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Protesters drown out racist Minutemen
On July 14, community members and activists converged once again at a street corner in in Campbell, Calif. to counter…
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Fidel Castro: imperialism and the ‘brain drain’
The following are excerpts from an essay written by Cuban President Fidel Castro on July 17 directed to graduates of…
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Palestine: ‘I cannot cross the Rafah crossing’
Dr. Mona El-Farra is a Palestinian physician in Gaza. She is a health development consultant for the Union of Health…
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El desvanecimiento de las pensiones
Más de 34 millones de personas—el 12 por ciento de la población—tienen 65 años o más en los Estados Unidos.…
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El caso de los 6 de Jena
Ante un juez y un jurado completamente blanco en Jena, La, Mychal Bell, un joven de 17 años fue condenado…
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African Union contemplates political federation
The July summit of the African Union debated the formation of a federation of African states proposed by Lybian leader…
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First South Dakota execution in 60 years
On the night of July 11, South Dakota executed Elijah Page. He was the first person executed by the state…
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Failing by design: the public education crisis
There is a growing crisis in the U.S. public education system. It is marked by failing grades, an increasing turnover…
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The disappearing pension benefit
Over 34 million people—12 percent of the population—are 65 years old or older in the United States. Sixty-five has been…
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The Jena 6 case: Jim Crow still lives in Louisiana
In front of a white judge and an all-white jury in Jena, La., 17-year-old Mychal Bell was convicted of aggravated…
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Miami activists take action against Burger King
The first of summer actions against Burger King took place in South Florida on July 11. The aim is to…
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Japanese minister excuses U.S. nuclear attack
Japan’s defense minister, Fumio Kyuma, recently stated that the U.S. nuclear attacks against Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945 were an…
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FARC negotiator unjustly convicted in U.S. court
The U.S. war on the Colombian revolutionary movement took a serious turn on July 9 when a Washington, D.C., federal…
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A word from globalization’s ‘have-nots’
Proponents of globalization claim it provides answers to many of the world’s economic problems. But while transnational corporate giants rake…
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Sison off EU terror list, Beltran released
The Filipino left has won two important legal victories. First, a European Union court ruling removed Prof. José Maria Sison…
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Live Earth and global warming ‘hypocrisy’
On July 7, millions of people around the world watched or listened to or streamed some or all of the…
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Genarlow Wilson: victim of the racist ‘justice’ system
The case of Genarlow Wilson shines a light on the racism still pervasive in the U.S. "justice" system today. Wilson…
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Auto Workers face corporate attack
The outlook for auto industry workers in the United States is not good. In the last three years, the United…
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Nuclear spill in Tennessee: a state secret
The U.S. government and a private corporation colluded to keep secret a March 2006 toxic spill of enriched uranium. The…
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Army comes up short on recruits
The U.S. Army missed its recruiting goal by more than 1,000 people in June. This is the second straight month…
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