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Meet the Two Catholic Workers Who Secretly Sabotaged the Dakota Access Pipeline to Halt Construction

Two Iowa-based Catholic Worker activists revealed they secretly carried out multiple acts of sabotage and arson in order to stop construction of the controversial $3.8 billion Dakota Access pipeline.

July 28, 2017
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Submitted by: Love Knowledge
Category: Justice

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Pentagon: US Empire is 'Collapsing,' So Give Us More Money

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A new Pentagon study says the U.S. may be losing its dominant position in world affairs and that the DoD needs a "wakeup call"--but Col. Lawrence Wilkerson says the report is really

July 30, 2017
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Submitted by: Love Knowledge
Category: Politics

Type: Video

Can the Democratic Party Represent Wall Street and Main Street?

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TRNN's Paul Jay talks with members of Maryland Working Families, an alliance of progressive organizations, about if and how the Democratic Party can be saved.

July 30, 2017
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Submitted by: Love Knowledge
Category: Politics

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Going Soft on Corporate Crime a Bipartisan Affair

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Donald Trump is not a fan of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA), the law that says it’s illegal for any person — corporate or human — to bribe overseas.

July 29, 2017
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Submitted by: Love Knowledge
Category: Politics

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Talia Buford on Environmental Justice, Josh Ruebner on BDS Ban

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This week on CounterSpin: Paul Stair was a manager at a government land bank in Flint, Michigan, who resigned after he was caught on tape by a local activist saying the problem in Flint, site of the ongoing water contamination crisis

July 28, 2017
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Submitted by: Love Knowledge
Category: Media

‘Mandating Everybody to Buy Insurance Was Not the Solution We Found’

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It’s no surprise that healthcare continues to be front-page news. It is disheartening, though, how little the conversation has changed in terms of the limits of what’s considered possible.

July 29, 2017
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Submitted by: Love Knowledge
Category: Media

World’s Richest Person Escapes Scrutiny From His Own Paper—and Its Rivals

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The three most prominent US newspapers haven’t run a critical investigative piece on Jeff Bezos’ company Amazon in almost two years, a FAIR survey finds.

July 29, 2017
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Submitted by: Love Knowledge
Category: Media

If Russia Didn’t Exist, Would We Have to Invent It?

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In this week’s WhoWhatWhy podcast, Jeff Schechtman talks with Dan Kovalik, the author of The Plot to Scapegoat Russia: How the CIA and the Deep State Have

July 28, 2017
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Submitted by: Love Knowledge
Category: Politics

Islamic State in Afghanistan: Is US assault working?

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US strikes are raining down on the group in Nangarhar province, but no one is really sure who they are hitting.

July 28, 2017
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Submitted by: Love Knowledge
Category: Politics

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Trump's 'Fantasy' Military Budget Hides the Real Cost

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To spend even more than the staggering amounts already given to the military, U.S. lawmakers have used the foreign war budget as a "slush fund" to circumvent Pentagon budget caps imposed by

July 28, 2017
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Category: Politics

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