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Defend Martin Luther King’s Dream Act: Protect the Voting Rights Act and Expand It Across America
America's heart breaks when we see, a half century after King's Dream speech, African-Americans in Florida standing for six hours to cast their ballot.
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The Crisis in Climate-Change Coverage
A complex mix of structural and cultural factors has affected climate-change coverage in the US.
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What Researchers Learned About Gun Violence Before Congress Killed Funding
Research was trying to answer: who were the victims? Who was killed? Who were injured? Under what circumstances?
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Writing the Unwritten Handbook: Antifascism and Neighborhood Resistance in Athens
Joshua Stephens witnesses how anti-fascists in Greece are resisting austerity and Golden Dawn while supporting their communities.
“German Autumn” Reveals Similarities Between Postwar Germany and Our World Today
Although Stig Dagerman's book about postwar Germany was written over 60 years ago, his masterful telling of the citizens' circumstances evoke a feeling of similarity to the problems we …
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Women’s Work: Gender and the Global Food System
Women produce 60 to 80 percent of all food, both as subsistence farmers and as agricultural wage laborers.
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FDR Put Humanity First; the Sequester Puts It Last
FDR placed the needs of the American people above petty budgetary concerns, but today's leaders lack his courage and vision.
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Private Jet as Security Write-Off? 10 Most Insane Tax Loopholes
For corporations and the 1 percent, tax season offers plenty of ways to dodge Uncle Sam.
A Failure Analysis of the US Economy
An engineer analyzes the US economy in several aspects, including consumer and national debt; free trade versus fair trade; and economic reforms, proposing recommendations for the failing economy.
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How to Know When to Tax and When to Spend
Republicans have either forgotten or just ignored these common-sense Economics 101 principles that have guided our nation for hundreds of years.