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Uruguay's José Mujica: "The Routine, For Anyone Setting Out To Change the World"

Uruguay's José Mujica: "The Routine, For Anyone Setting Out To Change the World"
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Surveys of hundreds of formerly incarcerated people and their families in 14 states show that the true costs, emotional and financial, continue long after incarceration ends and reach far beyond the individual being punished

A rise in air pollution this year made France's capital the most polluted city in the world – so when Mayor Anne Hidalgo launched the idea of a car-free day, carbon exhaust was top of the agenda with the COP-21 conference close at hand.

José Mujica, a former Tupamaros freedom fighter in the 1960s and 70s, served as Uruguay's president from 2010 to 2015 – and here discusses a philosophy of life focused on sobriety, learning learn to live with what is necessary and fairest.

The Fed's quantitative easing program channeled trillions of dollars out of advanced and into emerging market economies – laying the groundwork for an even bigger, meaner financial crisis that will extend across all economies, great and small.

Federal authorities have charged U.S. Border Patrol agent Lonnie Swartz with second degree murder for killing 16-year-old Jose Antonio Elena Rodriguez in a cross-border shooting, under the claim that he had been throwing rocks.

From movements in Bolivia and Uruguay to voter rebellions in Nigeria, Holland, Italy, France and Ireland, citizens worldwide are demanding the return of their water to public hands.

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New data shows that more than a quarter of the nation’s 60 richest universities leave their low-income students owing an average of more than $20,000 in federal loans.

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This week, Chris Hedges offers up some historical rebellion so we understand where we came from and where we're headed.

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The inequality goal allows current trends of income concentration to increase until 2029 before they start to decline – and totally ignores the structure of an economic system that creates inequality.

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Indigenous people joined by social movements, trade unions and farmer and women’s organizations won a victory when Congress repealed legislation protecting Monsanto's GMO plant varieties in the Central American country.

Facing national outrage, the 32-year-old CEO backed down from the 5000% price increase his company announced this week for the malaria and toxoplasmosis drug Daraprim, sparking an overdue debate about the outlandish cost of life-saving medicines.

The inequality goal allows current trends of income concentration to increase until 2029 before they start to decline – and totally ignores the structure of an economic system that creates inequality.

Financial fees are sucking cities and states dry – but they can change the terms if they band together and bargain collectively over interest rates and other financial deals peddled to them by Wall Street.

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