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Legal Experts Reject Food Industry Claims That GMO Labeling Laws Are Unconstitutional
Aside from being wrong on the constitutionality issue, the GMA talking points spin the usual industry lies about the health, safety and testing of GMOs.
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No Tears for the Real Robert Gates
There is a virtual canyon separating the mainstream's awestruck regard for Robert Gates as a “wise man” and his record as a deceitful opportunist known to his former colleagues.
1969: The Year the Black Panther Party Was to Be Annihilated
Former member Elaine Brown talks about the savage attacks on the Black Panther Party in 1969.
Michoacan and the Economics of Crime
In southwest Mexico, Michoacan residents have taken up arms and formed a self-defense militia to protect themselves from violent drug cartels, succeeding where state and federal authorities have failed.
Costs of Privatization Hidden in Plain Sight
Handing previous public services over to private corporations, without assessing the full costs, can become a 75-year-long nightmare, as in the case of parking in Chicago, argues Ellen Dannin.
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Why the Smartphone Became the Lightsaber of the Environmental Justice Movement
From West Virginia to the Gulf Coast, residents of communities facing environmental problems are discovering that visual storytelling brings results. Their number-one tool is the humble smartphone.
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Long Division
Immigrants have long looked to public education as the pathway to prosperity, through schools that offer their kids a springboard to the American Dream. Yet many learn the hard …
US “Dismantling” Rhetoric Ignores Iran’s Nuclear Proposals
Tough US rhetoric toward Iran may be adding new obstacles to the search for a comprehensive nuclear agreement.
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Pete Seeger Dies at 94; Balladeer Was America’s Conscience
An advocate for peace and civil rights, Pete Seeger helped spark the folk music revival with his five-string banjo and songs calling for justice.
The Pacific Pivot: Why America’s Strategic Rebalance Is Really Just Retreat
Washington's pivot to Asia reminds us that the leading brains in the Pacific might as well still be in the pre-World War I era.