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Oregon’s Step Towards Debt-Free Degrees
Terrance Heath: If something like what's been proposed in Oregon had been in place when I went to college, it would have saved me thousands of dollars over the …
Risky Business of Morsi’s Ouster
Egypt's coup could further radicalize the region's Islamists with dangerous implications for the US and the world, says ex-CIA analyst Paul R. Pillar.
What We Can Learn From America’s First Tea Party About Countering Corporate Power
Before there was Citizens United, a modern Tea Party movement, or national momentum to ban corporate personhood, Thom Hartmann shows that resistance to corporate power is just as patriotic …
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Finally, Some Good News About US Education
‘The Nation's Report Card’ shows minority students are making gains and shrinking the learning gap between them and white students.
This Is What Border Enforcement Actually Looks Like
Conservative media figures have used border security as a sticking point against which to derail reform, but here are the facts on border enforcement.
The Brief Wondrous Life (and Long Dangerous Half-Life) of Strontium-90
Strontium-90 - and other nuclear byproducts linked to significant suffering, disease and death - will linger in our soil and water, our tissue and bone, for generations. Recent leaks …
Peace Talk and War Budget
Instead of budgeting for new nuclear weapons, the US government should be taking demonstrable actions further to its responsibilities under the Non Proliferation Treaty to abolish these weapons for …
Independence From Terror
“Do you have any idea how we can find independence from the corporate–state terror?” asks activist Subhankar Banerjee.
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Forcing Down the Bolivian President’s Plane Was an Act of Piracy
John Pilger: Imagine the outrage if this act of state terrorism and air piracy was carried out on a ‘Western’ leader.
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Privacy Is Lost, And We Are All To Blame
When full-body scanners were introduced at American airports three years ago, there was a brief public outcry. But just as quickly, it died down. Travelers interviewed shrugged off the …