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District attorney exonerates brutal and deadly cops
William Fitzpatrick, the Onondaga County district attorney, has been hard at work over the last few weeks brushing police brutality…
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Mass arrests in protest against tar sands pipeline
NASA climatologist Dr. James Hansen was arrested Aug. 29 at the White House, one of 1,252 people arrested for protesting…
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Florida drug test results make dope out of Gov. Rick Scott
The results are in: Only 2 percent of Florida’s temporary cash assistance applicants use drugs. The test results are an…
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Chicago teachers reject 25 percent pay cut
The Chicago Teachers Union has rejected an offer made by Chicago Public Schools to extend the school day with almost…
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On the 10th anniversary of the ANSWER Coalition
On Sept. 14, 2001, just three days after the attack, the ANSWER Coalition came into existence and announced a planned…
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U.S. medical experiments in Guatemala exposed
U.S. medical testing on unsuspecting Guatemalans in the 1940s intentionally infected more than 1,300 people with venereal diseases, and an…
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British government pressures media outlets
The British government’s repressive reaction to the recent uprisings has taken a new twist as news organizations face pressure to…
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Active-duty soldier: “I will not go to war again”
A statement written by a March Forward! member who is a 21-year-old active-duty soldier in 1st Battalion, 377 Field Artillery…
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Stop the legal lynching of Troy Davis!
For the fourth time, the state of Georgia has set an execution date for Troy Davis, ordering that his death…
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Bloomberg: No hurricane evacuation plan for prisoners
New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg callously declared there was no hurricane evacuation plan for the nearly 12,000 people housed…
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Are U.S./NATO powers aiming to make Syria into Libya 2.0?
After NATO overthrew the regime of Muammar Gaddafi in Libya, a question raised by media outlets is whether Syria will…
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New Mexico protest resists Gov. Martinez’s anti-immigrant agenda
Over 200 pro-immigrant activists held signs Sept. 1 denouncing the targeting of immigrants by New Mexico Gov. Susana Martinez. and…
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UNITE HERE! Local 2 leads Labor Day march and picket
UNITE HERE! Local 2 led a march on Labor Day in San Francisco in which 500 workers marched, including unions…
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Support the Chilean student uprising for free, quality education for all
Statement from the Bay Area Ad-Hoc Committee in support of Free, Quality Education for All in Chile
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Maoist leader elected prime minister of Nepal, while major questions loom
The Unified Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) has gained control of the government with the election of Baburam Bhattarai as…
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Immigrant rights activists block ICE bus
Around 60 undocumented youth staged a rally and sit-in at the ICE headquarters in Los Angeles Aug. 24 to protest…
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Over 300 U.S. troops dead in Afghanistan in 2011
This month, U.S. fatalities in 2011 in Afghanistan topped 300. August was the deadliest month of the entire 10-year war,…
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U.S. judges bribed to fill for-profit prisons with kids
A “for-profit” prison developer and a county attorney bribed two Pennsylvania judges $2.9 million to help build and then push…
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Pelican Bay SHU prisoners plan to resume hunger strike Sept. 26
Pelican Bay State Prison leader Mutope Duguma announces resumption of hunger strike by Security Housing Unit prisoners.
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Protesters decry police killing in New Haven, Conn.
On Aug. 20, Oscar Santiago-Rivera was picked up by the police outside a bar. The next thing his family knew,…
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