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Alissa Quart’s New Book Debunks ‘Self-made’ Myth

The UN force occupied Haiti in 2004-2017 violated Haitians’ human rights, abused women and children, and introduced a cholera epidemic that killed 40,000 Haitians.

Advocates say corporate strategy known as ‘Texas two-step’ is being used as ‘menu choice’ to avoid paying compensation

Survivors are chastised for waiting to speak out against abusers. But what about others who choose silence over truth?

Whether in college or in K-12, the purging of Black educators, administrators and Black studies will have a devastating impact on American society.

Big Tech is on the spot

Moving the big polluters out of the crime scene by focusing on the individual is a proven PR or public relations (read: propaganda) con, a manipulative trick. It is a cunning move by industry – in short, a con.

Private profiteers have concentrated the grip over real estate to such an extent that virtually every American lives in a company town now. Unions from all sectors need to wage campaigns for housing policies that break the grip of real-estate elites.

This is the week that the former president’s epic legal misadventures begin. It’s hard to imagine his coming out unscathed.

In November, Mainers will vote on whether they want Pine Tree Power — a consumer-owned nonprofit utility — to replace the investor-owned utilities. Advocates say the result of the vote could have ripple effects across the country.