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Who Can We Shoot?
We must see class as a group of human beings who share common interests because they experience common conditions at work.
Marching on Moscow
Events appear to be moving toward a political solution to the East-West standoff over Ukraine. But as Clausewitz once noted: “Against stupidity, no amount of planning will prevail.”
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Zombie Resurrection
It's not the Boomers who are stealing from the Millennials, and ruining their future.
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California Turns to Private Prison to Address Overcrowding and Medical Care
California has contracted with a private prison corporation to open a 260-bed women's prison. But will a new prison address the overcrowding and medical neglect facing the state's female …
Does Snowden Know Why the NSA Doesn’t Need Warrants? He Might.
Parsing Edward Snowden's email to the NSA, and former NSA head Michael Hayden's public statements, leads to a suspicion there may an executive order distorting the Fourth Amendment.
Empty Gestures: Immigrant Camp Evictions in France
The eviction of refugee camps near the port of Calais reflects broken immigration policies. Following the French far-right's success in European Parliament elections, these policies will be harder to …
Rio State of Mind: Favela Pacification and the 2014 World Cup
Under the pretext of ensuring order and security for the 2014 World Cup, favela “pacification” is the latest of Brazilian authorities' policies to exert control over the slums of …
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Viacrucis: Migrants Step Out of Shadows Into the Streets
US immigration policy, as well as its foreign policy and economic system, has moved much of Central America toward greater violence, poverty and instability.
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Medicalization of the Death and Other Penalties
The medicalization of corrections and acceptance of physicians as gatekeepers to social services, pain treatment and other desired goods is deeply problematic.
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An Ambitious Plan for Climate Change
Paul Krugman: “I just hope the president sticks to his guns - and the good news is that I'm starting to believe that he will.”