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Brutal Crimes Don’t Justify Bad Laws
A true tragedy, driven by a media frenzy, often provokes a misguided need to do something as quickly as possible and leads to bad public policy - like California's …
Want the Truth About New York’s Human Trafficking Courts? Ask a Sex Worker
Sex workers and even trafficking victims are far more likely to end up in handcuffs than the sex traffickers allegedly lurking in the shadows.
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Greek Politics in the Age of the Euro Crisis and the Urgent Task for Left Unity
In an underdeveloped Balkan country in which corruption and cronyism largely constitute the driving forces of “development” and “social progress,” Greece's only hope of revival from its moral and …
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The Second American Revolution Is Brewing in Oregon
In Oregon, the capture of local government by the timber industry results in the destruction of the natural world and the poisoning of the populace, but a Josephine County …
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On Taking Risks and Eating Crow
Will it be possible, in 2015, to avoid ending in a political year which “froze to death”?
In Context of Accusations of CIA Drug Smuggling, WaPo Calls $10 Million a Week “Relatively Small”
The movie Kill the Messenger has brought to new attention to charges that the CIA was involved in drug smuggling in the 1980s.
Restore Recess: A Movement is Born
Parents and educators across Seattle are taking action to defend their children's right to ample time for recess and lunch.
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Did Elizabeth Warren Just Change Her Tune on Running for President?
Elizabeth Warren has been increasingly explicit in her criticisms of the Democratic establishment and its relationship with big banks.
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Detroit: The Dispersal of Urban Black America Begins
With water shut-offs and forced foreclosures in Detroit, the Great Black Urban Dispersal is set to accelerate.
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Protesters Call for Justice for Transgender Filipina Allegedly Killed by Marine
A candlelight vigil for Jennifer Laude, the 26-year-old transgender Filipina woman who was allegedly murdered by a US Marine, was held in San Francisco.