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Arctic 30 Protester: "My Little Girl Will Have Forgotten Who I Am In Seven Years"
A defiant letter and a series of poignant drawings from Britain's Phil Ball, a 42-year-old cameraman from Oxford now sitting in a jail cell in Murmansk, highlight the plight of the Arctic 30 in their eighth week of imprisonment in Russia.
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Privacy Activists Take UK Government to Court As Europe's Leaders Stumble
The attitude of Europe’s leaders toward data privacy marks a victory for U.S. companies like Google, Facebook, Amazon and Apple – and a stunning defeat for the many civil rights groups demanding E.U. sanctions for violations of its citizens' privacy.
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Revealed: Majority of Red-State Americans Now Believe Climate Change is Real
Breaking research reveals 87% of Oklahomans and 84% of Texans accept that climate change is occurring.
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Elizabeth Warren Challenges Obama to Break up Too-Big-to-Fail Banks
Amid speculation that she might run against Hillary Clinton in 2016, firebrand senator attacks regulators for multiple failings.
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After Failed GMO Initiative in Washington, Food Safety Modernization Act Is Next Battle
Unless people participate to support their values, our democracy cannot function.
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Occupy Wall Street Group Buys $15 Million of Americans' Debt — And Abolishes It
Rolling Jubilee, set up by Occupy's Strike Debt group last November, purchases personal debt cheaply from banks before "abolishing" it, freeing individuals from their bills -- mainly medical ones.
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The Future Must Be Green, Red, Black and Female
If the story of a human future is not green, there is no future. If we can restructure our world along new understandings of ecology and economics, there is a chance we can salvage something.
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Violence Against Brazil Protesters Puts Spotlight on Education as a Constitutional Right
Rio de Janeiro's State Teachers Union gained wide support after 200 teachers were brutally removed from occupying Rio's town hall in October. The teachers have won concessions and are threatening further strikes if more demands aren't met.
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Public Banking in Costa Rica: A Remarkable Little-Known Model
Established in 1949, Costa Rica's four public banks have remained open and in public hands in spite of enormous pressure by the IMF and the U.S. to privatize them.
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Progressive City of Keene, N.H., Debates Future With Natural Gas
Chilly New Hampshire winters have always inspired fierce competition and debate among energy providers. In the Monadnock Region, a liberal enclave in the purple state’s patchwork of political affiliations, residents might get a new choice in the form of natural gas.