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9 years ago
How To Spot An Undercover Cop
Stay safe out there, exercisers of the 1st Amendment.

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9 years ago
Meet global corruption's hidden players
When the son of the president of a desperately poor country starts buying mansions and sportscars on an official monthly salary of $7,000, Charmian Gooch suggests, corruption is probably somewhere in the picture. In a blistering, eye-opening talk (with several specific examples), she details how global corruption trackers follow the money -- to some surprisingly familiar faces.

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9 years ago
Why dirty money is far too easy to hide
Corrupt officials and criminal operators are brilliant at hiding their money and actions from public view. But there’s something we can do about it, says the team at Global Witness. It starts with ...

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9 years ago
Pankaj Mishra on Arundhati Roy: Hindu nationalists have many ways to silence writers
Author Roy is facing criminal trial for contempt of court in India. Of course, Narendra Modi’s government has left no clear fingerprints on this scene of a crime against art and thought

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9 years ago
Nonviolence has returned from obscurity to become a new force — Karuna Mantena — Aeon Essays
Nonviolent politics have unique power to change the world, but they require strategic suffering and ascetic self-mastery

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9 years ago
Neoliberalism – the ideology at the root of all our problems
Financial meltdown, environmental disaster and even the rise of Donald Trump – neoliberalism has played its part in them all. Why has the left failed to come up with an alternative?

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9 years ago
Running (Refugee Song) featuring Gregory Porter, Common, and Keyon Harrold
Help raise funds and awareness for the more than 60 million who have been forcibly displaced worldwide by downloading Running (Refugee Song) here: http://ref...

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9 years ago
The Counted: people killed by police in the United States – interactive
The Guardian has been counting the people killed by US law enforcement agencies since 2015. Read their stories and contribute to our ongoing, crowdsourced project.

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1 year ago

Rapper Macklemore posts on Instagram a song in support of Palestine called “HIND’S HALL” that will be on streaming platforms soon and all proceeds will go to UNRWA


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1 year ago
Homeless People Read Mean Tweets About Themselves To End Stereotypes
Homeless People Read Mean Tweets About Themselves To End Stereotypes
Homeless People Read Mean Tweets About Themselves To End Stereotypes
Homeless People Read Mean Tweets About Themselves To End Stereotypes
Homeless People Read Mean Tweets About Themselves To End Stereotypes
Homeless People Read Mean Tweets About Themselves To End Stereotypes
Homeless People Read Mean Tweets About Themselves To End Stereotypes
Homeless People Read Mean Tweets About Themselves To End Stereotypes

Homeless People Read Mean Tweets About Themselves To End Stereotypes

When celebrities read mean tweets about themselves, it’s funny. When homeless people do it, it’s heartbreaking.

In a powerful PSA by Canadian advocacy group Raising the Roof, people who are dealing with homelessness read actual tweets written about those living without stable shelter. See all of the emotional reactions here. 

Watch the full video here. 


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