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ALEC 2016 Agenda Boosts Charters, Coal and Other Corporate Funders
Like ALEC, Mike Pence has cast his lot with industry, peddling deceptive claims like smoking doesn't cause cancer and opposing laws to reduce gun violence.
The Effects of Government-Issued Money: Road to Hyperinflation or Cure for Debt Deflation?
Critics may disapprove of the helicopter money option, but the market evidently approves.
Victory for Purvi Patel, but Still a Loss for Reproductive Rights
Indiana has a history of applying unreasonable charges to pregnant women in order to jail them for harm they may have caused to their pregnancies.
Slow Death: Is the Trauma of Police Violence Killing Black Women?
Recognizing black women who suffer the trauma of police violence as victims of this violence factors gender into our analyses in important ways.
Elizabeth Warren Names Trump’s Racism for What It Is: A Political Weapon
Democrats need to amplify Sen. Elizabeth Warren's message if they want to win in November.
Henry A. Giroux | White Supremacy and Sanctioned Violence in the Age of Donald Trump
Trump's ideology of fear and violence must be countered with a collective movement for real justice and democracy.
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William Rivers Pitt | Just a Show: The Calm Sham of the DNC
The conventions carry about as much weight as the party platform. Anyone can talk pretty; it's what you do that counts.
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Yes, Food Can Be Entertainment for Low-Income People
For many food insecure people, the ability to serve their family a nice meal is indeed a source of comfort, their only entertainment and a moment of pride.
Breaking Ground at Cinema Hebron
Brant Rosen participated in an incredible, unprecedented mass action of civil disobedience in the heart of Israel's unjust and illegal occupation.
Can Industrial Hemp Save Kentucky’s Small Farms?
As tobacco declines, some hope that hemp can be a “gateway crop” to financial sustainability.