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And the Prize Goes to… Genetically Modified Foods
This year's World Food Prize clearly supported genetically modified crops, but the conversation was one-sided.
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Five Ways Student Debt Resistance Is Taking Off
As student debt skyrockets, the movement to resist it is spreading.
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Mike Lofgren | The Revolt of the Lower Middle Class and the Stupidity of the Elites
Why do Tea Party adherents favor policies that are often directly counter to their economic interests?
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Even the Dead Travel in the Age of Globalization
“'Til death do us part,” that age-old marriage vow, has always sounded a little, well, non-committal to Confucian ears. In Vietnam, for instance, where I come from, death is …
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Knowing One’s Place
When a young Norwegian tourist is found murdered in the forest of Lake Superior's north shore in Vidar Sunstøl's “The Land of Dreams,” one character asks, "Who would want …
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Myth Busting the Smear Campaign Against Social Security
With the interim ‘debt ceiling/government shutdown’ agreement reached last week between the Obama administration and the Teaparty-driven U.S. House of Representatives, the real negotiations on deficit cutting—aka Austerity American …
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The Real Social Security Retirement Age is Already 70
The full Social Security benefit is pegged to a u201cretirement ageu201d thatu2019s many years after most people retire.
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On the Border and in Cities, Skin Color Still Matters
The illegal arrest of a US citizen in texas has sparked a racially charged situation where immigrant relations are already tense.
Who Buys the Spies? The Hidden Corporate Cash Behind America’s Out-of-Control National Surveillance State
“The 2012 election proved to be a post-modern thriller, in which the main characters everyone thought they knew abruptly turned into their opposites” as America still struggles with the …
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World’s Anger at Obama Policies Goes Beyond Europe and the NSA
Some of the United Statesu2019 closest allies are so upset about the NSA surveillance programs that the Obama administration has gone into damage-control mode to ensure the rifts donu2019t …