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White House lets payday lenders prey on military families
August 17, 2018The plan, floated by the Republican president’s acting director of the Consumer Finance Protection Bureau, Mick Mulvaney – who is also GOP President Donald Trump’s budget director – outrages consumer groups, a pro-labor veterans group and...
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Germany’s Left Party launches a new strategy against the extreme right
August 17, 2018Germany, like the U.S., is at a crossroad. Dangerous developments connected with a rising fascist movement under the banner of the Alternative for Germany (AfD) are underway. Germany’s Left Party (die Linke), on the other hand...
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65 California Cities, Counties Oppose Trump’s Offshore Drilling Plan
August 17, 2018At least 65 California cities and counties have taken action opposing new fossil fuel leasing in the Pacific Ocean since President Trump proposed a massive expansion of drilling in federal waters last year. That ongoing campaign...
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Communists need not apply
August 17, 2018Rooting out employees who are members of the Communist Party was unconstitutional during the Cold War. It still is.
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Aretha Franklin: Her legacy in music and social justice lives on
August 16, 2018Franklin’s activism went beyond the lyrics of her songs, as she used her platform to help many social justice campaigns.
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