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Empty Gestures: Immigrant Camp Evictions in France
The eviction of refugee camps near the port of Calais reflects broken immigration policies. Following the French far-right's success in European Parliament elections, these policies will be harder to …
Rio State of Mind: Favela Pacification and the 2014 World Cup
Under the pretext of ensuring order and security for the 2014 World Cup, favela “pacification” is the latest of Brazilian authorities' policies to exert control over the slums of …
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Viacrucis: Migrants Step Out of Shadows Into the Streets
US immigration policy, as well as its foreign policy and economic system, has moved much of Central America toward greater violence, poverty and instability.
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Medicalization of the Death and Other Penalties
The medicalization of corrections and acceptance of physicians as gatekeepers to social services, pain treatment and other desired goods is deeply problematic.
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An Ambitious Plan for Climate Change
Paul Krugman: “I just hope the president sticks to his guns - and the good news is that I'm starting to believe that he will.”
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Don’t Walk Away From War: It’s Not the American Way
Here are five straightforward lessons that could be drawn from that last half century of every kind of American warfare.
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The James Risen Case Cuts to the Heart of “Freedom of the Press“
If the Senate doesn't screw things up, we might finally get the kind of media shield law that our democracy requires.
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How to Be a Staffer in a Democratic Union
We asked four experienced staffers how they see their jobs and how they translate the idea that the members run the union into their day-to-day tasks.
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Skyrocketing Salaries for Health Insurance CEOs
If they're making millions, should the rest of us have to pay higher premiums?
Scapegoating Another American Veteran
The scapegoating of Bowe Bergdahl is a political diversion away from the illegal and failed policies in Iraq and Afghanistan.