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We’re All a Little Bit “Tree Hugging” by Default
We're all facing environmental degradation and the adverse affects of climate change.
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Solutions to Low Wage Growth, Long-Term Unemployment Rejected by Global Elite
It is vital to understand that high unemployment and low wage growth are solvable problems. But powerful and well placed people believe it is in their interest to keep …
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Videotaping Strip Searches in Jail Is Not Reform
It is troubling that it takes laws and lawsuits to get change that should come with respect for human dignity.
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Does Wendy Davis’ Abortion Revelation Help the Overall Abortion Debate?
It's too soon to know how Davis' personal story will change the rhetoric of the gubernatorial campaign, if it does at all.
Hamas Rocket Launches Don’t Explain Israel’s Gaza Destruction
The evidence now available indicates that Hamas launch sites are not that close to hospitals, schools and mosques.
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The Case That Could Decide Keystone XL
The fact that the governor would gamble with the state's irreplaceable natural resources, and its vital agricultural industry, on the promise of a handful of jobs shows just how …
Henry A. Giroux | Remembering Hiroshima in an Age of Neoliberal Barbarism
Like the narratives used to justify the US bombing of Japan, history under the reign of neoliberalism is cleansed of its most critical impulses, thus sustaining the fictions and …
Dallas District Attorney Announces Plan for New Unit to Investigate Police Shootings: Will It Go Far Enough?
A district attorney's civil rights unit that will investigate police shootings is a step in the right direction.
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Louisiana’s St. Tammany Parish Comes One Step Closer to Fracking
The Department of Louisiana Natural Resources has approved a unit permit for Helis Oil & Gas Company for a site in St. Tammany Parish that the company plans to …
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“Internet Slowdown” Protest Rallies Support for Net Neutrality
Dozens of businesses and advocacy groups are displaying “loading” icons on their websites today as part of a coordinated effort to pressure the Federal Communications Commission to adopt net …