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Aging Populations Are Not a Crisis — Capitalism Is
The idea that an aging global population is an economic crisis is an effort to con us into accepting neoliberal reforms.
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The Right Wing Is Leveraging Trans Issues to Promote Militarism
The use of a thin LGBT inclusion politics to make the Israeli or US military appear progressive is becoming a losing strategy.
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Trump’s Attack on Schoolkids
Why after-school programs need to be protected from the Trump administration's budget-cutters.
The Treaty to Prohibit and Ban Nuclear Weapons: Making the Road by Walking
There is no denying the increasingly dangerous competition among the great and lesser nuclear powers.
Peace vs. Development: The Untold Story of the Colombian Civil War
Most people have never heard of San Jose de Apartado, Colombia.
The Military Is Resisting Trump’s Denialism, but It’s Still Not a Force for Climate Justice
The military exists to uphold an empire that is driving climate disruption.
The Bill of Rights at the Border: Fourth Amendment Limits on Searching Your Data and Devices
Hundreds of thousands of people enter the US every day and a lot of technology enters with them.
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Republicans Threaten to “Go Nuclear” on Filibuster by Thursday
The filibuster could be gone by Friday, after Democrats gained the votes to hold up the nomination of Neil Gorsuch.
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Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection Sues Towns for Trying to Protect Their Environment
In 2016, chemicals detected in the state's drinking water prompted a moratorium on hydraulic fracturing.
A Nation Made by War and a Citizenry Unmade by It
From its founding the United States has been a nation made by wars.