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A Tiny Step Toward Ending a CEO Scam
CEOs would never bet against their own companies, would they?
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Obama, the National Prayer Breakfast and the Tortured Truth of Christian History
When did President Obama, a lifelong Christian, ever make a negative comment about Jesus Christ?
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Marshaling Marooned Tax Dollars
Congress needs to shut down offshore tax shelters without rewarding the corporations that built them.
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US Looks to Detain More Mother, Child Migrants, Sometimes for Months
Some in Congress have proposed measures that might mean more women and children are held or held longer.
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Connecticut Schools Pin Down and Restrain “Staggering” Number of Kids
A new state report found one public school student was restrained more than 700 times in one year.
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David Krieger’s Haunting Poetry: A Wake-Up Call
“WAKE UP!,” David Krieger's most recent book of poetry, is fully alive to the beauty and promise of our precious world.
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The Challenges of Liberalism
It is those in power who get to determine the elasticity or rigidity of liberalism.
How Activists Are Responding to the NYPD’s Attempts to Thwart Black Lives Matter
NYPD Commissioner William Bratton asked lawmakers in Albany to elevate resisting arrest from a misdemeanor to a felony.
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Telling the Truth About Religious Violence
Obama's modest critique of Christian hypocrisy suddenly has Republicans defending the crusades.
Peru’s Media-Friendly Mining Ban Conceals Toxic Inaction
Humala's 2014 ban on informal mining has done little for the local communities the mines pollute or the majority of mine workers they employ.