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Carol Becker on Creative Leadership, Public Intellectuals and the Arts in Higher Education
In this interview, Carol Becker explains how she also views administrators within institutions such as universities as public intellectuals who can help empower and mobilize future generations of young …
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Obama’s Crackdown Views Leaks as Aiding Enemies of US
Obama's unprecedented initiative, known as the Insider Threat Program, is sweeping in its reach.
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Citizens Without Obligations?
If American corporations are, as the Supreme Court ruled in 2010, citizens entitled to free speech and other rights from the nation, it is unclear what corresponding obligations to …
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How Would American Indians Teach US History?
In these excerpts from Four Arrows' Teaching Truly: A Curriculum to Indigenize Mainstream Education, history is viewed as an opportunity to learn those truth-seeking stories that sustain a society.
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With Little Fanfare, US Prepared to Execute First Woman in Three Years
Kimberly McCarthy's impending execution suggests that women are not anomalies in American capital punishment, and new research shows they're not anomalies in committing violent crime either. In Lancaster, Texas, …
The History of Mass Surveillance
In 1791, the English philosopher and death penalty abolitionist Jeremy Bentham published the design for his “Panopticon” prison- a structure Bentham hoped would embody the utilitarian ideals of a …
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Sister of 9/11 Victim Goes to Yemen to Oppose the Creation of More Victims
“You don't solve mistakes, with more mistakes! As a government, the U.S. must follow the law. Be legal!” pleads the brother-in-law of Hayeel Aziz Al-Mithali. Hayeel went from Yemen …
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How to Get Sued by the Chamber of Commerce and Influence People
Last week the U.S. Chamber of Commerce — the world’s most formidable big business lobby — quietly abandoned a trademark infringement lawsuit against a number of individuals connected to …
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Government, Guns & Money
Not many issues are as polarizing as gun control in this country. Politics around regulation and deregulation have been intense for years and the fights have grown more vitriolic …
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From Afghanistan, Thank You Bradley Manning!
An appeal from Afghanistan to whistle-blow on war.