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Gaza’s Doctors Struggle to Provide Basic Care Amid Strikes on Ambulances, Health Workers, Hospitals
The Gaza Ministry of Health reports that there have been 35 separate incidents of attacks on various medical institutions and health facilities.
Blown Chances in Gaza: Israel and the US Miss Many Chances to Avoid War
Alongside the toll of death and broken lives, perhaps the saddest reality of the latest Gaza war is how easy it would have been to avoid.
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Justice Ginsburg Wants “Equal Dignity” for Women in Court Decisions
Supreme Court rulings on gay rights are progressively pushing forward, while decisions related to women's equality are moving in the opposite direction, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg says.
How the Mainstream Media Helped Kill Michael Brown
It took three days for the mainstream media to report any version of events surrounding Michael Brown's killing other than the police's.
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Abolishing the Broken US Juvenile Justice System
In her second book, “Burning Down the House,” Nell Bernstein shows that the fight to abolish juvenile detention facilities and decarcerate youth is far from over.
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Solving the Poverty Problem With Magic Asterisks
Why should anyone trust Paul Ryan's poverty plan? That's easy: Nobody should.
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Truths and Falsehoods About Ralph Nader’s New Book
Readers of Ralph Nader's new book may not conclude that liberal-libertarian alliances are inevitable, but will come to see how they can be profoundly productive.
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Critical Moment to Stop the TPP and Other Rigged Trade Agreements
The moment facing the Trans-Pacific Partnership and its sibling the Trans-Atlantic Trade and Investment Partnership and the future approach to trade is reaching a critical stage.
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As Iraq Unravels, US Repeats Mistakes
The US invasion essentially created sectarian politics in Iraq. Airstrikes will not mold Iraq into a stable or inclusive state, which is what is necessary.
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Sandy Tolan, Going Wild in the Gaza War
As Sandy Tolan points out, both Tel Aviv and Washington have ignored every chance to take a less violent path and so encouraged the arrival of the maelstrom in …