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A Road Not Taken: The Dream of the Peace Dividend
Achieving a peace dividend is impossible due to military waste, the growth of the US empire and a passive population.
Inside Colombia’s “Guantánamo Bay”: A Human Rights Nightmare
La Tramacua u00adis a place so renown for its human rights abuses that it has been dubbed “the Guantanamo of Colombia.”
Missouri Legislators Cite Right-Wing Media Myth as They Defund Planned Parenthood
Anti-choice legislators reject $8.3 million and opt to pay out of pocket to attack Planned Parenthood.
Blind Mice and Bird Brains: Silent Spring of Chernobyl and Fukushima
Peer-reviewed science has done little to dampen the “official” perception of Chernobyl's silent forests as a thriving nature reserve.
GOP Looks to Protect Union-Busting Firms From Transparency Rule
Republicans criticized a regulation that will force employers to disclose ties to outside union-busting advisers.
Debacle at Doha: The Collapse of the Old Oil Order
A declining demand for oil is likely to force suppliers to fight one another for ever-diminishing market shares.
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On Passover, Israel and “Demographic Threats“
We must challenge attempts to cast Palestinians as a “demographic threat” to the current Jewish majority in their homeland.
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Sanders May Be All but Finished, but the Fight for a Better Future Is Not
Why direct our energy into the Democratic Party? What the progressive left really needs is a party of our own.
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We Need to Consciously Spark, Amplify and Harness Mass Protest
Uprising can be a craft, and that this craft can change our world.
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What I Told the Attorney General and the HUD Secretary About My Criminal Record
As many as one in three Americans now have some type of criminal record.