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Drone Whistleblowers Step Out of the Shadows: Collateral Damage Comes Home
“National Bird,” is a haunting new documentary film about the unexpected and largely unrecorded devastation Washington's drone wars.
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What Comes After Capitalism? Upcoming Teach-Ins Can Show a Way Forward
When the next economic crash comes, we can be ready with a clear, workable and compelling vision of how to reorganize society.
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President Obama Can Help Save Saudi Youth Facing Beheading
Saving the lives of these men could show the Saudis that the US will no longer close its eyes to their grotesque human rights record.
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Fear of ISIS Used to Justify Continued Military Intervention in Middle East
Why was the US public willing to tolerate new US war-making in Iraq and Syria in 2014-2015, after having opposed it in 2013?
Harriet Tubman and the Monetization of Black History
It's no surprise that a Black liberator is being depicted on money. US capitalists have long profited from Black history.
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“Writing the Decline: On the Struggle for South Africa’s Democracy” Captures “Resonances of the Times”
Writing the Decline assembles people whose actions held potential for a truer democracy.
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Coexistence: When the Lexicon Perverts the Concept
Take, for instance, agricultural models. What coexistence actually implies here is the subjugation of others to the benefit of one.
Kochs’ Americans for Prosperity, Club for Growth Shell Out to Rescue Ron Johnson
The Kochs have worked for decades to undermine limits on political spending.
Wielding the Law to Safeguard the Land
Goldman Environmental Prize winners use legal strategy, grassroots organizing to defend human health and Indigenous land rights.
Why Are Evangelicals Fighting Over Ted Cruz’s Religious Beliefs?
A spirited debate has broken out within the evangelical academic community over Ted Cruz's religious and political beliefs.