Dispatch

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Budgets by the People

Participatory democracy, Brazil-style, is running into problems.

Michael Fox

Dispatch

Solidarity Reunited?

Unions rally around shrunken UNITE HERE as it takes on its former ally.

David Moberg

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Small Towns vs. Nestlé

Rural residents organize to keep their water out of corporate water bottles.

Jenny Tomkins

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Anarchists Go to Church

Mount Hope files federal suit against Bash Back! over Sunday morning protest.

Rebecca Harris

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All-American Squatters

Take Back the Land is "liberating" foreclosed homes to fight homelessness.

Jake Thomas

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SEIU Fights Banks Over Bonuses

One of the largest unions in the country may alter corporations' executive pay practices.

Tim Brown

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Snapshot: Borderline Frustrations

Rachel K. Dooley

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The Aspiration of Global Zero

President Obama seeks a world without nuclear weapons, but there are signs a key treaty is unraveling.

Robert G. Gard

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Xe is the Problem

Keeping the corporation formerly known as Blackwater out of Skunk Hollow.

Jenny Tomkins

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Israel’s Center Does Not Hold

Netanyahu's coalition begins to govern, as the world awaits a two-state solution.

Ralph Seliger

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Reinventing Demons

The Obama administration plans a new round of 'public safety' programs in Latin America.

Jeremy Bigwood

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Flower Power

Colombian plantation workers are fighting an uphill battle to unionize and secure better working conditions.

David Moberg

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Putting a Stop to Stop Loss

Pentagon ends the back-door draft, but critics fear a return with Afghanistan surge.

Christopher Moraff

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Labor Limbo

Philadelphia museum guards fighting for union recognition highlight the potential power of "card check."

Daniel Denvir

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Students Won’t Sweat It

Under fire for alleged union-busting, Russell Athletic is losing university contracts around the country.

Micah Uetricht

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Czech Against U.S. Military Power

Activists successfully oppose a Pentagon radar base plan in the Czech Republic.

Joanne Landy

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Same-Sex Marriage in the Heartland

Iowa becomes the first state in the Midwest to extend the right to marry to gays and lesbians.

Jessica Pupovac

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Global Warming Accelerates

As sea levels rise faster than expected, political and social catastrophes loom.

Kari Lydersen

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Uncovering Haiti’s Hidden History

More than four years after President Jean-Bertrand Aristide went into exile, questions linger about Washington's involvement.

Judith Scherr

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‘Zee’ End of Blackwater?

The troubled security firm gets a makeover.

Joel Handley

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De-escalating the Drug War

Obama's pick to head ONDCP is better than your average drug czar.

Silja J.A. Talvi

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El Salvador’s Left Turn?

Mixed results for 'el frente' in the country's congressional elections.

Jacob Wheeler

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Roy Bourgeois Faces Excommunication

The Vatican threatens the Maryknoll priest for supporting the ordination of female priests.

George Fish

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Blue People, Yellowcake

A nomadic, West African people are threatened by lucrative uranium mining.

Stefan Simanowitz