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Tara Houska: Denying #DAPL Permit is "Momentous Occasion," But We Must Remain Vigilant

On Sunday, celebrations erupted at Standing Rock after the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers announced it had denied the Dakota Access pipeline company a permit to build the final segment of

December 5, 2016
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"Financial Disaster": Could Dakota Access Pipeline Lose Its Contracts with Oil Companies on Jan. 1?

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Throughout November, protesters held dozens of demonstrations worldwide at banks to demand they divest from the $3.8 billion Dakota Access pipeline. Already, the largest bank in Norway, DNB, has been

December 5, 2016
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How Journalists Need to Go Beyond Fact Checking Trump

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All the way back in March, Dartmouth political science professor Brendan Nyhan wrote a prescient tweetstorm about how journalists and others should call out Donald Trump’s routine violation of modern norms of democratic discourse.

December 5, 2016
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Snowden: Petraeus Leaked 'Far More Highly Classified' Info Than I Did

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In exclusive interview with Yahoo! Global News, NSA whistleblower also points to Director of National Intelligence James Clapper, who lied to Congress, as example of two-tiered justice system

December 5, 2016
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Carson, Who Called Fair Housing a 'Failed Social Experiment,' Tapped to Run HUD

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Under Dr. Ben Carson, 'millions of low-income Americans and residents of color could stand to lose critical protections and housing resources'

December 5, 2016
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ACLU & LGBT Groups Call on President Obama to Grant Clemency to Chelsea Manning

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WASHINGTON - The American Civil Liberties Union and over a dozen LGBT groups sent a letter to President Barack Obama today urging the commutation of Chelsea Manning’s sentence for disclosing classified information