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Obama Out-Orwelled Orwell
Barack Obama may as well have delivered his 5th State of the Union address to and for the Superstate Oceania, the fictional empire mired in perpetual war from George …
Agreement Reached to Drop Appeal in Stop and Frisk Case
We will celebrate the official dropping of the appeal in the coming weeks. For now, we are rolling up our sleeves.
Biggest Overhaul in Federal Drug Sentencing in Decades Clears Major Hurdle
“While support for major reform is growing in both political parties, many prosecutors are still living in the dark ages.”
Why You Should Care About El Salvador’s Presidential Elections
Like it or not, the past and present of the US is tied to the fate of “El caminito.”
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Staples Plucks Postal Jobs
Across the country, local delegations visited Staples stores in January to threaten a boycott unless the retailer's new “postal units” are staffed by actual postal employees.
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Argentine Activists Win First Round Against Monsanto Plant
Residents of a town in Argentina have won the first victory in their fight against biotech giant Monsanto, but they are still at battle stations, aware that winning the …
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Protecting What’s White: A New Look at Stand Your Ground Laws
In Temescal, new residents have hired private security firms, whose patrolmen often engage in tactics of racial profiling, to patrol the area.
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They Can’t Tell the Truth
We cannot let the misleaders falsify reality for their own purposes.
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Why Common Core Isn’t the Answer
This is why dozens of other scholars have been saying the same thing for at least the last several hundred years: What we're doing isn't working!
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Ending the World the Human Way: Climate Change as the Anti-News
When it comes to climate change, there is no “story,” not in the normal news sense anyway.