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The Children Experiment: Kids, Bombs & Playgrounds
The Cluster Project presents the controversial work THE CHILDREN EXPERIMENT, a short documentary investigation in which replicas of cluster bomblets are placed in Virginia playgrounds as surveillance cameras secretly …
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It’s Time to Invest in a 21st Century Power System
America's power system is too vulnerable to meet modern challenges – a harsh reality underscored by Hurricane Sandy, which left 8.1 million people in the dark for extended periods. …
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Policy in a Garbage Can and Other Treasures of Our Republic
We as a society must divest ourselves of the illusion that policymaking is a rational endeavor. As we move to create a better world, as we seek social justice …
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Human Evolution Is Right on Schedule
Modern capitalism, the current and penultimate stage of class society under which we all live, is not an evolutionary aberration, failed experiment, or disastrous blunder. Humanity is not derailed …
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Ten Commandments School Display Controversy Evokes Longstanding Battle
A public high school in Muldrow, Oklahoma, recently decided to remove plaques of the Ten Commandments from its classrooms [1] after an atheist student urged the Freedom From Religion …
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Oh, the Humanities! Kev, Go Ahead, Sell the Van Goghs
A week ago, many of you thought Detroit needed an emergency manager. You said, on Twitter and at dinner, that it was “about time someone fixed Detroit.” You haven't …
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Bradley Manning Trial, Day 1: Aiding the Enemy?
Did Bradley Manning “aid the enemy”, as the prosecution contests? Or is possible that the enemy is an American Empire blinded by power, greed and its own bloated sense …
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Ruinous Policies Plunge Portugal into Despair
Paul Krugman: How can it possibly make sense to condemn vast numbers of willing workers to unemployment?
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Exposed: “FrackNation” Deploys Tobacco Playbook in Response to “Gasland 2“
A dig into the books of
Schools and the New Jim Crow: An Interview With Michelle Alexander
How is mass incarceration affecting young people of color? Author Michelle Alexander helps explain.