Al Gore | First Amendment Rights Must Be Protected for Those Peacefully Opposing the Dakota Access Pipeline
Al Gore, EcoWatch
Gore writes: "Those trying to force completion of this pipeline have - according to independent news reports - been using oppressive practices against this community. In response, Standing Rock Chairman David Archambault has requested that the Justice Department deploy observers to ensure that the First Amendment rights of those peacefully opposing this pipeline are protected. I hope his request is honored."
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Al Gore, EcoWatch
Gore writes: "Those trying to force completion of this pipeline have - according to independent news reports - been using oppressive practices against this community. In response, Standing Rock Chairman David Archambault has requested that the Justice Department deploy observers to ensure that the First Amendment rights of those peacefully opposing this pipeline are protected. I hope his request is honored."
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The Injustice at Standing Rock Is an American Story
Mark Trahant, YES! Magazine
Trahant writes: "I'm angry. White people in Oregon are acquitted while Native people in North Dakota are attacked by riot police from five states. And our politicians are preoccupied."
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Mark Trahant, YES! Magazine
Trahant writes: "I'm angry. White people in Oregon are acquitted while Native people in North Dakota are attacked by riot police from five states. And our politicians are preoccupied."
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The Drug War's Most Enthusiastic Recruit: Hollywood
Alyssa Rosenberg, The Washington Post
Rosenberg writes: "At a moment when the United States is attempting to reckon with the consequences of a militarized style of policing that has turned some American neighborhoods into occupied zones and normalized the idea that police officers might burst into private homes without warning, the rise of the action cop looks less entertaining and more sinister."
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Alyssa Rosenberg, The Washington Post
Rosenberg writes: "At a moment when the United States is attempting to reckon with the consequences of a militarized style of policing that has turned some American neighborhoods into occupied zones and normalized the idea that police officers might burst into private homes without warning, the rise of the action cop looks less entertaining and more sinister."
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Big Pharma Paid LGBT Groups and Others That Opposed California Drug-Price Ballot Measure
Lee Fang, The Intercept
Fang writes: "The money was disclosed in filings made on Thursday that showed 19 different civic organizations, from the Foreign Legion to a bilingual voter guide organization, taking drug industry funds and endorsing No on Prop 61."
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Lee Fang, The Intercept
Fang writes: "The money was disclosed in filings made on Thursday that showed 19 different civic organizations, from the Foreign Legion to a bilingual voter guide organization, taking drug industry funds and endorsing No on Prop 61."
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Racist Depictions of Native Americans in Sports Have Real Life Consequences
Lindsay Gibbs, ThinkProgress
Gibbs writes: "The cycle of Native American belittlement, bigotry, and oppression has been in motion since Christopher Columbus arrived."
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Lindsay Gibbs, ThinkProgress
Gibbs writes: "The cycle of Native American belittlement, bigotry, and oppression has been in motion since Christopher Columbus arrived."
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Patrick Cockburn | Compare the Coverage of Mosul and East Aleppo and It Tells You a Lot About the Propaganda We Consume
Patrick Cockburn, The Independent
Cockburn writes: "In both countries, two large Sunni Arab urban centres - East Aleppo in Syria and Mosul in Iraq - are being besieged by pro-government forces strongly supported by foreign airpower. Yet the coverage is very different."
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Patrick Cockburn, The Independent
Cockburn writes: "In both countries, two large Sunni Arab urban centres - East Aleppo in Syria and Mosul in Iraq - are being besieged by pro-government forces strongly supported by foreign airpower. Yet the coverage is very different."
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Guantanamo Base Destroys Ecosystem, Impedes Scientific Research
teleSUR
Excerpt: "The U.S. base at Guantanamo Bay is destroying the local ecosystem and cutting off locals of profit from their biologically rich resources, according to scientists."
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teleSUR
Excerpt: "The U.S. base at Guantanamo Bay is destroying the local ecosystem and cutting off locals of profit from their biologically rich resources, according to scientists."
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