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Rev Billy Exorcises Robobee from Harvard University
The Robobee lab in Harvard's School of Engineering and Applied Science is exorcised by New York's Reverend Billy and the Stop Shopping Choir, who are dressed up as queen …
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Governments Crushing Their Own
In some developing countries, the police are being used to put down indigenous opposition to the alliance of state and corporate power over resource extraction.
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Botched or Normal? Pathologies of Violence in the Killing State
The appearance of a cruelty-free execution has always been just that: a carefully-crafted appearance.
Kerry’s Propaganda War on Russia’s RT
Secretary of State Kerry, who has bumbled through a string of propaganda fiascos on Ukraine, decries Russia's RT network as a “propaganda bullhorn” that Americans should ignore u2013 just …
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Deal Book Embraces Unintentional Self-Parody
The substance of piece is reporting that Steve Jobs “was a walking antitrust violation.” Stewart focuses on the cartel Jobs formed with other giant firms to fix (and …
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War Makes Us Poorer
Over two thousand years after Sun Tzu lived, the nature of war has not changed. War still impoverishes most people today.
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The Impossible Playwright
Theatre is about space. It is also about history, in the sense of both memory and historical learning.
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Despite Local “No” Votes, Teamsters International Declares UPS Contract Ratified
The largest private sector union contract in the US had been in limbo since last summer, as UPS workers around the country voted down their local supplements. Now the …
Let Them Eat 1.6 Percent
Media gasps over New York City workers' retroactive pay is one episode in the longer game of the rich contributing less in personal and corporate taxes.
A Chief Justice in Alabama Won’t Tolerate Non-Christian Lifestyles
A video shows Roy Moore, Alabama's Supreme Court Chief Justice, declaring the Christian faith the one true religion, while simultaneously belittling other faiths - and secular law.