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Nowhere to Run: A Roundup of Reporting on the Refugee Crisis in Europe
Every day we're struck by terrible headlines concerning the refugee crisis in Europe.
Henry A. Giroux | Revisiting Hurricane Katrina: Racist Violence and the Politics of Disposability
Hurricane Katrina launched a new era in the politics of disposability and the undoing of the social state, which was rooted in racism.
The Daunting Task of Decarceration
It is possible that proposed “reform” isn't meant to end mass incarceration at all, but rather create an opportunity for expanded profiteering.
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Montana’s Fossil-Fuel Resistance Centers on Stewardship of Land
Meet the ranchers, grandmothers, professors, and tribes who are blocking oil equipment deliveries and getting arrested.
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Mantra for 9/11: 14 Years Later, Improbable World
Fourteen years later, we don't even grasp what we did.
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Day of the Disappeared: Mexico Remembers the 43 Abducted Students
In the 21st century this crime against humanity is still horrifically common, and itu2019s incumbent on us to grapple with the full reality of it.
Concerns About China Resurrect an Economic Zombie
“Scare stories about our supposed financial dependence on China just keep shambling along.”
Told to Fix Leaky Oil Train Cars in Two Months, Owners Sought Three Years
Regulators gave the owners until end of 2015.
How Extreme Energy Leads to Extreme Politics
Authorities in Argentina and beyond are cracking down on indigenous communities that protest resource extraction.
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Jim Hightower | The Rebellious Spirit of the First Labor Day Is Spreading Anew
It's easy to ridicule what Labor Day has now become for many of us.