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The Youth, the dreaded Youth. Pissing on our chrysanthemums, loitering with menace, eating crisps with their mouths open, thinking for themselves.
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Today 60 million human beings are displaced from war and extreme poverty. Many European countries are responding to the crisis with racist hysteria, polices and police state measures. Abby Martin exposes the facts that are left out of the mainstream reporting: the role of...
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In this episode of teleSUR's The Empire Files, Abby Martin interviews world-renowned philosopher and linguist Professor Noam Chomsky. Prof. Chomsky comments on the presidential primary "extravaganza," the movement for Bernie Sanders, the U.S.-Iran nuclear deal, the bombing of...
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The Empire has a range of weapons to maintain its power: from its courts to its military. But it also has effective ideological weapons. Everyone in the United States knows that "socialist" or "communist" is considered a bad word. How did things get that way?
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The Trans Pacific Partnership is being criticized by many, but nobody is taking the macro view. When looked at in terms of the history of Trade Negotiations, there is no denying that the TPP is Super Racist, and a massive mistake.
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Because structural problems need structural solutions.
Dorcas R. Gilmore
Whenever public protests ignite into violent behaviour, the mainstream media are often quick to refer to “anarchy” and to “anarchists”. Those who are referred to as anarchists are protesters who burn tyres or engage in battles with the police. In this narrative, anarchists...
Andreas Wittel
There have been five mass extinction events, the most famous of which was the one that wiped out the dinosaurs. However, there is evidence that we are currently experiencing a sixth. This time, however, the extinctions are happening at a much faster rate – and they are mainly...
Louise Gentle
Birdman director says no one is illegal, calls for compassion when talking about immigration
Alejandro G. Iñárritu
Many people think money makes the world go around, or the global economy at least. They consider it in a s
Steve Rushton
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Climate change continues to have a disproportionate impact on the most vulnerable communities around the globe, including migrants and communities of color -- people who are typically marginalized in our society. CultureStrike, in collaboration withJustseeds Artists’...
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Stacey is travels to one of our favourite holiday destinations, Thailand, to explore the darker side of tourism that the average holiday maker doesn't see. Hundreds of thousands of us flock to Thailand every year, where for just a few hundred pounds you can enjoy beautiful...
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Former offenders face enormous obstacles once they leave prison. John Oliver sits down with Bilal Chatman, an ex-prisoner, to discuss the challenges of reentering society.
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Our Earth is a living planet, it is a self healing system if we give the earth time. What if every country donates 7% of their surface to a United Nations Ecological Network. Keeping in mind the routes animals migrate. Connecting nature reservations with each other. A network...
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Nearly 300 foreign nationals were killed in South Africa between 2008 and 2015 in a wave of xenophobic violence. Two refugees, Congolese Alex and Burundian Emile, describe the trauma that led them to come to South Africa, their rejection by the community in KwaZulu Natal, and...
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For our Debt Issue, we explored ways we could turn the tables on the bankers, rethink the soul-crushing nature of debt, and find routes to get out of it. Because the shame and powerlessness of debt can overwhelm our senses and perceptions, we decided to ask our favorite...
Yes! Magazine
Private companies are encouraged to latch onto every potentially-profitable public investment. What’s new or good about that?
Keston K. Perry
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A crisis in Palestine is again all over the headlines. From stabbings and molotov cocktails, to killing of protesters and anti-Arab lynch mobs--how much of the mass media coverage can we really trust?
Abby Martin takes a look at how the so-called "Israel-Palestine conflict"...
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Stress kills Mindfulness. Here are Ten Things you can do to avoid it.
Captain Paul Watson
Critics of foreign aid often argue that it's ineffective at generating sustainable economic development or truly helping the world's poor. But as this great map from the cost information website HowMuch.net reveals, one reason for that is that promoting development and...
Matthew Yglesias
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This Land Belongs to the Army is a 2014 documentary film by Maga.Tamizh Prabhagaran, a young journalist and film maker. This film exposes the genocidal war waged by the Sri Lankan Army and shows for the first time, the current uncensored reality in post war Sri Lanka.
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Video introducing Dr Geoffrey Berry in his debut documentary presentation for City Living, Nature Calling; an ecomythic documentary for our times. This proposed doco is up for crowd funding until 19th November at startsomegood.com/clnc The trailer shows how modern myths, such...
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Watch the video to find out the answer to that question for some.
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And did you feel it, in your heart, how it
pertained to everything?
And have you too finally figured out what
beauty is for?
And have you changed your life?
Eleanor Young
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Dr. Salvatore Cerchio of the New England Aquarium and Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) and an international team of whale biologists have just released images and detailed descriptions on the first scientific observations in the wild ever of Omura's whales, one of...
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"Adventures of a Happy Hobo" is a self-documented video of me, an artist/ clown/ musician, creating my dream cabin on wheels and traveling the country to spread happy... It's an amazing feeling when you don't have a schedule; nowhere to be and no responsibilities.
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Officer Lisa Mearkle pulled David Kassick, 59, over for an expired inspection and emission tag. When he fled the scene, Mearkle tased Kassick twice to the ground and then shot him twice in the back. He was unarmed. Mearkle was just found not guilty.
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A complete corporate coup d’etat. A takeover of the state and a reemergence of divine power only rivaling that of long dead kings and popes. And the verdict? It’s worse than we imagined.
"You grew up wanting so bad to be Luke Skywalker, but you realize that you were basically a Stormtrooper, a faceless, nameless rifleman, carrying a spear for empire, and you start to accept the startlingly obvious truth that these are people like you."
Sophie McAdam
From slavery to genocide, society has shown a terrifying ability to disregard the personhood of others. Here's why.
Nicholas Epley
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We live in tumultuous times. Our world is wracked by a convergence of destabilizing and devastating wars, soaring levels of inequality, and mass waves of human displacement. Battered by increasingly erratic weather patterns, we are haunted by the terrifying spectre of...
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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama killed a Canadian energy giant's application to build the Keystone XL pipeline on Friday, declaring the proposed project wouldn't serve U.S. national interests and would have undercut America's global leadership on climate change. The...
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Something's wrong with media coverage of female athletes.
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A year ago, Stacey Dooley went to India with the BBC to film the acclaimed documentary Blood, Sweat and T-Shirts. She was one of a group but she stood out a mile, so refreshing was she in comparison to the bland, spoiled whiners that surrounded her. Now she's back for more...
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On Saturday 31st October 2015, at 1.30am, my 22-year-old eldest daughter Polly was killed when she lost control of the car she was driving and hit a tree. She was alone in her VW Beetle, no one else was hurt and, I am told, it was instant.
John Darvall
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People are becoming increasingly irritated by the mainstream media, and here are 6 reasons why.
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There is no safety code for some fireworks. Children in war don't have a safe distance to stand from bombs and missiles.
This video takes the audio from a traditional UK public information film from the 1970's and mashes it up with footage of bombs, missiles and the...
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I have been struggling with “how” to do the work so many of us call social justice. I understand the “why,” or I at least think I do. I am on a journey to understand my role in changing the world, which is no doubt a privilege. It has taken me quite a while to get over the...
Cody Charles
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It has been said that 'Men are afraid women will laugh at them, and women are afraid men will kill them.' How do you feel about this statement? In this episode our men discuss how they relate to women, adding a much needed male point of view to the discussion surrounding...
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'President Obama has sold the American people a false bill of goods,' says Friends of the Earth
Deirdre Fulton
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Bestselling author and Pulitzer Prize winner Chris Hedges sits down with Ben Makuch at the Toronto VICE office to discuss what it takes to be a rebel in modern times. Hedges discusses his new book Wages of Rebellion, an investigation of the social and psychological factors...
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World Trade Center is a collection of photographs and video of the World Trade Center sight. It contains images from before 9/11 to pictures from the observation deck of the new building which has just been opened. There is older footage of the1992 ticker tape parade cheering...
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Harry Patch had no time for, 'Thieving politicians lies'.
Poem: Heathcote Williams
Narration: Alan Cox
Montage: Alan Cox and Margaret Cox
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George Orwell's nightmarish vision of a totalitarian society casts a dark shadow over the United States. As American society has moved from a welfare to a warfare state, the institutions that were once meant to further justice and limit human suffering and misfortune and...
Henry A. Giroux
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More than a dozen hospitals have been bombed in Syria, Afghanistan and Yemen in recent weeks. Mistakes or war crimes?
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MadagaSCARS is a poignant five minute flash animation created by Camille Wainer (www.camillewainer.com) in collaboration with the Lemur Conservation Foundation (www.lemurreserve.org) that captures the urgent environmental and social issues that threaten the future of wildlife...
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Time and time again on the campaign trail, Donald Trump has called for building "the great wall of Trump" on the U.S./Mexico border. This would require the construction of almost 2,000 miles of wall in hostile desert terrain. And Trump is not alone in his calls for ramping up...
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Whilst donating to charities is seen as a positive solution to food waste, it does very little to tackle the causes of excess production.
Catie Jarman, Marianna Musset and Sam Joseph
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This short film is intended as a conversation-starter for staff, volunteers, board members, and funders of social purpose organisations.
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Since the police force was established in Britain in 1829 the list of their crimes, committed largely with impunity, continues to rise at an alarming rate. Is it time we started to question whether this broken institution actually does more harm than good?
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Could this tidal lagoon project in Wales be the future of sustainable energy?
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Thousands of refugees are going on cross-border bike rides in the Arctic Circle. Why has the Russia-Norway frontier become the latest front line in Europe's refugee crisis?
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Massive forest fires have engulfed Indonesia for several months, and produce more daily CO2 emissions than
Jeff Conant
When news broke that Rupert Murdoch, evil overlord of Fox News, had purchased National Geographic, it sent shockwaves of panic through thinking individuals everywhere. After all, National Geographic has traditionally been one of the most well-known sources of scientific...
John Prager
“A theory, however elegant and economical must be rejected or revised if it is untrue. Likewise laws and institutions no matter how efficient and well-arranged must be reformed or abolished if they are unjust”
John Rawls, A Theory of Justice.
Alejandra Orozco-Quintero, Catie Burlando and Lance Robinson
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Plutocracy, by filmmaker Scott Noble, is the first documentary series to comprehensively examine early American history through the lens of class.
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Paul Henshaw and the Scientific Simpletons We Declare Shenanigans Available 12-12-15 paulhenshaw.com
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The Waltons have built a huge, secret underground bunker where they can hide out in case of terrorist attack, natural disaster, or Revolution.
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Choosing food with awareness is a revolutionary act that can change the world. Be part of the change, support the reLOVution!
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"Food ReLOVution: What we eat can make a difference" is an eye-opening and compelling feature documentary that examines the consequences of the meat culture as concerns grow about health, world hunger, animal welfare and the environmental cost of livestock production. It aims...
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This documentary recounts a fascinating encounter in the summer of 2005, when The Dizzy Gillespie All-Star Big Band performed in ancient Roman ruins at the 50th Anniversary Baalbeck International Festival in Lebanon's Bekaa Valley. We traveled to Lebanon expecting no more...
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Towards the end of 2007, when our fears of a military conflict between the U.S. and Iran were at their peak, Make Films Not War resolved to use images and stories to continue building a cultural bride between our two societies, even as our governments ratcheted up their...
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Towards the end of 2007, when our fears of a military conflict between the U.S. and Iran were at their peak, Make Films Not War resolved to use images and stories to continue building a cultural bride between our two societies, even as our governments ratcheted up their...
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Hip-Hop direct from the streets of Tehran, Iran. Hich-Kas drops this trak. Cultures of Resistance helped produce the video and now bringin' it. East, West, North, South. Don't matter where you're from. Beats are universal and music can be a way to understand eachother even...
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The drumbeat to war with Iran is getting louder. With only a few months left in the Bush Presidency, it's tempting to sit back and wait until November. But belligerent rhetoric and fear mongering about Iran is on the rise. With piles of evidence pointing towards the same sort...
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On December 27, 2008 the Israeli military launched a wave of air strikes against the Gaza Strip. They followed this with an invasion of ground troops one week later. The offensive caused horrific damage to the civilian population and the infrastructure that supports it...
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Forty years after its people were promised freedom by departing Spanish rulers, the Western Sahara remains Africa’s last colony. While a UN-brokered ceasefire put an end to armed hostilities in the territory in 1991, the Sahrawi people have continued to live under the...
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Having emerged from an 11-year civil war, Sierra Leone strives for a peaceful and democratic future.
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In the Malian desert, musicians meet to build mutual respect by sharing cultures.
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A Syrian filmmaker conveys the lived experience of the Israeli government’s occupation of the Golan Heights.
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The Israeli government's ongoing siege of Gaza has been particularly devastating for Gaza's roughly 3,000 fishermen. Although international law permits fishing within 20 miles of the Gaza coast, the Israeli navy has for years restricted fishermen to three miles, making a...
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Cluster bombs, widely used for the past 40 years and still manufactured today, are deadly weapons that indiscriminately shower a wide area with shrapnel and dangerous explosives. Any portions of the bombs that do not detonate on impact become landmines that can remain a live...
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Combining a passion for performance with an acute social consciousness, Miatta Fahnbulleh is helping Liberia’s next generation move out of the shadow of war.
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In war-torn Uganda, a music and dance festival fosters cultural pride and forges bonds between ethnic groups.
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Hundreds of African women and international delegates joined Liberian president Ellen Johnson Sirleaf to strategize about how women leaders can help bring a lasting peace.
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A Colombian artist and guitarist transforms guns into musical instruments and helps disaffected youth become advocates for demilitarization.
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A duo of graffiti artists challenges an undemocratic regime and provides an uncommon look at Iranian culture.
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Katibe 5 carries forward a long tradition of blending rap and resistance. A Palestinian hip-hop group formed in the Burj al-Barajneh refugee camp in Lebanon, the artists use their music to publicize the plight of refugees and to issue a resolute call for the freedom and...
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The Israeli military's Operation Cast Lead, a three-week assault on Gaza in late 2008 and early 2009, was a display of indiscriminate force against the entire civilian population in the territory. In response, politically engaged leaders of New York City's hip-hop community...
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In the closing week of 2009, Cultures of Resistance took part in the Gaza Freedom March. The demonstration was organized by the International Coalition to End the Illegal Siege of Gaza to mark the one-year anniversary of Israel’s attack on the territory. The Freedom March...
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A Brazilian photographer reveals the humanity of those living in his country’s largest slum, provoking us to look deeper at the roots of the drug trade and urban violence.
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During the 1980s a military government in Guatemala, supported by the Reagan administration, waged a brutal war that left tens of thousands people dead. Because the military exterminated entire villages of indigenous people in the Guatemalan highlands, the UN-mediated truth...
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Suffering nine bullet wounds during an armed robbery did not stop former star drummer Marcelo Yuka from speaking out against urban violence and militarization.
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Imagine if Hurricane Katrina was not a hurricane at all, but an event sponsored by the federal government, in collaboration with several multinational corporations. If your imagination fails you, then perhaps you'll get a clearer picture by learning about the people of the...
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This just in: One week after Barack Obama’s election, the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan end… according to the Yes Men’s version of the New York Times.
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Amid the horrific ethnic violence of the Rwandan genocide, many Hutus risked their lives to save Tutsi neighbors.
According to Human Rights Watch, the Rwandan genocide resulted in the death of at least 800,000 people. In a matter of months in early 1994, Hutus slaughtered...
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What does it mean to have a ‘free’ media when the nation’s TV channels, news outlets, radio stations, search engines and social media platforms are owned by a handful of giant corporations?
What does it mean to have ‘independent media’ when many of our most influential...
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Day of the Dead sponsored by... BP and the Mexican Government. Did the British Museum have an irony bypass?
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Eleanor Penny talks to a range of sex workers and sex work advocates to discuss how different legal models affect workers and what additional measures are needed to ensure their safety and wellbeing.
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Villagers in rural PNG are facing devastating climate change and the loss of land and livelihoods as demand for palm oil grows
Jen Wilton
Corporations bleed what profits they can from disaster. Democracy is replaced by a business plan. An excerpt from Antony Loewenstein’s Disaster Capitalism: Making A Killing Out Of Catastrophe.
Antony Loewenstein
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The Intercept has obtained a cache of secret documents detailing the inner workings of the U.S. military’s assassination program in Afghanistan, Yemen, and Somalia. The documents, provided by a whistleblower, offer an unprecedented glimpse into Obama’s drone wars.
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Bestselling author, feminist and all-round funny woman, Caitlin Moran takes us on a tour of her house and talks us through some of the feminist basics: how being a bit hairier down below could result in a massive telly, Russell Crowe, his wrinkles and some provocative posing...
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Thirty years, but probably less - that is how long Botswana’s Kalahari bushmen have left before their way of life and culture are consigned to the history books. With their looming demise, which is fuelled by diamonds and economic growth, the world is about to lose one of the...
Miriam Mannak
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Richard Wolff, Professor of Economics Emeritus, University of Massachusetts, Amherst and a Visiting Professor at the New School University in New York. Our economy's crises since 2008 continue. Millions face ever deeper income and wealth inequalities, ecological dangers...
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Turkey just had elections, and we have surprising results. Despite consistently polling behind leading up to the election, the incumbent won a miraculous victory. Cenk Uygur, host of the The Young Turks, breaks it down.
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Hundreds of police officers have lost their licenses due to sexual misconduct on the job.
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It’s fairly easy to spot the “anti-knowledge” spouted by the Tea Party and the Religious Right’s favorite candidates, but a more subtle form of reality-deprived “group think” pervades America’s elites though it is rarely noted in the polite circles of the mainstream media.
Mike Lofgren