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In this Jan. 4, 2017, file photo, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator-designate Scott Pruitt answer a reporter's question during his meeting with Sen. Shelley Moore Capitol, R-W.Va., on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP/Cliff Owen)

Records Show Trump EPA Pick Led Anti-EPA Crusade For Industry Donors

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Activists Report Presence Of Missile Launcher At Dakota Access Pipeline

Water protectors have found a disturbing new vehicle protecting the drill pad at Standing Rock — a missile launcher.

Matt Agorist
بواسطة Matt Agorist
An unconfirmed photo of an Avenger AN/TWQ-1 Air Defense System atop a hill overlooking the Dakota Access Pipeline Protests.

Standing Rock, ND (ANALYSIS) — Over the last several months, the world has watched the American police state in action as cops from more than a dozen states beat, gassed, pepper sprayed, tasered, shot, and severely injured water protectors and protesters in North Dakota. Using their militarized gear, police have blinded at least one person and

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Obama Frees Puerto Rican Independence Activist Oscar Lopez Rivera

Puerto Rico’s independence activist and one of the longest held political prisoners in the U.S. will be free.

teleSUR
بواسطة teleSUR
An archive image of Puerto Rican independentista Oscar Lopez Rivera.

(REPORT) --- The United States government announced Tuesday the release of Oscar Lopez Rivera, who has been imprisoned in the U.S. for 36 years for his struggle to free Puerto Rico from U.S. colonial rule. Outgoing U.S. President Barack Obama commuted Lopez' sentence, which will expire on May 17, according to a list of commutations announced

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First Chance At Life: On Chelsea Manning’s Freedom

Very few people supported Manning when it became known that she was the person responsible for making disclosures to WikiLeaks. With President Obama’s action, millions celebrate her release.

Kevin Gosztola
بواسطة Kevin Gosztola
chelsea manning

Published in partnership with Shadowproof. A grassroots effort led by committed activists, which was bolstered by human rights campaigners and prominent individuals, pushed President Barack Obama’s administration to free Chelsea Manning. The United States Army whistleblower was sentenced to military prison for 35 years. She was convicted of

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Obama’s Legacy In Africa: Terrorism, Civil War & Military Expansion

Independent geopolitical analyst Eric Draitser examines the effect of the Obama administration on Africa. What he finds is less hope and change, and more chaos and death.

Eric Draitser
بواسطة Eric Draitser
A man walks away after leaning his bicycle against a mural of President Barack Obama at the GoDown Arts Centre in Nairobi, Kenya ahead of the visit of Obama. (AP/Ben Curtis)

NEW YORK --- (Opinion) The corporate media is predictably churning out nauseating retrospectives of Obama’s presidency, gently soothing Americans to sleep with fairy tales about the progressive accomplishments of President Hope and Change. But amid the selective memory and doublethink which passes for sophisticated punditry within the controlled

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German Court Green Lights Neo-Nazi Party

The National Democratic Party has an affinity for Nazism but doesn’t threaten democracy, the court said.

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People take part at a demonstration initiated by right-wing NPD (National Democratic Party of Germany) against the German asylum law and asylum seekers in Riesa, eastern Germany, Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2015. (AP/Jens Meyer)

(REPORT) --- A German court ruled against banning the country's far-right National Democratic Party, NPD, on Tuesday, although the group has frequently been called anti-constitutional. The party has been described as a neo-Nazi organization supporting an ethnic-based nation state and anti-Semitism. “The NPD intends to replace the existing

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Big Pharma’s Influence Reaches Guideline Writers, Patient Groups, Even Doctors On Twitter

A series of studies published today documents the vast conflicts of interest in medicine. The way we think about disease “is being subtly distorted” by financial ties, the authors of an editorial write.

Charles Ornstein
بواسطة Charles Ornstein
A new investigation revealed that the FDA is using a variety of tactics to sway public opinion of certain products (AP Photo).

(REPORT) --- The long arm of the pharmaceutical industry continues to pervade practically every area of medicine, reaching those who write guidelines that shape doctors' practices, patient advocacy organizations, letter writers to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and even oncologists on Twitter, according to a series of papers on

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