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Fighting for tenants’ rights in the Bronx
As the housing crisis spirals out of control nationwide, homeowners and renters are increasingly facing the pinch, if not outright…
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Justice department releases torture memos
On April 16, the Justice Department released documents detailing more than a dozen torture techniques used by the Central Intelligence…
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Why I joined the PSL
This talk is a presentation from the April 19 “Capitalism Is Organized Crime” conference in Washington, D.C., hosted by the…
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Who are the real ‘pirates’ in Africa?
Recent news coverage has been dominated by sensationalized stories of Somali pirates hijacking ships and taking hostages in order to…
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Pentagon general: President won’t decide when troops leave Iraq
This week, Gen. Ray Odierno, the current commanding general of all forces deployed to Iraq, conducted an interview with the…
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US demands silence on Palestine, slavery, Islamophobia at racism conference
The Obama administration is so far refusing to attend the U.N. World Conference against Racism in Geneva, which will convene…
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Lawrence Summers: Wall Street crony and bigot
On April 3, the White House quietly released financial records for President Obama’s pick for chairman of the National Economic…
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As price of gold skyrockets, Congo miners face harsh existence
The price of gold recently rose to over $1,000 per ounce. Yet in the super-rich goldmines of the Democratic Republic…
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Obama and Latin America
Nowhere might hopes have been so high around the world outside of U.S. African American communities after Barack Obama’s election…
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Terrorist Luis Posada Carriles is indicted
On April 8, prosecutors indicted the terrorist Luis Posada Carriles in a federal court in El Paso, Texas. This indictment…
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