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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.
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Angela Davis Featured at National Forum on Police Crimes at University of Chicago
The National Forum held workshops highlighting police crimes against undocumented and other immigrant workers, the labor movement and all workers, the LGBTQ community, women, peace, and solidarity activists, and …
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The Three Laws of Pentagon Robotics
Sadly, the Pentagon has instead hired a bunch of philosophy professors from leading US universities to tell them how to make robots murder people morally and ethically.
Proposed Plans for US-EU Trade Deal Would Weaken Health, Consumer, Worker and Environmental Protections
178 environmental, health, labor, and consumer organizations are demanding detailed explanations from EU and US trade negotiators about proposals to address differences in their laws.
Guantánamo Force-Feeding Causing Agony, Says US Judge
The US governmentu2019s policy of abusive force-feeding at Guantu00e1namo Bay is causing “agony” to prisoners, a federal judge said last night.
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Hemp Defies Hurdles to Make a Comeback in Spain
Spain is experiencing a resurgence of hemp, one of the species of cannabis with the lowest THC content, which has been used for millennia to produce textile, medicinal and …
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How Stories Shape Our World
This issue of YES! looks at the ways new voices are being heard, and at how their stories are transforming our culture.