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The US Has Nearly 600 Coal Waste Sites: Why They’ve Got West Virginians Worried
Residents fear that coal-contaminated water is seeping into their wells. But a lack of evidence is stalling action.
The Kingpin Strategy: Assassination as US Policy and How It Failed, From 1990-2015
Andrew Cockburn takes us back to the drug wars of the 1990s, opening a window on just why the drone is the modern age's blowback weapon.
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Challenging American Exceptionalism
Marjorie Cohn: There had been little public concern in this country about drone strikes that killed people in other countries. But when it was revealed that US citizens could …
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Michael Eric Dyson: Crab in a Barrel
Dyson has demonstrated his loyalty to power.
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The Paradox of Thrift
When governments introduce austerity measures, they are trying to reduce their net borrowing - in effect, they are raising their savings rate.
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Deaths at Sea: Scant Hope for the Future From Europe’s History of Failure on Migrants
Europe is today the deadliest migration destination in the world and the Mediterranean is becoming an open-air cemetery.
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We Can’t Afford Immigrants Not Being Insured
The Affordable Care Act should be expanded to cover undocumented immigrants, but that's only the next step.
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The New York Times Goes to Baltimore, Finds Only Police Worth Talking To
Somebody needs to remind the Paper of Record that government officials don't have a monopoly on the truth.
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On the Baltimore Uprising: Toward a New “Broken Windows” Theory
What change will a “peaceful” protest spark if a “peaceful” protest is so easy to ignore?
Earth Day on the River of Grass
Without collective action, we remain at the mercy of systems of power and domination u2014 wild places, like the River of Grass, are doomed.