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Global Power Project, Part 1: Exposing the Transnational Capitalist Class
The global elite are not defined by their wealth alone, but through the networks in which they wield influence.
Security Wars: Inside the Military’s Big, Messy Fight With Palantir, the Company They Pay to Spy on You Online
Agency infighting about which technology to use for global spying may be the best news there is for privacy advocates.
We Shouldn’t Be Satisfied With Mediocre Answers to Great Questions
Rebecca Solnit is an activist who challenges us to explore our inner selves in her book, The Far away Nearby.
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Tyranny Is Bipartisan
First they came for the whistleblowers, but I was not a whistleblower, so I did not speak up...
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Violence and Voyeurism: A Guide on How to Write About Honduras
When referring to Honduras you must make the reader understand that Honduras is the original Banana Republic, no exceptions. The country is now more so known for its crime, …
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Berlin and Hamburg Referenda to Reverse Electricity Grid Privatization
Germany's two biggest cities are on course to re-nationalize their electricity grids. In both Berlin and Hamburg, citizen coalitions have successfully forced referenda to re-organize their cities' distribution of …
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Jail Bankers Not Grandmas
Protest against the plight of the elderly, poor, disenfranchised and dispossessed as opposed to the fate enjoyed by wealthy plutocrats took the form of multi-pronged actions on June 11 …
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An Apologia: In Defense of Public Education
This is a defense of public education. Much like Socrates, public education is on trial. And despite the defendant making an excellent defense, the judges may still convict as …
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Decades After Helping a Nation Emerge, Watching It Struggle
Paul Krugman: Krugman-bashing is a huge industry, says the economist who believes he is doing the world a service by distracting these destructive people.
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The Turkish Spring: Lawyers Rounded Up
Marjorie Cohn of the Thomas Jefferson School of Law argues that the Turkish government must stop the violence against its own people.