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The Workers’ Scorecard on NAFTA
NAFTA has displaced jobs and people, weakened unions and ravaged US cities and rural Mexico. But worker solidarity may be its most important product.
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Zapatista Communities Celebrate 20 Years of Self-Government
The Zapatistas are still running their own schools and hospitals, raising new generations, and carrying on a dialogue with the outside world that has enriched both sides.
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Some States Have a Sneaky Plan to Stop the NSA
Six states have introduced bills that would impede NSA operations within their boundaries.
Greece: Signs of Growth Come as Austerity Eases
The IMF's austerity plan hasn't worked. Greece's possible recovery is down to a construction program boosting the economy.
The ACA and America’s Health Care Mess
We can hope that the ACA's strengths and its failures will soon pave the way for a rational universal system such as single payer health care.
Wily Wendy: Media, Political Opponents Employ Sexist Rhetoric Against Wendy Davis Campaign
Right-wing pundits and politicians are latching onto a few minor discrepancies in Wendy Davis' life story to smear the state senator with traditionally sexist tropes.
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Good Republicans Reject Evolution
Paul Krugman: "For some time now it has been impossible to be a good Republican while believing in the reality of climate change; now it's impossible to be a …
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Excluding Iran From the Syria Talks: A Stupid Policy
Robert Naiman: Maybe policies that apply only to Iran win plaudits at cocktail parties inside the Beltway, but they sound ridiculous in much of the rest of the world.
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Could a Rand Paul Candidacy Be the Best Thing Ever for Liberals?
Rand Paul has a very good shot at becoming the Republican nominee for president in 2016. So why is that such a good thing for Democrats and our nation? …
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Grantland, Dr. V and Being Enough
As a former George Washington University basketball player and the first openly transgender Division I athlete, Kye Allums is no stranger to ignorance about trans people in the media.