By Emma Niles — The Minnesota Democrat penned a letter to the Department of Justice on Monday, urging it to protect the First Amendment rights of the “water protectors” facing off against law enforcement in North Dakota.
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By Juan Cole / Informed Comment —
The Cuban leader inserted himself into numerous conflicts, fighting what he saw as imperialism. The ventures were gradually abandoned over the past two decades.
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Follow along as Truthdig provides live updates from the demonstrations taking place at and near the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation in North Dakota.
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For a special edition of “On Contact,” the Truthdig columnist travels to the North Dakota encampment to talk with those (including the man shown) on the front lines fighting to block the Dakota Access pipeline.
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By Deirdre Fulton / Common Dreams —
The renowned leftist scholar says voters did not need to ignore Hillary Clinton’s serious shortcomings to recognize her rival as the much more serious threat.
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Josh Scheer sits down with author Benjamin Madley to reflect on America’s violent history of Native American genocide.
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By Juan Cole / Informed Comment —
Russian op-ed writers are intrigued with Donald Trump, who has spoken of improving relations between the U.S. and the Russian Federation. But they want to know what the bottom line will be, given his equally strong “tough guy” bluster.
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By Paul Street — The strange political dominance of the Grand Old Party can be explained by 12 factors, including the neoliberal agenda of the Democratic Party, gerrymandering, the politics of fear, and mass ignorance in much of the U.S. populace.
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By Jenni Monet / Yes! Magazine —
North Dakota is stretched thin in its battle to protect the Dakota Access pipeline construction: Costs are nearing $15 million, and police resources are increasingly stressed.
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Donald Trump holds between $15,000 and $50,000 in the company building the pipeline in North Dakota that indigenous residents are protesting on the grounds that it endangers their drinking water.
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By Rebecca Gordon / TomDispatch —
I’ve fought, organized and loved too long to let Trump and the people who run him shove me—or any of us—back into a bottle.
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By Sonali Kolhatkar — Amid all the calls for compassion for this pro-Trump demographic, an important point gets lost: Study after study shows that no matter how wealthy or educated nonwhites might be, whites fare better in life—even the poor ones.
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By Nika Knight / Common Dreams —
“Let’s stop this savage injustice being committed right here at home. If not us, who? If not now, when?”
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By Bill Boyarsky — I doubt if the election was hacked, but I don’t know for sure. That’s why it’s important to support a growing campaign for a recount.
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By Juan Cole / Informed Comment —
Most likely it is an idle threat by Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan, perhaps an attempt at getting Europe to be silent about his human rights abuses.
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Journalists are weighing the positives and negatives of news that President-elect Donald Trump is considering Rep. Tulsi Gabbard, D-Hawaii, who supported Bernie Sanders during the primaries, for a position in his Cabinet.
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By Medea Benjamin —
The indigenous tribes gathered in North Dakota are showing us a path for the future based on respect, nonviolence, humility and love that should inspire us for the difficult times ahead.
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By Paul Von Blum — Throughout his long and distinguished career, the artist used his talent to provide incisive visual commentary about the major social and political issues of his time.
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At the conference on climate change in Marrakech, Morocco, Kevin Hart, the Assembly of First Nations regional chief for Manitoba, discusses humanity’s urgent need to heed the ecological wisdom of indigenous peoples.
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By Amy Goodman and Denis Moynihan —
The Sahrawis, the indigenous population native to the Western Sahara region, are in a protracted struggle for independence, and face terrible human rights violations by Morocco.
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