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Socialist Faces in High Places: Syriza’s Fall From Grace and the Elusive Electoral Road
Syriza's recent fall from grace serves as a stark reminder of the unfulfilled promise of the electoral road to socialism.
Will Sharing Abortion Stories Further Reproductive Justice?
A sure-to-be-controversial new book offers a guide for ending the so-called “abortion wars” through empathy.
Jeb Bush Didn’t Misspeak: The GOP Wants to Dismantle Reproductive Health Programs
Last night Jeb Bush made a slip of the tongue that let us know just where he stands on reproductive health.
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William Rivers Pitt | Double-Barreled Disaster: Two GOP Debates in One Night
“I endured both of these things, two in one day with seventeen participants, and may never fully recover from the experience.”
Seventy Years Since Hiroshima: Nonviolence or Nonexistence
Seventy years after the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the US knows now what the effect has been.
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Remembering Hiroshima and the Quest for Peace
While we have not used another nuclear weapon to kill, we continue to use bombs and guns and missiles to kill each other.
New Developments in Julian Assange’s Epic Struggle for Justice
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange faces an August 20 expiration of Sweden's sexual misconduct charges against him.
Black People Can’t Vote If We’re Dead
Merely getting US presidential candidates to address the spectacle of Black death will not yield real change.
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A Bold and Brilliant New Moment in the Struggle for Black Liberation
“This convening was not only historic; it was right on time. We needed this as a people,” writes Lamont Lilly.
Henry A. Giroux | Schools as Punishing Factories: The Handcuffing of Public Education
While the video of an 8-year-old boy handcuffed in an elementary school classroom in Kentucky has rightfully drawn media attention, the boy's treatment was far from unique.