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Postcard From Paris

James Graham CounterPunch
The plan to merge the current 42 pension plans into a universal points system is overwhelmingly rejected by the unions, and the ‘pivot age’ is still a fantasy, unacceptable to unions like the CGT and Force Ouvriere.

The Heartbreaking Case of Tondalo Hall

ACLU OK ACLU of Oklahoma
Tondalo Hall was sent to prison for 30 years for failing to protect her children from child abuse while the abuser received two years in prison and eight years of probation with credit for time served.

The Limits of Sanctuary Cities

Alex Kotlowtiz The New Yorker
Today’s sanctuary-cities movement shares the convictions of this campaign of the nineteen-eighties, but the means of resistance are quite different.

Veterans Serve as Human Shields for Dakota Pipeline

Christopher Mele The New York Times
The North Dakota governor issued an evacuation order, but protesters at the Dakota Access Pipeline do not intend to leave the area. In fact, nearly 2,000 veterans will be joining them in the coming days