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ACLU Attorney: Growing Number of Murders of Trans Women Can't Be Separated from Anti-Trans Laws

As many as 20 transgender women have been killed so far this year, including 28-year-old Rae’Lynn Thomas, a black transgender woman who was fatally shot by her mother’s ex-boyfriend in Columbus, Ohio,

September 13, 2016
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Submitted by: Love Knowledge
Category: Justice

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Human Rights

World's first large-scale tidal energy farm launches in Scotland

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MeyGen tidal stream project leads the way in tackling climate change and providing jobs, says Nicola Sturgeon The launch of the world’s first large-scale tidal energy farm in Scotland has been

September 12, 2016
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Submitted by: Love Knowledge
Category: Science

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Renewable Energy

In Dramatic Reversal, White House Halts Dakota Access Pipeline Construction Under Missouri River

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To discuss Friday’s district court ruling in the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe’s lawsuit against the U.S. government to stop the Dakota Access pipeline, and the White House’s dramatic intervention less than an

September 12, 2016
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Category: Justice

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Lakota Activist Debra White Plume from Pine Ridge: Why I am a Water Protector at Standing Rock

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While Democracy Now! was covering the standoff at Standing Rock earlier this month, we spoke to longtime Lakota water and land rights activist Debra White Plume, who was born and raised

September 12, 2016
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Submitted by: Love Knowledge
Category: Justice

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The US military shelling Lebanon in response to the April 1983 Beirut embassy bombing did not discourage an even deadlier attack on the US Marine barracks in Beirut in October 1983.

Retaliation: Reality Vs. Pundit Fantasy

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Displaying a remarkable faith in the power of violence, many media pundits blamed the destruction of the World Trade Center on the failure of the US government to behave aggressively enough after previous acts of terrorism. “We have been merciful in the past with the terrorist thugs who have attacked this country,” the Philadelphia Daily News editorialized (9/12/01). “We have condemned them and imposed economic sanctions, but we have not hunted them down with murder in our eyes.”

September 11, 2016
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Submitted by: Love Knowledge
Category: Justice

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Who Is Funding the Dakota Access Pipeline? Bank of America, HSBC, UBS, Goldman Sachs, Wells Fargo

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We continue our conversation Food & Water Watch’s Hugh MacMillan about his new investigation that reveals the dozens of financial institutions that are bankrolling the Dakota Access pipeline, including Bank of America,

September 9, 2016
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Submitted by: Love Knowledge
Category: Politics

Nationwide Prison Strike Launches in 24 States and 40 Facilities over Conditions & Forced Labor

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Today prisoners in at least 24 states are set to participate in a nationally coordinated strike that comes on the 45th anniversary of the prison uprising at Attica. Much like the

September 9, 2016
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45 Years After Legendary Attica Prison Uprising, New Book Reveals State Role in Deadly Standoff

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Today prisoners in at least 24 states are set to participate in a nationally coordinated strike that comes on the 45th anniversary of the prison uprising at Attica. Much like the

September 9, 2016
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Submitted by: Love Knowledge
Category: Justice

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Activism

Some of the tens of millions of Indian workers whose strike was ignored by US corporate media.

The Biggest Strike in World History? No Thanks, We’re Focusing on the New iPhone

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When tens of millions of workers go out on strike in the second-largest country in the world—and the third-largest economy in the world—resulting in what may be the biggest labor action in world history (AlterNet, 9/7/16), you’d think that would merit some kind of news coverage, right?

September 8, 2016
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Submitted by: Love Knowledge
Category: Media

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Media mocked Gary Johnson for his Aleppo ignorance, but some attempts to inform him weren’t much better.

‘What Is Aleppo?’ Asks Gary Johnson–and NYT Gives Three Wrong Answers

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Libertarian candidate Gary Johnson, when asked in an MSNBC interview (Morning Joe, 9/8/16) what he would do about the battle raging over the Syrian city of Aleppo, responded, “What is Aleppo?”

September 8, 2016
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2016 US Elections

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