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Celebrating Resistance on the Anniversary of South Africa’s First Democratic Vote
On the 20th anniversary of the first democratic vote in South Africa, it is the resistance and real democratic progress of the time that should be celebrated, says John …
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William Rivers Pitt | “WTF Bombs?”: Taking Back the Boston Marathon
"Boston is recovering, but has not yet recovered. All of us who were in the city on that terrible day, and the days that followed, are changed for having …
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Paul Krugman | The Lack of Courage Among Policymakers
The nature of our current economic situation is that smart policy requires that you ignore what supposedly responsible people, who sound as if they know what they're talking about …
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Why Ordinary Citizens Have No Say
The US could be at the forefront of creating a global green economy that runs on renewable energy. Unfortunately, we can't beat our addiction to big money.
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Budgets As Moral Documents, Nuclear Weapons and the Fate of Life
Budgets are moral documents and are supposed to represent the people's priorities.
Arationalism, Negative Epistemology & Geopolitics
Musa al-Gharbi explains the (anti)philosophy in his research on the unlikely intersection of theology, cognitive science and Middle East geopolitics.
Oil Lobby Spending in California Increases by 400 Percent
A ground-breaking report released this month reveals that Big Oil spent $123.6 million to lobby elected officials in California over the past 15 years.
American Studies Association Increases Membership and Support, Overcoming Pressure in Wake of Academic Boycott of Israel Endorsement
In the wake of the American Studies Association's December 2013 endorsement of a Palestinian civil society call for an academic boycott of Israel, the ASA has gained new members …
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American Democracy No Longer Works
The bottom line here is that the elites are getting what they want, while the rest of us aren't, because money has taken over our political process.
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Season of Emancipation
The exodus from Egypt may have taken 40 years, but chains of slavery are far-reaching, and the struggle for justice and liberation is long.