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How the Myth of the Meritocracy Ruins Students
The biggest problem afflicting students isn't standardized testing - it's our cultural myth of meritocracy.
Mitt Romney Is Forced to Denounce His Own Legacy
If the health care law is a failure, what would policy success look like?
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Why the Paris Climate Summit Will Be a Peace Conference
The world will have to step beyond national thinking toward a higher goal: the safety of the ecosphere and all its inhabitants.
Trying a Fossil Fiend
Villains like former coal CEO Don Blankenship make it easier to get riled up over climate change.
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Police Brutality: Can It Really Be Fixed?
How many more lives is it going to take for us to rise up against police brutality?
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A Tale of Two Retirements
One hundred CEOs have as much in retirement assets as 41 percent of American families.
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More Denial, More Problems: UN Predicts Millions of Climate Refugees to Come
In recent news, the UN warns of 50 million climate refugees within a decade and the melting of Greenland is accelerating.
Koch Brothers Hit the Airwaves in Support of Wisconsin Corruption Measures
Republican senators expressed concern at measures to eviscerate limits on money in elections.
The Badger-Two Medicine Area: Too Sacred to Drill
For more than 10,000 years, the Badger-Two Medicine area near Glacier National Park in Montana has provided subsistence and identity for the Blackfeet Nation.
“Captive Genders”: CeCe McDonald, Chelsea Manning and Others Map Road to Trans Liberation
The anthology's pages brim with anger, grief, hope, humor and daring.