Massive Protests in Portland Continue After Judge Denies State Request for Restraining Order Against Federal Agencies

“If the state of Oregon does not have standing to prevent this unconstitutional conduct by unidentified federal agents running roughshod over her citizens, who does?” (By: Jessica Corbett, Common Dreams) After a U.S. district judge on Friday denied the Oregon attorney general’s request for a temporary restraining order against federal agencies, officers deployed to Portland [...]

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Why Yoga Teachers Say the Practice Is Essential for Times Like These

Yoga teachers who work with marginalized communities say the practice is a key way to navigating stress, trauma and disruption. Like many industries, the yoga industry is facing some major upheavals due to COVID-19, with studios closing their doors, some of them permanently, and a mass transitioning of classes to online formats. Yoga teachers, the [...]

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Trump Is Daring Us to Stop Him

Trump’s deployment of federal officers to Democratic-run cities is extreme even for him. President Donald Trump’s recent reelection campaign advertisement is straight out of the plot of a horror movie. Just days after he deployed federal officers to the streets of Portland, Oregon, his campaign released a 30-second television spot featuring an elderly white woman watching on [...]

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The Hijacking of Police Reform by Wealthy Opportunists Resembles the Harm Done to Public Schools

In Minneapolis, an overhaul of police conduct after the killing of George Floyd is inciting controversy among some activists. The Minneapolis City Council voted to disband the city’s police department on June 26, a little more than a month after George Floyd died after a white police officer, Derek Chauvin, knelt on his neck for almost nine [...]

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Trump’s Latest Executive Orders Allow Import of Prescription Drugs from Canada

Americans may soon be able to import prescription drugs from Canada, courtesy of an executive order signed by President Donald Trump on Friday. Restructuring America’s Pharmaceutical Industry Americans may soon be able to import prescription drugs from Canada, courtesy of an executive order signed by President Donald Trump on Friday. It was one of four [...]

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Many Terms That Are Frequently Used to Describe Capitalism Simply Don’t Hold Up Under Scrutiny

“Free” and “unregulated” markets simply do not define capitalism, and are not marked by anything like “liberty.” Capitalism is not, as its defenders like to claim, defined by “free” or “private” enterprises. Likewise, “free” or “unregulated” markets do not define capitalism. Politics and ideology drive its defenders to choose those definitions over clearly better, different [...]

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Tech Giants Eye Lucrative Rent Market as End to Eviction Moratorium Could Leave Millions Homeless

A “tsunami” of evictions is about to sweep across the United States when the 120-day moratorium ends today, threatening millions of Americans with homelessness or worse – a new set of landlords called Facebook, Google and Apple. (By: Raul Diego, Mintpress News) In a ‘normal’, pre-pandemic economy, a number roughly equal to the population of [...]

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What Can Safety Without Police Look Like? Some Successful Programs Already Exist

As national protests call to defund and dismantle police departments, existing alternatives to police offer potential beacons for the way forward. This is a moment of contention and restructuring in America. Mass public outcry is exposing the long-buried, problematic foundations of a nation built on human trafficking, commodification and enslavement of people from Africa, and [...]

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‘Disturbing—and Dangerous’: Journalists Denounce Judge’s Order for Outlets to Turn Over Protest Footage to Seattle Police

“This turns journalists into an arm of the government. We are not here to do surveillance for police.” (By: Eoin Higgins, Common Dreams) Journalists and civil liberties advocates alike condemned a ruling Thursday by a county judge in Seattle, Washington instructing a number of city media outlets to give police photographs and video footage taken [...]

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Democratic Leaders Scramble to Respond to Trump Sending in Federal Agents

Democrats in Chicago, Kansas City, and Albuquerque have struggled to respond to Trump sending in federal agents. On Wednesday, President Donald Trump offered some details on Operation Legend, a federal law enforcement operation in Chicago, Kansas City, and Albuquerque to combat crime. The announcement sent local Democratic leaders into a scramble, Quinton Lucas, the mayor [...]

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Russia’s Latest Weapon Test Justifies America’s Space Force

“Actions of this kind threaten the peaceful use of space and risk causing debris that could pose a threat to satellites and the space systems on which the world depends.” Space, once reserved for communication satellites, research probes, and astronaut crews, has become increasingly militarized in the 21st century. In December, the Trump administration established [...]

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Asylum, Now an American Horror Story

What we are now witnessing is an assault designed to suffocate the hopes and life prospects of human beings desperately seeking safety and a better life. (Common Dreams) It’s hard to know exactly where the Trump Administration found the inspiration for its newest set of draconian asylum rules. Might it have been a National Geographic special [...]

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Leaked FBI Memo Warns Private Equity And Hedge Funds Are Threats For Money Laundering

“With private debt funds, there is no bank involvement and no involvement with any institution subject to regulatory review. No information seeps out of this black hole.” The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation warned in a leaked memo from May that the almost $10-trillion private investment funds industry is an ample target for large-scale money [...]

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