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UK Government Faces Legal Action Over Failure to Investigate BT Drones Link
Legal charity Reprieve has threatened legal action against the British government over its failure to investigate the role of UK telecoms giant BT in facilitating covert US drone strikes …
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Jeju Island: A Pivot on the Peace Island
Since 2007, activists have risked arrests, imprisonment, heavy fines and wildly excessive use of police force to resist the desecration caused as mega-corporations like Samsung and Daelim to build …
Class War: Thailand’s Military Coup
Outnumbered by the country's rural voters, Thailand's once vibrantly democratic urban middle class has embraced an elitist, antidemocratic agenda.
Redefining Democracy in California: An Interview With Luis Rodriguez
When the state works for the poor, the working class, the neglected and pushed out, it works for all of us.
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Colleges Are Buying Stuff They Can’t Afford and Making Students Pay for It
A key factor in the rising cost of college is driven by expenditures largely unrelated to either the quality of the education, teaching or maintaining campus facilities.
The New York Times’ New Editor Buries Important Story on Private Equity Fee Shenanigans on Holiday Weekend
Anyone in the political or public relations game knows that the best way to make a disclosure but minimize its impact is to do so on day before the …
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Thomas Piketty: Capitalism in Its Current Form Undermines Democracy
The distribution of wealth is one of today's most widely discussed and controversial issues. But what do we really know about its evolution over the long term?
Can You Imagine a Future That Isn’t “Disposable”?
As the 21st century tumbles forward, ever more individuals and groups are now considered “excess” by the onslaught of global forces that no longer offer the possibility of alternative …
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Global Food Security Needs States to Ally With Family Farmers
A small number of agriculture businesses control a very large portion of the world's food supply.
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Free Markets Are Not Always the Best Medicine
In the case of health care, we know that all the assumptions behind free market optimality are grossly violated.