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Military Firm Used "War on Terror" Tactics Against Standing Rock Protest

Leaked documents reveal that the company behind the Dakota Access Pipeline, hired the private security firm TigerSwan to target Native water protectors at Standing Rock. We talk to Will Parrish,…

June 1, 2017
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Activism

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Private Mercenary Firm TigerSwan Compares Anti-DAPL Water Protectors to "Jihadist Insurgency"

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An explosive new investigation by The Intercept reveals how international private security firm TigerSwan targeted Dakota Access water protectors with military-style counterterrorism measures. TigerSwan began as a U.S. military and…

May 31, 2017
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Activism

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How Insurance Companies and Prisons are Making the Opiate Crisis Worse

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A long time addiction specialists says health insurance companies reluctance to treat heroin addiction as an emergency and prison officials refusal to allow inmates access to methadone are only making…

May 31, 2017
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Human Rights

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Did Trump Campaign Rhetoric Empower the White Extremist Who Killed Two Bystanders on Portland Train?

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For the second time in a week, a military man was killed by a white extremist. On Friday, 53-year-old Ricky Best, a retired Army veteran, and 23-year-old Taliesin Myrddin Namkai…

May 30, 2017
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Racism

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A Bad Broadband Market Begs for Net Neutrality Protections

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Anyone who has spent hours on the phone with their cable company can tell you that in the broadband market, the customer is not always right.

May 27, 2017
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Human Rights

Trump's Food Aid Cuts Threaten 'Suffering & Hunger' Across U.S.

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President Donald Trump's new budget proposal targets food assistance across the United States and critical programs for public health, says Mike Lavender of the Union of Concerned Scientists' Food &…

May 25, 2017
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