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Ireland Swings Left As Sinn Féin Vows to Tackle Crises In Housing and Inequality

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Spain's New Left-Wing Socialist Government Offers Hope in Dark Political Times

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Confronting the Health and Homelessness Crisis, Protecting Vulnerable Populations

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Green New Deal, Part IV: Britain's Snap Election Offers a Life or Death Choice

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What Democrats and Progressives Can Learn from Louisiana’s Gubernatorial Election

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From Florida to Ohio, Communities Want Legal Rights for Threatened Bodies of Water

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Prison Recidivism: Causes and Possible Treatments

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Why More American Cities Are Rejecting the National Defense Authorization Act

As Americans stand up to claim and defend their birthright of liberty and democracy, the tide is beginning to turn against the detention provisions of the 2012 National Defense Authorization Act, as legislation is passing in more U.S. cities.

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Donald Sutherland: "I Want Hunger Games to Stir Up a Revolution"

The Hunger Games is a coded commentary on inequality, power and hope, and he wants it to stir revolt: a youth-led uprising against injustice to overturn the U.S. as we know it.

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Walmart Holding Canned Food Drive For Its Own Underpaid Employees

“Please Donate Food Items Here, so Associates in Need Can Enjoy Thanksgiving Dinner,” reads a sign in the employee lounge of a Canton-area Walmart.

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Kauai County Council Overrides Mayor's Veto to Approve Historic GMO Bill

After a cunning political maneuver, the Council overrode Kauai Mayor Bernard Carvalho’s veto of Bill 2491, forcing big ag companies to disclose when and where they spray pesticides and what genetically engineered crops they grow on Kauai.

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New Jersey Town To Rescue Foreclosed Homeowners Through Eminent Domain

On Saturday, Irvington Mayor Wayne Smith announced the township’s plan to “take” and revalue foreclosed homes at market rates for public benefit using the legal doctrine of “eminent domain” -- making it the second U.S. city to exercise the measure.

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Banning Surveillance: What States and Localities Can Do About Drones

Cities from Minnesota and Virginia to Illinois and Massachusetts have passed legislation outlawing the use of aerial drones in their region. Now it's time for other cities, towns and counties to pass similar resolutions.

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Arctic 30 Protester: "My Little Girl Will Have Forgotten Who I Am In Seven Years"

A defiant letter and a series of poignant drawings from Britain's Phil Ball, a 42-year-old cameraman from Oxford now sitting in a jail cell in Murmansk, highlight the plight of the Arctic 30 in their eighth week of imprisonment in Russia.

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Privacy Activists Take UK Government to Court As Europe's Leaders Stumble

The attitude of Europe’s leaders toward data privacy marks a victory for U.S. companies like Google, Facebook, Amazon and Apple – and a stunning defeat for the many civil rights groups demanding E.U. sanctions for violations of its citizens' privacy.

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