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Colleges Flush With Cash Saddle Poorest Students With Debt
Some of the nation's wealthiest colleges are leaving their poorest students with plenty of debt.
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Seabirds Are Eating Plastic Litter in Our Oceans – but Not Only Where You’d Expect
Our study found that nearly 60% of all seabird species studied so far have had plastic in their gut.
Community Groups Work to Provide Emergency Medical Alternatives, Separate From Police
U.S. communities are experimenting with alternative first-response models that minimize contact with the police.
Youth-Led Direct Action Campaign Yields Trauma Center for Chicago’s South Side
Organizer Veronica Morris Moore discusses how activists' direct action campaign resulted in plans to build a trauma center in an underserved community.
Poet Remi Kanazi: Global and Palestinian Movements for Justice Are Inseparable
Kanazi discusses his latest book of poems, which incorporates images of struggles for social justice in Palestine and worldwide.
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Our Prosperity Is in Peril Unless We Shift From a Wasteful World to a “Circular Economy“
This path is simply not sustainable, both for the environment and the way we live.
Garrisoning the Globe: How US Military Bases Abroad Undermine National Security
Such bases helped lock us inside a permanently militarized society.
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Dean Baker | Lehman Day: Making Fun of the Second Great Depression Crowd
September 15th is the day set aside to ridicule the people who warned of a second Great Depression.
Direct Action Taken – and Needed – in the Lead-Up to Paris Climate Summit
This is direct action as it should be - an action which targets the very source of the problem and stops it in its tracks.
The Consequences of Our Underwhelming Criminal Legal System Reform Debate
As we revel in our moral courage, we've failed to fully apprehend the enormity of our moral failures.