21 Mar 2016

Lawsuit: Pregnant Pretrial Detainee Denied Care, Forced To Carry Dead Child For Days

A federal lawsuit claims a pregnant pre-trial inmate was denied basic access to healthcare that could have saved the life of her unborn child.

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21 Mar 2016

Is Donald Trump Actually A Fascist?

The entire Republican identity-politics-abstraction complex has been shattered by Donald Trump.

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21 Mar 2016

Protest Song Of The Week: ‘The Comin’ Round Is Going Through’

On singer-songwriter and guitarist Bonnie Raitt’s latest album, there is a foot-stomping tune, which takes aim at the influence of money on politics and the politicians and media pundits, who defend a system rigged against the people. As Raitt told the San Diego Union Tribune, “I had the idea for

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17 Mar 2016

US Role In War Crimes In Yemen Getting Harder To Hide

The Obama Admin. continues facing criticism for supporting Saudi Arabia’s war on Yemen and refusing to pull that support as evidence of war crimes emerges.

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14 Mar 2016

Protest Song Of The Week: ‘America’ by The Nice

Keith Emerson, a progressive rock pioneer most famous for his work with Emerson, Lake, and Palmer, committed suicide at the age of 71. He had muscular pain and nerve issues in his right hand that were getting worse, and it is believed he could not handle the fact that he could

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14 Mar 2016

Faced With Exonerated Man, Clinton Invokes Terrorism To Defend Death Penalty

Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton was asked by Ricky Jackson, a black man wrongfully convicted of murder who spent 39 years in prison, how she could support the death penalty, despite serious problems with it. Struggling to maintain his composure, he mentioned he was imprisoned on death row and came

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07 Mar 2016

Protest Song Of The Week: ‘Factory Girl’ by Rhiannon Giddens

Rhiannon Giddens has a concert of protest songs, which is touring called “Swimming in Dark Waters—Other Voices.” One of the songs she is performing in her set is an Irish ballad called “Factory Girl.” As Giddens says in the introduction, social progress often comes from disaster. The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire

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07 Mar 2016

Hillary Clinton Runs From Free Trade Record At Debate

Hillary Clinton’s record on trade policy has continued to be a problem for her among Democratic voters – both in 2008 and today.

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01 Mar 2016

New Report Shows Hillary Clinton Drove US Into Libya Disaster

A new report from The New York Times paints a damning portrait of Hillary Clinton and the US government’s involvement in the war in Libya.

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25 Feb 2016

‘Back To The Issues’: Clinton Brushes Off Black Lives Matter Activist Who Confronts Her Over ‘Super-Predators’

The Black Lives Matter activist confronted Clinton at a fundraiser over her past support for mass incarceration and use of the term “super predators.”

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