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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How Do You Run Goldman Sachs Out of Town?
Oakland's city council is trying.
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Opposition Grows Fierce to Austerity Cuts in Portland
The Portland government's narrowly constructed and carefully controlled austerity narrative, meant to divide and weaken the city
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Hawaiians Against Monsanto: The Struggle to Reclaim Paradise
Hawaii is the world’s ground zero for chemical testing and food engineering, with companies like Monsanto executing thousands of open-field-test experiments of pesticide-resistant crops over the last 20 years.
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The Fossil Fuel Resistance: A New Movement is Emerging
As the world burns, a new movement to reverse climate change is emerging — fiercely, loudly and right next door.
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Look out Monsanto: The Global Food Movement Is Rising
The book Harvesting Justice isn’t just a look at the world’s most exciting food justice groups—it’s also a knockout organizing tool.
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Injecting Democracy Into Public Spending
Through a civic reform called participatory budgeting, thousands of residents in New York, Chicago and the Bay Area will be deciding over the next month how nearly $20 million of tax dollars are allocated to their cities.
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In Districts With Widest Gender Wage Gaps, Congressmen Oppose Fair Pay Laws
Four out of five of the U.S. congressional districts with the widest gender-based wage gaps are represented by congressmen who oppose equal pay laws.
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A Tax Day Plan for Fighting the Republic
Outsized chunks of our taxes fund the military, rising healthcare costs and interest on the federal debt while relatively tiny amounts go to education, science, alternative energy, and the environment.
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Tires in Mexico: Can Worker-Owners Make a Big Factory Run?
In this second of a two-part series on the TRADOC workers' cooperative in Mexico, worker-owners have been building tires since 2005 — selling them in the U.S. and Mexico and now paying themselves the highest wage in the tire industry.
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The Anti-Drone Movement Takes Flight
With drones seemingly more in the public’s conscience than ever, anti-drone activists have just launched their most ambitious campaign to date.