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Today’s “Righteous” Defenders of Refugees in Germany
The real fear is of human solidarity.
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“Alternative High”: Raising the Bar on Public Education
The New York State Department of Education has granted some public schools waivers that allow them to avoid most standardized testing. Instead, they developed performance-based assessments to determine student …
Noam Chomsky | The Sledgehammer Worldview
Aggression is no longer the “supreme international crime.” It cannot compare with destruction of the lives of future generations to ensure bigger bonuses tomorrow.
US Demand for Deep Centrifuge Cut Is a Diplomatic Ploy
The Obama administration issued a warning to Iran that it must accept deep cuts in the number of its centrifuges in order to demonstrate that its nuclear program is …
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Here Are the Real Victims of Pakistan’s War on the Taliban
What it means for a civilian population already weary from years of war is homeless, hunger and sickness.
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American CEOs: In a Class All by Themselves
Workers in the United States don't make double what workers make in Japan or Switzerland. Why should US CEOs routinely make double - and often much more - than …
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What Is This Country About Anymore?
When Congress cut off long-term unemployment aid, it left more than 3 million people in the lurch.
What the Court’s Harris v. Quinn Union Decision Means
The anti-union plaintiffs argued that the First Amendment means that people are free to choose who to associate themselves with.
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Homeland Security Goes to School
The relationship between war, national security, and public schooling demands more critical and ethnographic attention.
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A Fracking Fortune Gets Political
After Farris and Dan Wilks cashed in their Texas-based gas company a few years ago for more than $3 billion, they became benefactors of religious right, tea party extremists.