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This Is Your Brain on Poverty: What Science Tells Us About Poverty
Poverty has been identified as a factor in lower IQ and psychiatric disorders. What can this tell us about public policy and the minimum wage?
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Clearing Our Heads About Keystone
After environmental study, the State Department recently greenlighted the Keystone XL pipeline to be built, but the United States could make a pivotal decision for a different world.
A Free and Open Internet: The Latest From the Frontlines
The proposed, new FCC rules for Net Neutrality were generally seen by consumers as a step in the right direction. But media reform advocates were concerned that it didn't …
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The Senator From Oz Fights Crazy With Crazy
Pat Roberts is dancing like a fool with right-wing ideologues who want to elect one of their own to the Senate.
Auditing Our Public Agencies is Hard in Spite of Sunshine Laws
The California Public Records Act was established 45 years ago, yet citizens still are denied access to public documents from local government agencies.
A Stamp of Disapproval
All those fancy-pants are forever protected in their gilded towers, while the rest of us are the ones caught with our pants down.
Assassinations and Constitutions
What is happening in America today is actually worse than what happened in Brazil in the '70s.
Argentina Files Final Supreme Court Appeal in Global Hedge Fund Debt Case
The opposition to vulture funds is widespread.
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Dancing with Death at Death Cafes
It is hard to put into words what happens at a Death Cafe.
Oakland Privacy Group Oakland Protesters Fight Spy Center Vote by City Council
The DAC is a proposed, $10.9M Department of Homeland Security-funded, 24/7 surveillance center, which has generated a firestorm of press.