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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?”
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Dean Baker | The Battle Over the Trans-Pacific Partnership and “Fast Track” Gets Hot
The president will have to play fast and loose with the truth to get the TPP through Congress.
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Wolf in Sheep’s Skin? On the Use and Abuse of Volunteerism, AKA Unpaid Labor
It is time to question this trend and what it means for the rising percentage of unemployed people who are pushed into working for free.
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The Divestment Dividend
Investors who refuse to put their money into oil, gas, and coal may reap financial gains for doing the right thing.