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Militant Journalism
Hundreds of houseless people evicted from Echo Park
With news of an impending LAPD sweep in Echo Park, organizations working to defend the park against inhumane evictions called…
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Analysis
Crude-by-rail endangers communities: Washington state derailment latest in BNSF history
BNSF has a history with risky choices ending in ecological disaster. They continue to use unsafe practices in pursuit of…
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Breaking the Chains
Historic hearings on Hyde Amendment renew optimism for its repeal
The Hyde Amendment, an infamous and far-reaching restriction on access to abortion, has prevented Medicaid recipients and working-class people from…
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Militant Journalism
Tacoma, Wash., struggle: ‘We won’t stop until everyone is housed!’
On Christmas Eve the Tacoma Housing Now coalition moved a group of homeless people into the Travelodge. The motel had…
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Analysis
‘Utterly baffling, without merit:’ University of Mississippi fires anti-racist professor
The termination of Garrett Felber shocked the department’s faculty and graduate students.
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Analysis
Community concern in Washington state over hospital merger
Liberation News spoke with Susan Young and Carollynn Zimmers, DVM, two activists with Save Secular Healthcare WA, a grassroots organization…
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Analysis
Elderly 110 lb. woman shot and killed by jail guard in Spokane, Wash.
"We demand justice for Nancy King, which begins with a thorough and independent investigation and by jailing killer cops.”
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Militant Journalism
Houseless people, supporters mount resistance to ‘sweep’ in Seattle
In the early hours of Dec. 18, heavily armed officers of the Seattle Police Department carried out a “sweep” of…
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Militant Journalism
‘Say Their Names’ event highlights struggle against Jim Crow juries
On Dec. 2, The Promise of Justice Initiative in New Orleans held a livestream event honoring those who have been…
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Analysis
Military sexual assault is business as usual say veterans as Fort Hood investigation concludes
Following a months-long investigation, the U.S. Army has disciplined 14 higher-ups at Fort Hood in Texas for failures of leadership…
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