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Standing Rock Sioux Historian: Dakota Access Co. Attack Comes on Anniversary of Whitestone Massacre

We continue our coverage of the standoff at Standing Rock, where on Saturday the Dakota Access pipeline company unleashed dogs and pepper spray on Native Americans seeking to protect a sacred

September 8, 2016
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48 Words at 4 AM Is All Network News Has to Say About Pipeline Protests

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The broadcast news networks—ABC, CBS and NBC—have aired exactly one report on the Dakota Access Pipeline protests since the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe began an encampment against the project in April, according to

September 7, 2016
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Eminent Domain? Iowans Sue to Stop Dakota Access Pipeline, Say It Provides No Public Service

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The Dakota Access pipeline is also facing legal resistance in Iowa, one of four states through which it passes. We go to Des Moines to speak with Bill Hanigan, an attorney

September 7, 2016
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Air and Water Quality

Standing Rock Sioux Tribe’s Lawyer: Judge's Ruling Allows Dakota Access to "Desecrate" Sacred Ground

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In Washington, D.C., a federal judge has ruled that construction on sacred tribal burial sites in the path of the $3.8 billion Dakota Access pipeline can continue. Yesterday, U.S. District Judge James

September 7, 2016
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Water Protectors Lock Their Bodies to Machines to Stop Dakota Access Pipeline Construction

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As a temporary restraining order that halts construction on part of the Dakota Access pipeline was issued Tuesday, about 100 people again shut down construction on another part of the pipeline

September 7, 2016
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Activism

Exclusive: Migrant Mother Says She Was Pushed to End Hunger Strike to Win Release from Detention

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In an exclusive interview, we speak with a woman held for nine months with her four-year-old daughter at the Berks County Residential Center in Pennsylvania as they seek asylum from El Salvador.

September 7, 2016
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Trauma, Then More Trauma: How Long is Too Long for Immigrant Children to Be Detained?

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How long is too long for a child to be held in detention? At least five families have been held for a full year in the Berks Residential Center in Pennsylvania

September 7, 2016
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Two of the Washington Post‘s least favorite things: Bernie Sanders and opposition to corporate trade deals.

At WaPo, You Can Say Anything to Support TPP–or to Smear Sanders

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In pushing trade agreements, it is fair to say anything, even if it has no relationship to the truth. Therefore it is not surprising to see Fareed Zakaria (Washington Post, 9/1/16) pushing the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) by claiming that it will boost growth, and attacking Bernie Sanders for opposing “trade policies that have lifted hundreds of millions of the world’s poorest people out of poverty.”

September 6, 2016
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Submitted by: Love Knowledge
Category: Media

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Propaganda & Truth

FULL Exclusive Report: Dakota Access Pipeline Co. Attacks Native Americans with Dogs & Pepper Spray

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On Saturday in North Dakota, security guards working for the Dakota Access pipeline company attacked Native Americans with dogs and pepper spray as they resisted the $3.8 billion pipeline’s construction. If completed,

September 6, 2016
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‘Invisibilizing the Workers Who Actually Do the Work’ - Transcript of CounterSpin's special Labor Day episode on workers and corporate media

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Janine Jackson assembled some of CounterSpin‘s best segments on workers and media for a special September 2, 2016, episode for Labor Day.

September 5, 2016
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