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Higher Education Is a Key to Decarceration: Let’s Pass the REAL Act
College education is a gateway to shrinking our prison population and empowering formerly incarcerated people and those behind bars.
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The War on Terror Is a War on Youth: Paris and the Impoverishment of the Future
The war on youth is being waged against and by young people. They are both subjects and objects in a global cycle of violence.
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My Mom Fled War, Too: Finding Compassion for Syrian Refugees
Yessenia Funes: Like refugees everywhere, my mom gave her children the gift of a better life - and an understanding of what it means to risk everything for it.
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The Power of Choice: Chicago’s Black Organizers Refuse a Meeting With Mayor Emanuel
The power of the Black community has been asserted, and the legitimacy of a politician has been denied.
Home, Sweet Kleptocracy: Kabul in the US
Let's hope that we don't end up under the rule of our own American Taliban or some billionaire reality TV star.
Caricatures and Labor Force Distortions
People should know that their image of France, and Europe in general, is really, really wrong.
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Calling Out the Republican Party as a Hate Group
Republican politicians' racist rhetoric should make us question and criticize anyone's affiliation with the Republican Party.
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The Ugly Truth About the Devaluation of Domestic Work
There are over 2 million in-home caregivers nationwide, and our workforce is made up of mostly women and people of color.
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The Intertwining Worlds of Monsanto, Huxley and Orwell
The worlds created by Huxley and Orwell have the ideological themes of power and control, relevant to the present day story of Monsanto.
The Post-Paris War on Encryption Is an Opportunistic Attack on Our Civil Liberties
The vilification of encryption - a means of protecting one's digital privacy - is threatening our civil liberties.