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This CEO left coal miners penniless. Why did a West Virginia town give him a lucrative tax break to build a luxury hotel?
Documents reveal a generous tax break and questionable land deals doled out to a failed coal baron, raising questions about why a community in an impoverished county in West Virginia would bolster the wealth of controversial businessman at the expense of taxpayers.
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‘Twerking-class heroes’: LA strippers are fighting for a union
Dancers at the Star Garden Topless Dive Bar in North Hollywood turned a lockout by management into a picket and unionization drive that could bring long-needed changes to strip clubs around the country.
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Rising authoritarianism and worsening climate change share a fossil-fueled secret
In recent decades, the core democratic principle that prioritizes citizens over corporate profits has been aggressively undermined.
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‘I wouldn’t even feed this to my dog’: The inhumane reality of prison food
Everyone knows prison food is bad, but it’s even worse than you think, and the damage it does to incarcerated people’s health lingers long after they’ve served their time.
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‘The residential school era did not end’ for Indigenous people
In April, Pope Francis apologized for the Catholic Church’s role in driving the horrific residential school system, but the hurt and horror live on.
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Buffalo gunman’s racism directly tied to mainstreaming of white nationalism, say critics
“This hateful, white nationalist rhetoric is not just being spread by lone gunmen. It can also be found on cable news and in the rhetoric of politicians today.”
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Johns Hopkins students commemorate 74 years since the Nakba
“For us as Hopkins students and students in America in general, we try to disconnect and not normalize the State of Israel—not offer it legitimacy,” one organizer said.
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The Chris Hedges Report: Ukraine and the resurgence of American militarism
What will be the consequences of the United States’s commitment to long-term conflict, and where will we be when the war finally ends?
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Israeli police attack Shireen Abu Akleh’s funeral in Jerusalem
Live video footage from Al Jazeera showed groups of heavily armed Israeli police officers attacking the large procession, beating people with batons and firing stun grenades into the crowd, and ripping Palestinian flags out of the hands of mourners.
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