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SCOTUS EPA Ruling Signals Court Will Strike Down Rules Limiting Corporate Profit
On the last day of its term, the Supreme Court handed down a case no less impactful than its shameful ruling a week earlier that overturned Roe v.
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Dark Money Fuels the Anti-Abortion Movement’s Push to Control State Legislatures
The day before the Supreme Court handed down the devastating Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization decision that overturned Roe v. Wade and
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Billionaires Avoid Taxes on an Epic Scale. Here’s How.
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Julian Assange Is Enduring Unbearable Persecution for Exposing US War Crimes
Ever since U.K. Home Secretary Priti Patel formally ordered the extradition of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to the U.S. last week, press freedom
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Julian Assange Is Enduring Unbearable Persecution for Exposing US War Crimes
Ever since U.K. Home Secretary Priti Patel formally ordered the extradition of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to the U.S. last week, press freedom
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“Mental Health Units” in Prison Are Solitary by Another Name, Activists Say
Christian Hill has been diagnosed with borderline personality disorder and major depressive disorder. In the New York State prison system, this
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SCOTUS Is Violating the 10th Amendment by Not Letting States Enact Gun Control
The recent massacre at a Texas elementary school marked the 213th mass shooting of 2022, as documented by the Gun Violence Archive. If mass shootings
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Covert US Operations in Africa Are Sowing the Seeds of Future Crises
This March, Malian forces attacked Moura, a small sunbaked town in the middle of the country. The operation began on a market day, as locals streamed
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Amazon’s CEO Pay Is More Than 6,000 Times That of the Company’s Typical Worker
A tight labor market created a rare moment of leverage for low-wage workers last year. But Corporate America took no great leap forward on pay
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Big Players in Finance Profited From Gun Used to Kill Shireen Abu Akleh
On May 11th 2022, Al-Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh was killed. It is widely believed that she was intentionally targeted by Israeli armed
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WTO Meeting Presents Opportunity to Challenge Corporate Control Over Food Supply
The COVID-19 pandemic has made it painfully clear that our concentrated global food system is prone to breakdown and riddled with exploitation. Look
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Defense Contractors Are Using Tax Dollars to Profit Off War in Ukraine
If United States taxpayers knew that half the income tax dollars they sent to the Internal Revenue Service every year was being spent on weapons, war
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Defense Contractors Are Using Tax Dollars to Profit Off War in Ukraine
If United States taxpayers knew that half the income tax dollars they sent to the Internal Revenue Service every year was being spent on weapons, war
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Landmark California Task Force Calls for “Comprehensive Reparations” for Slavery
California is the first state in the U.S. to establish a reparations task force for Black Americans. On June 1, the Task Force to Study and Develop
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Getting Formula Was a Strain for Many Low-Income Families Before Shortages
Miracle Abbott became pregnant during her junior year at the University of South Carolina Upstate. She worked a low-wage job and had mounting student