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Why Should We Care?
Surely one of the questions that comes to mind as we read the various commentaries on the skirmish between Cornel West and Michael Eric Dyson is "Why Should We …
Four Activists Arrested at Salvadoran Embassy Protesting Imprisonment of 17 Salvadoran Women for Miscarriages
Four activists were arrested this morning at the Embassy of El Salvador where they staged a sit-in to call attention to 17 Salvadoran women currently serving extreme prison sentences …
No More Business as Usual for the Recovery Industry
What would you do if your loved one was struggling with an addiction? And not just struggling, but potentially dying? How much would you pay?
The Science Fiction of Freddie Gray
Imagine that Freddie Gray never had to live in a city that is struggling to breathe under layers and layers of structural violence.
“Squatters in Our Own Cities”: The Displacement of Sri Lanka’s Populations
The return of expropriated land and full political enfranchisement remain elusive in Sri Lanka.
Awaiting Justice: Indigenous Resistance in the Tar Sands of Canada
The Nation of the Lubicon Cree is on the frontlines of environmental destruction.
Can You Really Be GM-Free? Why New European Laws Pose a Moral Dilemma
If public morality justifies a national ban on GM food, why is no such ban required for GM feed and GM crops also?
A Chronicle of Woe: US Policing Culture From Iraq and Vietnam to Jon Burge’s Chicago
The culture of US policing needs to move beyond current practice and operations.
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Dahr Jamail | Experts Warn of “Cataclysmic” Changes as Planetary Temperatures Rise
We are at the very beginning of a period of “abrupt” climate disruption.
Military Contractors Belie Myth of US Leaving Afghanistan and Iraq
If the presence of private military contractors in Afghanistan and Iraq is obscured, how is the public supposed to know if we are truly “out?”