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New Book Examines JFK’s Final Days
This excerpt from The Kennedy Half-Century: The Presidency, Assassination, and Lasting Legacy of John F. Kennedy shows a president whose laudable public ambition and achievements were undercut by despicable …
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“Entitlements” and Our Dollar Democracy
How did it happen that billionaire farmers are entitled to their
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Dumbing Down America: The Decline of Education in the US as Seen From Down Under
The American electorate fails to realize it must unite to solve a skyrocketing educational cost and student debt problem that other nations solved a hundred or more years ago, …
The Rage of the Angry White Male Continues Its Battle Against Equality
“Men can be dragged kicking and screaming into that inevitable future, or we can accept it and ask what it means for us,” says Michael Kimmel, author of "Angry …
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11/22: The Day “Truth” Died
the most important fact about the JFK assassination is that, after fifty years, the debate about what really happened goes on with no end in sight.
How to Reverse a Slow-Motion Apocalypse: Why the Divestment Movement Against Big Energy Matters
Young activists are trying to take the typhoon by the horns and, with a growing campaign to pressure universities and colleges to divest from the giant energy companies, to …
Economic Stagnation Haunts US
Recognition of capitalist stagnation may have u201cmoved into the mainstreamu201d in the U.S., but Washington certainly does not seem to have a solution other than soldiering on as long …
Who Killed JFK, and WHY? 50 Years of Questions Yields A New Answer
The oppressive, homicidal nature of American Empire was shaped by the cultural/ political forces that killed President John F. Kennedy 50 years ago.
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Most Recent Zimmerman Arrest is Opportunity to Address Language and Myths Related to Domestic Violence
With high profile cases of domestic violence in the news, the media has the opportunity to debunk myths and set the record straight on the realities of domestic violence.
Palestine Today Interview with Ramzy Baroud and Adam Keller
With Harry Fear and Kathleen Wells: we speak with Palestinian author Ramzy Baroud about the disunity crisis and Israeli activist Adam Keller about Israel's occupation policies.