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In January 1776, Thomas Paine published Common Sense, a pamphlet that gave voice to the discontent of a nation struggling to free itself from a tyrannical ruler who believed power flowed from his own will rather than the consent of the governed.
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Donald Trump has asked the U.S. military to come up with a plan for invading Greenland, and is getting resistance from military brass, for probably obvious reasons.
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Donald Trump’s actions in Venezuela are morally calamitous, showing a perilous disregard for human dignity and the rights of ordinary Venezuelans to be free from external forces.
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Staunton has announced that it will end its contract with Flock Safety and remove all automated license plate readers installed in the city.
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Flock Safety cameras are getting credit for helping police find the murderer of two students at Brown University and a MIT professor.
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Children in America shouldn’t have to worry if they will have food to eat when school is closed, but the reality is that many do.
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Fresh off a decisive election win, Gov.-elect Abigail Spanberger is promising a sharp turn in Virginia’s energy policy, vowing energy affordability for regular ratepayers, boosting in-state power generation, and forcing data centers to “pay their fair share.”
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Although Donald Trump has claimed that “every policy” of his administration was “designed to lift up the American worker,” he has acted consistently, since returning to office in January, to undermine workers’ chosen representatives, America’s labor unions.
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Our global security system, based on who has the most and the most modern weapons to enforce deterrence, is gradually becoming irrelevant, undermined by the ever-intensifying climate emergency.
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Being a journalist in many parts of the world has become far more than a challenging occupation – it has become a high-risk profession under assault from state power, armed conflict, economic pressure, and the erosion of institutional protections.
We don’t take press releases or official statements as the final word. Digging in to get the whole story takes time and resources.