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Syrian Revolutionaries Resist Violent Fundamentalists
The media is fixated on WMDs and overlooking the revolution, while liberators are battling the government as well as an al-Qaeda-linked fundamentalist group while planning for Syria's future, a …
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Shipping Delays Prove That Sometimes a Glitch Is Just a Glitch
Right wing pundits were quick to pundits were quick to condemn HealthCare.gov's technical problems, but none of these people made similar claims about UPS or Amazon shortcomings.
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It’s Time for Shooter’s Insurance
Anyone who owns a gun should be required to have liability insurance, so if they injure or kill somebody, the victim or the victim's family will receive monetary damages.
The Most Jaw-Dropping Underreported Stories of 2013
A lot of crucial stories got ignored this year. Here are perhaps the most important ones.
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“Cruzing” Past the True Meaning of Citizenship
In this modern age, exclusive and reactionary citizenship is an unenlightened view, causing enormous death and destruction.
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Trickle-Down Administration: Education Reform in a Culture of Distracting Outrage
A pattern of education crisis and outrage has characterized the education reform debate for nearly 150 years.
Amid Abortion Debate, the Pursuit of Science
An interview with Tracy Weitz, one of the most prominent abortion researchers in the United States.
Questions About the Haitian Reconstruction’s Housing Projects
A government housing project in the wake of the earthquake in Haiti raises many questions.
Caught in the Cold: Homelessness and the Polar Vortex
As a deadly polar vortex moved across the United States this week, cities scrambled to shelter the homeless, and hacker collective Anonymous is working to provide additional aid.
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On the Outskirts of Crypto City – the Architecture of Surveillance
Mass surveillance has an image problem.