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False Promises: Avoid “Miracle” Rice and Just Eat a Carrot
Golden rice is a false miracle. It is a disease of nutritionally empty mono-cultures offered as a cure for nutritional deficiency.
Erased by False Victory: Obama Hasn’t Stopped DAPL
How many times have marginalized people been offered further discussion when what they needed was substantive action?
Will Either Clinton or Trump End the Forever War?
The Forever War — started in 2003 — is unlikely to end, regardless of who is next in the White House.
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Attica: How the Suppression of an Uprising Fed the Prison Industry
Those who ordered the slaughter at Attica prison intentionally sent the US down the path of mass incarceration.
A 9/11 Retrospective: Washington’s Air War Measured in Decades
Perhaps this September 11, it's finally time for Americans to begin to focus on our endless air war in the Greater Middle East.
Texas Tribes Mobilize in Solidarity With Sioux Against Dakota Access Pipeline
Indigenous activists in Texas highlight their own fight against the Trans-Pecos Pipeline and its corporate ties.
Trump Gives Servicewomen Short Shrift in Commander-in-Chief Forum
While women constitute 15.3 percent of active-duty personnel, they are 95 percent of reported sex crime victims.
President Obama: Pull the DAPL Permit, Do the Climate Test
We should see DAPL as no different than Keystone XL, and treat it as such.
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Palestinian Entrepreneurs in Silicon Valley Ask PayPal to Level the Playing Field
Living here in Silicon Valley, it is hard to imagine life in the Occupied Palestinian Territory.
Presidential Politics and CEO Pay
While candidates are busy ranting about Wall Street's fat cats, taxpayers are left picking up their billion-dollar tab.