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Florida shuts down Alligator Alcatraz, $1 billion wasted
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), along with the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), announced last week that all persons detained at the Alligator Alcatraz immigration jail…
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Zero taxes, $852M in influence: 88 corporations
Eighty-eight corporations that paid no federal income tax last year spent roughly $852 million on US campaign contributions and lobbying during recent election cycles, a report…
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Raising the retirement age to cut Social Security
A group of Democratic US senators warned Monday that congressional Republicans and President Donald Trump could be gearing up for a push to raise the retirement age as part of a…
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International lawyers decry U.S. aggression against Cuba
An international group of leftist lawyers on Tuesday condemned the US blockade, sanctions, and war threats against Cuba, and the mounting repression of solidarity with the…
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What the US could pay for if it stopped funding war
Our country’s massive weapons budget has directly enabled the US-Israeli led war on Iran that has caused thousands of deaths and is exacerbating the nation’s affordability crisis. Even…
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ITUC urges international action on Cuba
At a time when working people in Cuba are already facing severe shortages of energy, food, medicines and essential goods, further sanctions and restrictions risk triggering another…
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de la Espriella advances to runoff in Colombia’s presidential election
Abelardo de la Espriella—a far-right political upstart who promises to wield an “iron fist” against criminals and who emulates right-wing presidents, including Donald Trump in the…
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Trying to return the US to the 19th century
On December 18 1865, Congressman Thaddeus Stevens, Republican from Pennsylvania, during debate on how to treat the traitorous Confederate states and on support for newly freed people…
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‘Biggest wealth divide in modern history’
Multiple polls and surveys released in recent days have shown US consumer sentiment cratering—and all the while, the US stock market keeps hitting record highs.
The Kobeissi Letter, a…
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$67 billion NextEra-Dominion merger bad for consumers
(Editor's Note: NextEra Energy owns Florida Power & Light (FPL). Over the past 5 years, FPL residential bills have climbed by roughly 45%. This equates to customers paying upwards…
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