internet pioneers like Dotcom and his Megaupload content-sharing empire.
The dispute between Canada and New Zealand hinges on Canada's supply management system, which features high tariffs on imports and no subsidies for farmers, keeping the price of Canada's milk products high while New Zealand's are low.
Despite his soaring rhetoric, the closer we get to the end of President Obama's presidency, the more obvious it is that a dangerous duality has ruled his policy circles – one favoring short-term interests over the very fate of the planet.
Issues of police brutality – like the July killing of Paul Castaway near Denver – are opening the public's eyes to the continuing struggles of Native Americans and other groups unfairly targeted by law enforcement.
One of the main attributes of Formal Consensus is the intention to be non-adversarial – to ignore the traditional “us vs. them” paradigm that has increasingly paralyzed politics – but in many cases it hasn't worked.
"The public is really hungry for a politics of integrity – and that’s what we’ve got and they don't."
No longer just targeting animal rights activists, the Property Protection Act outlaws exposing abuse at elder care facilities, day cares and charter schools – revealing the power of ALEC-backed legislation at the state level.
While the recent NSA reform bill passed in Congress is a victory for civil liberties advocates, the fear of terrorism being openly exploited by law enforcement has allowed police to resurrect COINTELPRO in all but name.
The timing of Morsi's death sentence couldn’t have been better for Egyptian authorities – since the U.S. news media that week was focused on another high profile death sentence, that of Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokar Tsarnaev.
New York City is home to the country’s largest worker-owned co-op, Co-operative Home Care Associates, which employs some 2,300 workers, mainly immigrant and minority women in the South Bronx.
Their tactics to force construction of data centers even against significant opposition from local communities have become increasingly forceful and hostile.
Whether Republicans want to be the party of Christianity or the party of worshipping false idols is a question they’ll have to seriously reckon with very soon, unless they want the American electorate to speak for them.
“Storytelling teaches not through instruction, but through imagination and example,” says the Sami artist Máret Ánne Sara. “These stories don’t provide direct answers, but rather the ethical tools to navigate and sustain the world.”
Republicans’ fate in the 2026 midterms is likely sealed. But they could be out of power for multiple subsequent election cycles if Democrats are smart.
In November, Indigenous protests in London included the launch of “Bringing It All Back Home,” confronting corporate power head-on.
Their tactics to force construction of data centers even against significant opposition from local communities have become increasingly forceful and hostile.
Whether Republicans want to be the party of Christianity or the party of worshipping false idols is a question they’ll have to seriously reckon with very soon, unless they want the American electorate to speak for them.
“Storytelling teaches not through instruction, but through imagination and example,” says the Sami artist Máret Ánne Sara. “These stories don’t provide direct answers, but rather the ethical tools to navigate and sustain the world.”
Republicans’ fate in the 2026 midterms is likely sealed. But they could be out of power for multiple subsequent election cycles if Democrats are smart.
In November, Indigenous protests in London included the launch of “Bringing It All Back Home,” confronting corporate power head-on.
Republicans’ fate in the 2026 midterms is likely sealed. But they could be out of power for multiple subsequent election cycles if Democrats are smart.
Whether Republicans want to be the party of Christianity or the party of worshipping false idols is a question they’ll have to seriously reckon with very soon, unless they want the American electorate to speak for them.
Their tactics to force construction of data centers even against significant opposition from local communities have become increasingly forceful and hostile.
“Storytelling teaches not through instruction, but through imagination and example,” says the Sami artist Máret Ánne Sara. “These stories don’t provide direct answers, but rather the ethical tools to navigate and sustain the world.”