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Behind the Supreme Court’s Obamacare Case, a Secretive Society’s Hidden Hand
For more than 30 years, the Federalist Society has worked behind the scenes to shape Supreme Court outcomes to a conservative agenda.
Jails: Time to Wake Up to Mass Incarceration in Your Neighborhood
Jails admit nearly 12 million people every year. Yet they are largely off the radar of critics of mass incarceration.
How Does Obama’s Education Budget Stack Up Against US Citizens’ Priorities?
Is Obama's proposal of steering 2 percent of the federal budget to education enough?
The Apache Way: The March to Oak Flat
In Arizona, the Apache are fighting to protect their sacred land from mining giant Rio Tinto and Republicans in Congress.
Nationwide Week of Action Calls on ICE to Free Nicoll Hernandez-Polanco From Men’s Detention Facility
Hernandez-Polanco's experiences in detention reflect reality for many, if not most, trans women detained in immigration facilities.
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From “The Birth of a Nation” to “American Sniper”: In the Dark With Our Eyes Open
“American Sniper” has exploded on the national scene, sending reverberations back 100 years to D.W. Griffith's “The Birth of a Nation.”
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Wrong-Way Obama?
He may be leading us toward economic catastrophe.
Can the Violence in Honduras Be Stopped?
Community development, not militarization, is the answer.
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And We Sat: Violence Against the Bodies of Diversity and Transparency Student Movement at Syracuse University
Our bodies are any combination of Black, queer, disabled, ill, poor, assaulted, and undocumented.
“Medicare Part E”: A Framework for Universal Health Care
For universal health care to really be successful, it needs to be done at a national level.