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  1. Bernie’s Run Is a New Opening for the Immigrant Rights Movement Bernie Sanders
    5 May 2015 … Senator Sanders needs to articulate a vision that challenges the root causes of migration, while incorporating vulnerable immigrant families into his populist “Political Revolution." Continue reading
  2. The Cost of War, Crisis in Western Sudan, and the Hip Hop Political Conference Wounded troops
    6 Jun 2004 … Some veterans' debilitating injuries are not being reported, possibly to keep Americans from knowing the true human cost of war. And is it too late to stop what some consider to be genocide in Sudan? Continue reading
  3. Politics Belongs to All of Us
    11 Nov 2012 … The activist says we now have an opportunity to turn the campaigns that ignited a generation into an enduring force for change. Continue reading
  4. Despite Some Progress, Poultry Workers Still Face Workplace Woes A poultry processing plant in Hinton, Virginia. (Photo by Pamela Constable/The Washington Post/Getty Images)
    10 Oct 2017 … Three years ago, the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) capped the maximum speed at which the chickens can move through the processing plants at 140 birds per minute (bpm), reasoning that speeds any faster would exacerbate injuries in workers, as Continue reading
  5. Naomi Klein: Only a Reverse Shock Doctrine Can Save Our Climate Young girls protest in front of the Polish Ministry of Economy in Warsaw, Monday Nov. 18, 2013 where a Coal Industry meeting is taking place in Warsaw, Poland, Monday, Nov. 18, 2013. The U.N.'s chief climate diplomat on Monday urged the coal industry to diversify toward cleaner energy sources and leave most of the world's remaining coal reserves in the ground. On the sidelines of a U.N. climate conference, Christiana Figueres told dozens of CEOs of coal companies meeting at Poland's Economy Ministry that their industry needs to change radically to curb emissions of heat-trapping gases that scientists say are warming the planet. ( AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)
    9 Sep 2014 … In her new book, Klein argues that the climate crisis represents an opportunity to create a new economic model that advances the greater good.. Continue reading
  6. ‘In the Red: The Crisis in State Budgets’ and Interviews with Grover Norquist and Howard Zinn United States Treasury Check
    1 Jan 2003 … This episode takes a look at the consequences of state budget cuts, and features interviews with republican strategist Grover Norquist and historian Howard Zinn. Continue reading
  7. A Horrible Idea: Trump’s Push for Stop-and-Frisk Nationwide NYPD police officers at a protest rally for ending stop and frisk.
    10 Oct 2016 … Donald Trump used the first presidential debate to press his case to implement nationwide the controversial police tactic known as stop-and-frisk, arguing that it had been an effective crime deterrent in New York City. Under stop-and-frisk, police can stop and Continue reading