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The End Of The American Century? China And Uncle Sam Race To The Top

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Amid Student Debt Fight, Corinthian Colleges To Shut Down All Campuses

Company which profited off predatory lending schemes—and government assistance—to displace additional 16,000 students.

Nadia Prupis
بواسطة Nadia Prupis

Student loan debt is now the largest form of unsecured debt in the country today, surpassing credit cards and auto loans. (Photo/SMBCollege via Flickr) Corinthian Colleges, the for-profit education system that has come under fire for its predatory student loan schemes, said Sunday it would shut down all of its 28 remaining campuses, roughly

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Baltimore Police Caught On Video Beating And Arresting Reporters During Protests

“They just swarmed over me. I got hit. My head hit the ground. They were hitting me, then someone pulled me out. I kept shooting it. As soon as I got up I started taking pictures.”

Reagan Ali | Counter Current News
Jackson Marciana | Counter Current News
بواسطة Reagan Ali | Counter Current News
و Jackson Marciana | Counter Current News

The mainstream media wasn’t particularly interested in covering the massive protests in Baltimore last Saturday. But once they heard about isolated incidences of violence at the rallies demanding “Justice for Freddie Gray” the began scrambling to hone in, while ignoring the rampant police brutality at the same marches. Outside of the local area,

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Colorado To Impose Penalties On Police For Interfering With First Amendment Rights

The Colorado Association of Chiefs of Police said it supports the right of people to record law enforcement activity. But the group remains concerned about the civil penalties the bill calls for, saying it exposes law enforcement to stricter liability standards than other government officials.

Associated Press
بواسطة Associated Press

This image shows a U.S. Marshall attacking a woman and destroying her phone in retaliation for recording police, a constitutionally protected activity. DENVER  – Law enforcement could face civil penalties if an officer destroys or seizes someone’s recordings of a public incident with a bill that advanced in the Colorado House on

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Move Over Shale, Solar Is Shining Brighter With Each Passing Day

Developments show how booming demand and support for solar is shaking up energy paradigm

Jon Queally
بواسطة Jon Queally

Jon Kirkpatrick, bottom, and Bevan Walker install a solar panel in Montpelier, Vt. (AP Photo) Move over dirty fossil fuels, the solar revolution is coming. That, at least, is the buried headline contained in new reporting from Reuters on Sunday which looks at the ability of the solar industry to upend the world's energy system in ways

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Obama Finally Gets Angry At Climate Science Deniers And It’s Hilarious

Obama is famously low key. That’s why on the hit Comedy Central show “Key & Peele,” Keegan-Michael Key plays “Luther, President Obama’s anger translator.” The Correspondents’ dinner, however, is a rare place where the President can cut loose — as long as he uses humor.

Joe Romm for Think Progress
بواسطة Joe Romm for Think Progress
President Obama brings out actor Keegan-Michael Key from “Key & Peele” to play “Luther, President Obama’s anger translator” during his remarks at White House Correspondents’ dinner Saturday night.

President Obama brings out actor Keegan-Michael Key from “Key & Peele” to play “Luther, President Obama’s anger translator” during his remarks at White House Correspondents’ dinner Saturday night. President Barack Obama just gave pitch-perfect delivery to one of the most brilliant pieces of writing on climate change you are ever going to

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Angelina Jolie On The Syrian Refugee Crisis And Why Her Opinion Matters

Angelina Jolie has made more trips to Afghanistan and Iraq than the US Secretary of Defense. She’s part of a very select group of Hollywood starlets that will actually get their hands dirty for causes they believe in.

John Vibes
بواسطة John Vibes

In this Sunday February 23, 2014 photo released by the United Nations High Commission for Refugees, actress and U.N. special envoy Angelina Jolie, center foreground, meets with young Syrian refugees at an informal tented settlement in Zahleh, Bekaa Valley, Lebanon. (AP Photo) New York City, New York (ANTIMEDIA) – Angelina Jolie blasted the

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