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The Crises Are Urgent, So Let’s Slow Down
Fast-paced organizing often causes mistakes and sacrifices dialogues key to dismantling oppression.
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A Brief History of Happiness: How the US Lost Track of the Good Life – and Where to Find It Now
There's a better kind of happy: It starts with meaningful work, loving relationships and a thriving natural world.
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Will Shell’s Drilling Rigs Find the Welcome Mat or the Boot in Seattle?
A coalition of environmental groups is fighting to send a message to the oil industry: Hands off Seattle!
National Priorities Project Reacts to President’s Fiscal Year 2016 Budget
The new budget contains initiatives that would be widely popular with the US public based on opinion polling.
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Fox News: PR Department for ISIS
By airing the gruesome video of a pilot being burned alive, Fox News gave ISIS some free exposure, and became the newest member of its propaganda machine.
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The Lone-Wolf Terror Trap
The shadow of a new threat seems to be darkening the national security landscape: the lone-wolf terrorist.
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A Theory About European Naval Domination
While visiting Delhi, Paul Krugman muses on the historical vastness of the Mughal Empire and how Western Europe came to dominate the world stage.
Beyond Deterrence, Compassion
What would a Middle East policy look like if it were based not in playing multiple sides against each other but rather in a spirit of compassion and reconciliation?
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A European Europe?
To imagine a “European Europe” de-Islamized is to imagine something entirely alien, a Europe without Shakespeare, without Martin Luther, without the scientific revolution, without the industrial revolution, and probably …
Anti-Fracking Coalition Calls for Shutdown of Toxic Injection Wells
The permission to pollute was granted because of the capture of the state's regulatory apparatus by Big Oil and other corporate interests.