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“Gene-Editing” Produces GMOs That Must Be Regulated
The EU is considering the exclusion of gene-edited plants and animals from GM regulations.
Obama Administration Enables Billionaire Takeover of US Public Schools
The Feds are cheerleaders, as the Walmart Family, Reed Hastings and others are using billions to turn public schools into private charters.
Reclaiming Democracy From a Rogue Supreme Court
Author Derek Cressman discusses how a constitutional amendment may be our best chance to overturn the Citizens United ruling.
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Organizing to Resist the Corporatization of Higher Education
The once hallowed and secure work life of American university faculty has for the past quarter century been in turmoil.
To Fight Back Against Companies Like Uber, Workers Need Organizing – Not Technocratic Fixes
Solutions must tackle the power differential between gig economy workers and the big businesses that control their labor.
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Obama Should Quickly Forge Strong Diplomatic Ties With Venezuela
Obama has no intention of reining in the hard-liners within his own government on Venezuela.
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Saudi Executions: Beyond the Numbers
The inability to recognize an affront to the rule of law, regardless of the identity of the perpetrator, reveals a dire state of affairs, politically, morally and intellectually.
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How the Homeless Population Is Changing: It’s Older and Sicker
As a society, we face the specter of older adults dying on the streets.
Flint Refuses to Be Poisoned
Michigan's Republican Gov. Rick Snyder is finally feeling the heat for the outrageous crime of contaminating a city's water supply.
Organize or Die: Never in the History of the World Has an Election Destroyed a System of Oppression
If voting is a scam, should we participate in it?