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Report: Major outlets informed of plan to abduct Maduro, but withheld reporting
The New York Times and The Washington Post reportedly sought to “avoid endangering US troops.”
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The 1994 Zapatista Uprising: Resisting NAFTA and corporate capitalism
The Zapatistas rose up on January 1, 1994, just over three decades ago. They remain an inspiration for social movements, communiti...
Trump’s piracy in the Caribbean won’t end with Venezuela
How Trump is redefining US foreign policy in Latin America with Monroe 2.0. This is Season 2, Episode 1 of Under the Shadow.
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They poisoned a whole community. The EPA helped cover it up.
After an industrial disaster happened in this small rural town, the EPA told residents it was safe to return home. According to an...
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Prison during the holidays isn’t what you think
From suicide spikes to solidarity, Mansa Musa explains what the holidays are really like inside U.S. prisons—and how people surviv...
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The 1914 Christmas Truce: Resisting on the front lines of WWI
100,000 soldiers along the Western Front of World War I participated in the 1914 Christmas Truce. They left their trenches and ven...
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Extrajudicial killings from Barack Obama to Donald Trump
If Obama could kill a 16-year-old American boy without accountability, why wouldn’t Trump believe he has the same power to snuff o...
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Residents in this small town ‘left for dead’ after industrial disaster
“It's not fair. We're people, our lives matter. My daughter's life matters. And that's what everybody is telling me: ‘You guys are...
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Why the GOP healthcare plans won’t fill the prescription
If the point of a healthcare system is to provide people with the healthcare they need, the Republican proposals are nonstarters.
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Holding the US accountable for the 1989 invasion of Panama
On Dec. 20, 1989, the United States invaded Panama with 26,000 troops. They destroyed 20,000 homes. They killed hundreds of innoce...
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The longest-running strike in the US is over—and the workers won
After over 3 years on strike, members of the Newspaper Guild of Pittsburgh have returned to work at the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. W...
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An industrial disaster wrecked my home. Now I’m living out of a hotel.
“We still don't have any help. We know that people are still sick. We've known people are sick. There's still people in town wanti...
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How Vox’s new Silicon Valley-funded ‘Abundance’ vertical aligns with Silicon Valley’s political priorities
John Arnold and other AI boosters have plenty of reasons to “streamline” energy capacity—some less noble than others.
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A billion-dollar company poisoned my home and destroyed my town
“I thought, ‘I'm in a small town, nothing's going to bother me’... But the night that I was sitting on my couch, that's when my no...
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‘Depraved response to a depraved act’: Netanyahu blames attack on Australia recognizing Palestine
“This is an atrocious downplaying of real antisemitism at a time when rampant Jew hatred is killing people,” said an American cong...
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Venezuela and the challenge of international solidarity
As a rogue, blood- and oil-thirsty US empire pushes for military intervention in Venezuela, what does it mean to stand in solidari...
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Trump’s Monroe Doctrine 2.0 outlines imperial intentions for Latin America
The administration’s National Security Strategy signals a return to more outwardly interventionist policies.
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‘A forceful stand for our constitution’: judge orders release of Kilmar Ábrego García
Judge Paula Xinis found that the Trump administration redetained the Salvadoran father of three “without lawful authority.”