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Mike Lofgren | The Authoritarian Seduction
The seductive power of authoritarianism is particularly strong during times of economic and social stress.
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Pepper Spray, Rubber Bullets and IRS Questionnaires
No one in the Tea Party was tear-gassed, batoned, evicted or branded as a potential terrorist.
“Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Food Rights”: Shouldn’t We Decide What We Eat?
A food rights movement described in David Grumpert's new book has sprung up to save small farms.
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Time To Move Away from the Reagan Revolution
Itu2019s time to move away from the days of the Reagan Revolution once and for all.
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The Evolution of Human Capital
Paul Krugman: The role of higher education as a creator of human capital came along quite late.
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Munching Away on the “Public Good“
The corporatization of everything is squeezing the life out of crucial institutions, chewing up the concept of the
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Protecting Mainstream Journalists Only?
It isn't the 1% that requires more protection. It's journalists and the rest of us: the 99%.
Seeing Global Warming Through Gray Braasch’s Eyes
Two recent stories of climate change disasters mark the transition from spring to summer of 2013. The recent Black Forest fire in Colorado destroyed more than 500 homes and …
Beyond WikiLeaks: The Trials and Tribulations of Analogue versus Digital Whistleblowers
Removed from the days of leaking a photo negative or paper memo, as whistleblowing evolves with technology it has become increasingly clear that the internet has no delete button.
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A Spiritual Way of Seeing
Most of the theories and narratives we use to understand social reality assume that the material world is the main shaping influence over that reality—economics with its emphasis on …