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Joint Declaration by Over 140 International Law Experts on Israel’s Gaza Offensive
As bombs continue to reign down on Gaza, international law professors and human rights experts urge action to end the violence and accountability for all responsible for international law …
This Is Madness
Tears and grief, anger and helplessness all come naturally in the face of insanity.
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USAF Chief of Staff Welsh and the Crisis of Gutless Leadership
A slowly-simmering frying pan of searing religious repression is frittering away at unit cohesion, morale, good order, and discipline within the Air Force.
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Rojava Revolution: Building Autonomy in the Middle East
Kurdish rebels are establishing self-rule in war-torn Syria, resembling the Zapatista experience and providing a democratic alternative for the region.
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No Hate, No Fear: The State of Black Music in the US
Black music sounds the way it does because musicians are not at the table trying to make 21st century music. Musicians need to stop hating and get busy creating …
ALEC Agenda: Gutting Medicaid, Privatizing Schools, Exports
ALEC's 40th annual meeting in Chicago was met by over a thousand protesters. Local groups in Texas are planning protest activities for Wednesday, July 30.
Why “Can’t Make Ends Meet” Trumps “Poverty“
Poverty is structural, created by policies and practices that benefit some people at excruciating cost to others - particularly people of color and women.
How Did the FBI Miss More Than 1 Million Rapes?
Systematic undercounting of sexual assaults in the US disguises a hidden rape crisis.
Panthers in the Hole: French Angola Three Book Illustrates US Prison Crisis
An interview with Nicolas Krameyer of Amnesty International France.
Dahr Jamail | Art Is a Necessary Element of Every Revolution
In this interview, American artist Erin Currier discusses her work, how it celebrates the underprivileged and dispossessed people of countries to which she travels, and her thoughts on revolution …