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Crime and CIA Embarrassments
A cruelly different standard applies to Jeffrey Sterling, who is alleged to have let the American people in on the secret of a reckless covert action.
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Free Community College Could Be a Game-Changer for Our Economic Future
College used to not just be more affordable, but could be free or close to free just a generation or two ago.
Hotel Lobby Sues Los Angeles to Block “Extreme” Wages
Two ALEC-affiliated trade organizations filed suit against Los Angeles to block an ordinance passed last September to raise the wages for hotel employees.
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Israeli Military Officers: Don’t Punish Palestine for Joining the ICC
Opponents of Rand Paul's proposal to punish Palestinians for applying to join the ICC just got some powerful reinforcements.
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The Top 10 Insights From the “Science of a Meaningful Life” in 2014
The most surprising, provocative, and inspiring findings published this past year.
Greece, Europe and the Neoliberal Nightmare: Is There a Way Out?
Under the bailout terms imposed by the EU and IMF, Greece is experiencing a traumatic situation comparable to wartime.
Do You, Married Person, Take These Unearned Privileges, for Better or for Better?
Despite a growing social awareness of racism and white privilege, singlism and marital privilege have gone largely unrecognized.
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New York Police Slowdown and the Classic Challenges of Alternatives to Capitalism
The NYPD's slowdown brings into focus challenges of alternative worker systems.
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Limits to Freedom of Speech? When Legalism Replaces Humanism
To claim that everything should be subject to ridicule is to state that nothing is sacred.
Democrats’ Plan for Financial Transactions Tax Would Bring Financial Markets Into 21st Century
A proposed financial transactions tax is a move towards establishing a 21st century structure for financial markets.