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93% of Black Lives Matter Protests Have Been Peaceful, New Report Finds
The vast majority of Black Lives Matter protests—more than 93%—have been peaceful, according to a new report published Thursday by a nonprofit that researches political violence and protests across the world. The Armed Conflict Location & Event Data P ...[Read more]
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Reading Edmund Burke Shows That Conservatism Is All About Defending Traditional Hierarchies
Studying the writings of Edmund Burke, the father of modern conservatism, reveals something important: that right-wing intellectual thought is little more than a series of dressed-up defenses of conventional social relations and traditional hierarchies. ...[Read more]
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America’s history wars get serious: Texas GOP wants to dump MLK — and whitewash the KKK
In the infamous 1857 Dred Scott decision, Supreme Court Chief Justice Roger Taney proclaimed that Black people have "no rights that the white man is bound to respect." Today's Jim Crow Republican Party, and the white right more broadly, have taken the spi ...[Read more]
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“Im utterly sick of it” – UK workers on returning to the commute
As September approaches, employers are increasingly asking workers to come in, with many offices adopting hybrid systems after months of working from home – prompting mixed emotions. Commuting can be both expensive and polluting. UK workers pay more of ...[Read more]
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Why Is Capitalism Creating An Economy That Is 40% Bullsh*t Jobs?
As a society, we’re forcing millions of people to go to offices five days a week, eight hours a day, and do nothing ...[Read more]
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Leaked Email Shows Verizon Pushing Employees to Oppose Corporate Tax Hike
The company sent an email to employees with a link to a tax-opposing form letter to send their elected representatives. ...[Read more]
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Goodbye, American neoliberalism. A new era is here
The age of Obama was the last gasp of neoliberalism. Despite some progressive words and symbolic gestures, Obama chose to ignore Wall Street crimes, reject bailouts for homeowners, oversee growing inequality and facilitate war crimes like US drones killin ...[Read more]
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Unredacted FBI Document Sheds New Light on White Supremacist Infiltration of Law Enforcement
THE FBI HAS long been concerned about the infiltration of law enforcement by white supremacist groups and its impact on police abuse and tolerance of racism, the unredacted version of a previously circulated document reveals. The FBI threat assessment rep ...[Read more]
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US Capitol Riot of 6 January 2021 Featured News
Below is a featured news page for all Capitol Riot related news, taken from Realnews Today coverage as events unfolded: US Capitol Riot Featured News You can find all events, including the aftermath of US Capitol Riot of 6 January 2021, listed in ch ...[Read more]
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‘A Big Deal,’ Says Sanders as Dems Agree to Pursue a $3.5 Trillion Reconciliation Bill
Sanders, chair of the Senate Budget Committee, described the spending agreement as the "most significant piece of legislation... since the Great Depression." ...[Read more]
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Anti-vaccine protesters occupy ITV News and Channel 4 headquarters
Anti-vaccine protesters occupied the headquarters of ITV News and Channel 4 News in London on Monday afternoon, the latest in a series of actions aimed at the media. Jon Snow, the Channel 4 News presenter, was chased into one of the building’s side ent ...[Read more]
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