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Jobs or Inequality? That’s No Choice at All
An increasing number of people have suggested that inequality of wealth and opportunity is the defining issue of our time.
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GMO and “Natural” Food Fight: Treacherous Terrain
2014 is shaping up to be a decisive year for the future of food and farming.
Pentagon Data on Student Testing Program Rife With Errors and Contradictions
Student privacy compromised by massive program.
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Defining the NSA’s Role
Eugene Robinson: President Obama's anticipated reform of the National Security Agency's practices needs to go beyond ending the mass surveillance of innocent Americans' phone calls.
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In a Major Shift, Medicare Wants Power to Ban Harmful Prescribers
Medicare plans to arm itself with broad new powers to better control - and potentially ban - doctors engaged in fraudulent or harmful prescribing.
Locked in Winter
The Chaman e Babrak refugee camp spills over the grounds of a large field formerly used for sporting events. Years ago, before the Taliban originally captured Kabul, some of …
Would as Many as 1 Million Be Alive if the Media Had Done Its Job
John Pilger: "Imagine if the lies of governments had been properly challenged and exposed as they secretly prepared to invade Iraq - perhaps a million people would be alive …
Does Tea Party Hero Mike Lee Really Want a War With Iran?
The American Israel Public Affairs Committee is boasting that they have captured 47 US senators, including Tea Party hero Mike Lee, for their war with Iran project, but have …
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William Rivers Pitt | Homegrown
William Rivers Pitt: “What is more caustic to this society: marijuana or thousands upon thousands of people consigned to the tender mercies of the penal system?”
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Noam Chomsky | What Is the Common Good?
Noam Chomsky: Concern for the common good should impel us to find ways to cultivate human development in its richest diversity.