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Corporate Martial Law: Public Schools Auctioned Off to Highest Bidder

Julianne Hing, Colorlines.com. May 8, 2011.

Michigan's new emergency financial managers are being dispatched to poor communities of color, where they're being given total power to attack public institutions.

After Katrina, New Orleans Cops Were Told They Could Shoot Looters

Sabrina Shankman, Tom Jennings, Brendan McCarthy, Laura Maggi, A.C. Thompson, ProPublica. August 25, 2010.

New Orleans police officers circulated orders authorizing them to shoot looters and 'take back the city.' But who gave the order?

Top 10 Right-Wing Conspiracy Theories

Alexander Zaitchik, Southern Poverty Law Center. August 15, 2010.

The American radical right has to be considered a strong contender for the title of modern conspiracy champion.

Rare Protest Footage Reveals Tibetan Defiance of Chinese Crackdowns

Lhadon Tethong, AlterNet. April 1, 2009.

In spite of the troops, tanks and snipers, in spite of the beatings, arrests and disappearances -- Tibetans continue to resist.

The 10 Most Popular Stories of 2008

AlterNetDecember 27, 2008.

Disturbing truths about Sarah Palin, the worst of Bush and a who's who of the people poised to shape Obama's foreign policy.

Feds Train Clergy To "Quell Dissent" During Martial Law [VIDEO]

Adam Howard, August 17, 2007.

Pastors and other religious representatives could become secret police enforcers who teach their congregations to "obey the government."

Is Martial Law Around the Corner?

Matthew Rothschild, The Progressive. June 9, 2007.

The ACLU isn’t worried about the new presidential directive, but I still am.