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Oscar López Rivera to Be Freed as Obama Commutes Sentence of Puerto Rican Independence Activist

On Tuesday, President Obama also commuted the sentence of longtime Puerto Rican independence activist Oscar López Rivera, who has been imprisoned for about 35 years, much of the time in solitary confinement.

January 18, 2017
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Activists Call on Obama to Pardon Leonard Peltier, Warning He'll Die in Prison Otherwise

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While President Obama shortened the sentences of Oscar López Rivera and Chelsea Manning and 207 other prisoners, Obama took no action on 71-year-old imprisoned Native American activist Leonard Peltier. Peltier is a

January 18, 2017
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Jeremy Scahill: Did Education Nominee Betsy DeVos Lie to Senate About Ties to Anti-LGBT Foundation?

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On Tuesday, education secretary nominee Betsy DeVos faced intense questioning by Democratic senators during her confirmation hearing. DeVos is a longtime backer of charter schools and vouchers for private and religious schools.

January 18, 2017
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Scahill: Blackwater Founder Erik Prince, the Brother of Betsy DeVos, Is Secretly Advising Trump

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The Intercept’s Jeremy Scahill has revealed Betsy DeVos’s brother, Erik Prince, the founder of the mercenary firm Blackwater, has been quietly advising Trump’s transition team, including helping vet Cabinet picks. On election

January 18, 2017
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2016 hottest year ever recorded – and scientists say human activity to blame

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Final data confirms record-breaking temperatures for third year in a row. Earth has not been this warm for 115,000 years.

January 18, 2017
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A Timeline to Unemployment: When Will Robots Really Replace Workers?

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Two new studies have concluded that the transition to an automation-dominated workplace will happen at a slower, more gradual pace than many others are predicting. Whether it happens in the next 10 years or the next 50, automation will have a major impact on the world's workforce, so we must prepare for that disruption.

January 17, 2017
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Oscar López Rivera to Be Freed as Obama Commutes Sentence of Puerto Rican Independence Activist

Activists Call on Obama to Pardon Leonard Peltier, Warning He'll Die in Prison Otherwise

Jeremy Scahill: Did Education Nominee Betsy DeVos Lie to Senate About Ties to Anti-LGBT Foundation?

Scahill: Blackwater Founder Erik Prince, the Brother of Betsy DeVos, Is Secretly Advising Trump

2016 hottest year ever recorded – and scientists say human activity to blame

A Timeline to Unemployment: When Will Robots Really Replace Workers?

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