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Who Needs a Peace Process When You Can Have a Prawer Plan?
The Prawer Plan is an Israeli plan that would resettle up to 70,000 Palestinians into government-regulated cities.
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The Police State Mindset in Our Public Schools
Instead of making schools safer, we've simply managed to make them more authoritarian.
Ladydrawers: Fast Fashion
Fast fashion means cheap, cute, disposable threads on which we spend about $1,700 per year.
When Schools Become Dead Zones of the Imagination
Schools have increasingly become testing hubs that de-skill teachers and disempower students.
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If Sports Had No Rules …
Unlimited monetary donations in sports will corrupt the sport the same way that unlimited campaign donations have corrupted politics.
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Torturing Animals with Monsanto’s Genetically Engineered Feed
What happens when animals are confined in cramped, filthy environments and force-fed monoculture diets of genetically modified corn and soy?
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Big Business Drives “Stand Your Ground“
The “Stand Your Ground” laws protects its corporate sponsors more than American citizens.
The Moral Imperative of Activism
Todayu2019s crises u2013 endless war, environmental catastrophe, desperate poverty and more u2013 can seem so daunting that they paralyze action rather than inspire activism. But the imperative to do …
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Guatemala’s “Femicide” Courts Hold Out New Hope for Justice
The first of many trails on femicide and other violent crimes against women was held in Guatemala, one of the most violent countries in the world.
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Railroaders Go Wobbly, Strike against Firings
Railroad strikers in Chicago say their employeru2014a subcontractoru2014pays too little and provides unsafe vehicles.