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Who Will Speak for Indigenous Peoples at the UN General Assembly?
As diplomats arrive in New York, representatives for the more than 400 million indigenous peoples globally will not be among them.
All the President’s Friends
Never forget to look behind the candidate.
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Election 2016: There’s No Debate
The candidates and the media have thoroughly corrupted the presidential debates. Our democracy deserves better. There's still time for a change.
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It’s Personal: Apologizing to My Daughter for the Last 15 Years of War
“I wanted to tell my daughter just how sorry I was that she would have to live in what 9/11 transformed into the most frightened country on Earth.”
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Trump’s Economic “Fixes” for Women Mean the Fix Is In
Trump's so-called economic fixes for the nation's majority — women — are woefully lacking.
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The Dangers of Medicalizing Racism
Treating racism like an addiction or mental illness undermines efforts to deal with its structural underpinnings.
Goldman Sachs Is Acknowledging Climate Change. Why Isn’t the GOP?
As a whole, the Republican Party remains a den of denialism.
Educational Inequality and the Ballot Booth
Class bias impedes democracy. Tuition free public universities has the potential to create a more representative democracy.
US Media Ignores CIA Cover-Up on Torture
US veterans chastise mainstream media for ignoring an account of how the CIA tried to block the Senate's torture investigation.
Climate Justice Meets Racism: This Moment at Standing Rock Was Decades in the Making
Many people of Standing Rock are not surprised by the extreme response of law enforcement against activists.