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Childhood Trauma and the Struggle for Liberation
I write this not as an indictment of any individual, but to continue challenging myself and the world toward societal liberation.
Dahr Jamail | Sixth Great Mass Extinction Event Begins; 2015 on Pace to Become Hottest Year on Record
Humans are both the cause and at risk of annihilation in the Earth's sixth mass extinction event.
How Activists Won Reparations for the Survivors of Chicago Police Department Torture
A history of the movement to make Chicago pay for the crimes of Jon Burge.
Our Refugee World
There are more refugees adrift in the world today than ever before. If they formed a country, it would be the 24th most populous on the planet.
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Scenes From Domestic Worker Organizing
We see this as an international struggle that is critical to the leadership of women.
States Are Fighting to Keep Towns From Offering Their Own Broadband
Two more states side with telecoms, which have lobbied against cities becoming providers.
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The US and War: Poverty, Drugs, Terror or How to Make War on Everything
The biggest mistake in US policy is looking at everything as war.
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Dean Baker | The Federal Reserve Board, Jobs and the Rewriting of Economic History
The history of the 1990s should be an important feature in the current debate on the Fed's interest rate policy.
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Interrupting Pride for Black Lives
A group of Black youth in Chicago did right Sunday by the memory of those whose actions the gay pride parade is meant to honor.
How a Law That Failed to Protect Eagles Could Offer a Lesson to Save Honeybees
If neonics are a threat as science suggests, Congress won't have an excuse for waiting.