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In the rush to privatize the country's schools, corporations and politicians have decimated school budgets, replaced teaching with standardized testing, and placed the blame on teachers and students.

Dean Baker: Obamacare might be the best news on the wage front that most workers have seen for some time.

Chris Hedges: Moral courage is always defined by the state as treason.

One Russian prisoner, released from Guantanamo Bay for lack of any evidence, remains imprisoned in Russia, an expedient scapegoat for dubious antiterrorism policies, says Aisha Maniar.

How would we calculate the value of what we today would call the intellectual property - in medicine and other fields - generated by slavery's suffering?

US military commanders should show courage and end a culture that has allowed shameful numbers of cases of sexual abuse, and retaliation for its reporting, in the ranks, says …

The fix is in, and unless we do something quick - the internet as we know it will disappear for good.

A growing number of towns and cities have found a practical solution to homelessness through the construction of tiny-house villages - and housing officials are taking notice.

Obama is not the fulfilled promise of a better future for Blacks or anyone else, except those most depraved and spiritually decayed.

Although women typically suffer more during natural disasters, gender policies that specifically focus on helping men when disasters strike are also needed.