a shocking new exposé in The New Yorker magazine called “Madness: In Florida prisons, mentally ill inmates have been tortured, driven to suicide, and killed … Tortured, Killed & Driven to SuicideRead more
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A Last Chance for Resistance
The crawl toward despotism within a failed democracy is always incremental. No regime planning to utterly extinguish civil liberties advertises its intentions in advance. It … A Last Chance for ResistanceRead more
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Ivanka’s Trinkets
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There was never democracy in America
Days of Revolt 039 disbarred civil rights attorney Lynne Stewart and activist Ralph Poynter with Chris Hedges therealnews.com
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‘Made in the U.S.A.’ Famine in Yemen
http://www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_large_social/public/views-article/yemen_famine.jpg?itok=gCW76eMz Zahrah, a widow and mother of eight displaced by war, sits in a makeshift shelter in Sana’a, Yemen. (Photo: UNHCR/Mohammed Hamoud) This week at … ‘Made in the U.S.A.’ Famine in YemenRead more
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Who Is Getting Rich Off the $1.3 Trillion Student Debt Crisis?
A stunning 42 million people now owe $1.3 trillion in student debt. A new investigative report published by the Center for Investigative Reporting peels back … Who Is Getting Rich Off the $1.3 Trillion Student Debt Crisis?Read more
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The number of civilian casualties in U.S. airstrikes has been escalating
a U.S. Reaper drone struck a gathering in a rebel-held village in Aleppo province, killing as many as 49 people. Monitoring groups say most of … The number of civilian casualties in U.S. airstrikes has been escalatingRead more
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Apple doesn’t want you to be able to fix your own phone
The company has been lobbying against the so-called “Fair Repair Act” in New York — legislation that would require manufacturers to sell replacement parts and … Apple doesn’t want you to be able to fix your own phoneRead more
Posted inPrivatization / ToMl / USA Empire / Water
How a private water company brought lead to Pittsburgh’s taps
In the summer of 2015, Metropolis Magazine named Pittsburgh one of the world’s “most livable” cities and gushed about its infrastructure, “The city has more … How a private water company brought lead to Pittsburgh’s tapsRead more