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Not a Good Day to Be a Woman or a Public Employee
Let's celebrate our freedom to be serfs!
Shouldn’t We Pay Nannies and People Who Care for Our Parents a Living Wage?
A recent US Supreme Court ruling weakening the unions of state-funded workers limits the ability of many domestic workers who care for our most vulnerable to win higher pay, …
The Future Is Now: Zapatista Memories of the Future
The Zapatistas have not only articulated a vision of the future outside of neoliberal disposability, but they are living that future reality now.
Are Economic Growth and Social Justice Incompatible?
Professor Jason Hickel and activist Alnoor Ladha discuss the fallacy of economic growth, the battle for social justice and how to organize against the neoliberal system.
The Surprising Truth About Hosting the Olympics and the World Cup
Sports economist Andrew Zimbalist talks about how hosting the World Cup or Olympics can help a city, but more often results in waste and sometimes even a decline in …
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The Importance of Admitting Error
You will be wrong sometimes, and need to do your best to figure out why. What you should never ever do, of course, is make excuses, or pretend that …
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Lyndon Johnson on Civil Rights – Where Are We Now?
Despite all the progress made in the past fifty years since the Civil Rights Act, we still have a very long way to go.
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Cheney’s Campaign for Iraq War 3: Shaping the Narrative
With his latest media blitz, Dick Cheney hopes to preserve and solidify the “war on terror” as the dominant narrative presented to Americans as an explanation of US foreign …
Child Migrants and Media Half-Truths
Mainstream press stories are telling half-truths about child victims, while muddling or downright manipulating the question of who and what is responsible.
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Sixty Five Million Left Out of July 4 Celebration
While some of these sixty five million people may eat hot dogs and watch fireworks, they are left out of the July 4 promise of life, liberty and the …