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William Rivers Pitt | An Open Letter to Lovers of the Gun
William Rivers Pitt: "I am puking sick of reading every single day about how your baby, your toddler, your brother, your sister, your cousin, your niece, your nephew, blew …
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Vermont’s Senator Sanders Is Right: Use War Money to Take Care of Veterans
Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders proposes restoring money in the budget for military pensions by using war funding, and giving us a true cost of war at the same time.
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Stand in Support of Women and Girls and Against Misogyny in All Its Forms
I strongly encourage you all to reach out and help all our mothers, sisters and daughters to make sure they are all safe and free.
Now You See Me: A Glimpse Into the Zapatista Movement, Two Decades Later
The Zapatistas have given our world so much, and in her report from the Lacandon jungle, Laura Gottesdiener gives us the pleasure of being inside their world.
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.