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When Schools Close and Force Kids to Walk Through Gang Territory, This Is What Can Happen
Even with so-called Safe Passage routes, critics still question how safe students really are.
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Q&A: “Libyan Women Were Handed Over as Spoils of War“
Unless immediate changes are enforced, Libya is heading towards an
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What America Would Look Like if Libertarians Got Their Way
What if you cut all benefits? What if all of public life were a giant competition? What libertarianism would look like in real life.
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The GOP’s Growing Divide
The Republican Party, which should have the wind at its back, enters 2014 in disarray bordering on open warfare.
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Ted Mitchell, Education Dept. Nominee, Has Strong Ties to Pearson, Privatization Movement
As head of the NewSchools Venture Fund, Mitchell oversees investments in education technology start-ups.
Populism Rising?
If the populist movement spreads, it wonu2019t be a Beltway phenomenon. As Occupy demonstrated, it will disrupt business as usual.
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The Graying of Our Incarceration Nation
America's broken criminal justice system has consigned millions of people to poverty and poor health as they age. It's time for the aging community to fight.
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Italy’s “Slow Food” Pioneer: How My Love for Food Ripened Into a Life’s Work
"Our philosophy is good, clean, and fair food; Good because it is healthy and tasty; clean because it is produced with low environmental impact and with animal welfare in …
Could We Make Opposition to Iran War Obligatory for Blue State Democrats?
Robert Naiman: It's not obvious that most blue state Democrats understand that support for new sanctions on Iran now will be scored as support for war.
South Sudan’s Most Vulnerable Face Hard Struggles In World’s Youngest Country
Since fighting broke out on December 15, about 500 are thought to have been killed and about 800 wounded.