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Commemorate Universal Children’s Day: End Child Labor
In the US, we should move to ratify the CRC. Only the US and Somalia have not done so.
FBI’s “Suicide Letter” to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and the Dangers of Unchecked Surveillance
The implications of these types of strategies in the digital age are chilling.
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This Will Make You Think Twice About Getting That Manicure
From Victorian Painted Ladies to Brazilian Blowout, the marketing blitz driving our beauty obsession has historically eclipsed the struggles of the women who make cosmetic fantasies come true.
Cashing in on the ISIS Crisis
No matter how pointless these wars prove, America's military-industrial complex makes a killing.
Something Big Is Changing in the Fight for Reproductive Freedom – Women Are Done With Being Shamed
Judge less. Listen more. Tell your story even if your voice shakes. - Can a new approach help us past the abortion impasse?
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Wall Street Journal Reports: Bank of North Dakota Outperforms Wall Street
The answer is something the privately-owned major media have tried to sweep under the rug: the public banking model is simply more profitable and efficient than the private model.
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Don’t Raise Taxes Just Yet, Japan
Right now Japan is struggling to escape from a deflationary trap.
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An Embattled ALEC, Buoyed by Election Results, Lays Blueprint for 2015
Although ALEC will come into its December meeting buoyed by the opportunities presented by November's election results, dark clouds will be hanging over the festivities.
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Subways Are an NYPD Hotspot in de Blasio’s New York
Within the arrests, some subway performers have noticed that there is a racial discrepancy.
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San Francisco Homeless Advocates to Public Transit Police: “Stop Criminalizing Homelessness“
One byproduct of this debate has been increased attention to the level of resources allocated to San Francisco's homeless.