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Celisa Calacal

Celisa Calacal is a freelance journalist based in Kansas City, Missouri. She is a writing fellow for the Independent Media Institute. She graduated with a degree in journalism from Ithaca College, where she worked as an editor and reporter for the Ithacan. Her writing has appeared in the Nation, ThinkProgress, AlterNet, and Salon. Follow her on Twitter @celisa_mia

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How the mainstream media tries to convince you that Medicare for All is impossible

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FILE - In this Jan. 18, 2012, file photo, Mallory Whitt works at her desk at the offices of the Wikipedia Foundation in San Francisco. The foundation announced on Jan. 26, 2017, that Craigslist founder Craig Newmark is donating $500,000 to help curb harassment on Wikipedia. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg, File) (AP)

How is Wikipedia edited — and how can it impact the “facts”?

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Donnie Maclurcan wants to change the way we think about money — he’s doing that by giving it away

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There is some surprising progress for the rights of incarcerated women

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A demonstrator chants during a rally in downtown Manhattan in New York, Saturday, Dec. 13, 2014, during the Justice for All rally and march. In the past three weeks, grand juries have decided not to indict officers in the chokehold death of Eric Garner in New York and the fatal shooting of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Mo. The decisions have unleashed demonstrations and questions about police conduct and whether local prosecutors are the best choice for investigating police. (AP Photo/John Minchillo) (AP)

U.S. police killed over 1,000 civilians in 2017

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Progressive groups fire back after Democratic Party puts out the welcome mat for anti-choice liberals

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These two Supreme Court cases protect police who use excessive force

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Crucial court case could spell doom for ethnic studies in public schools

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FILE - In this July 25, 2016, file photo, a memorial including a photo of Philando Castile adorns the gate to the governor's residence where protesters continue to demonstrate in St. Paul, Minn., against the July 6, 2016, shooting death of Castile by St. Anthony police Officer Jeronimo Yanez during a traffic stop in Falcon Heights, Minn. Yanez is expected to enter his plea on manslaughter charges during a hearing Monday, Feb. 27, 2017. (AP Photo/Jim Mone, File) (AP)

America is suffering from a plague of deadly, unaccountable and racist police violence

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What do the Grenfell Tower fire and Hurricane Katrina have in common? Disaster capitalism

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Research shows that assistance to the poor is negatively skewed to race and location

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An indigenous woman is facing federal charges for protesting the Dakota Access Pipeline

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The federal government is setting up to protect the elite from nuclear attack while letting the rest of us die

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Protesters against president-elect Donald Trump march peacefully through Oakland, California, U.S., November 9, 2016. (Reuters/Noah Berger)

Trump protesters could be facing decades in prison for inauguration demonstrations

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