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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.
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Je Suis Charlie – But I Have Other Names as Well!
Monday evening I had planned to write about the PEGIDA movement in Germany. Although in Dresden, their city of origin, the number of bitter marchers protesting the “Islamization” of …
Mechanism That Cancelled Haitian Debt Post-Earthquake Could Help Ebola-Affected West Africa
Haiti marks the five year anniversary of a deadly earthquake.
Government Declares a Monopoly on the Right to Call James Risen as a Witness
After having defended their own right to call James Risen as a witness, the government now says he should not be called.
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A New Generation Reclaims MLK Day
A new generation reclaims the radical legacy of MLK.