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Marc Lendler: “Every Idea Is an Incitement…“
While Gitlow v. New York is a staple for anyone studying constitutional law, most people in the US have never heard of it, let alone understand how critical it …
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Congressmen Pocan and Ellison Introduce “Right to Vote” Constitutional Amendment
Contrary to popular belief, there is no affirmative right to vote in the US Constitution.
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Who’s Your Highest-Paid State Employee?
The highest paid state employee in four out of five states is...a sports coach.
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The Wrong Men: How the DHS Failed to Prevent Terrorism
Russia warned the FBI about the Boston bombing mastermind in 2011, but the bureau focused its attention on Occupy Boston protesters, instead.
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Discipline and Punish: The New Unemployment “Reform“
The Clinton-era arguments used to end welfare have been turned on the unemployed twenty years later.
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Feds Falsely Use Specter of Terrorism to Hunt Down Black Liberation Activist
Labeling Assata Shakur a terrorist is the latest attempt by the government to rewrite the history of radical activists.
Interview on Cyprus Crisis: European Cosmopolitanism in the Age of Financial Capitalism
In this discussion, two scholars show that ‘cosmopolitanism’ goes farther back than early modernity and unveil an ideal far different from neoliberal assumptions that cosmopolitanism is simply mobility and …
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Fracking the Suburbs: An Explosive Combination?
As oil and gas get harder to find, the industry is drilling in suburbia - and the neighbors aren't pleased.
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Reproductive Rights Receding More Quickly for Some Women: A Review of “Crow After Roe“
Crow After Roe: How Separate But Equal has Become the New Standard in Women's Health and How We Can Change That, by Robin Marty and Jessica Mason Pieklo, details …
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Adobe’s Creative Cloud Sparks Thunderous Revolt
Adobe Systems Incorporated recently announced that it will soon exit the software business—meaning all of Adobe's current software applications will be moved completely to the cloud—potentially holding hostage the …