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Three Cups of a Flawed Hero: The Limits of Greg Mortenson’s Model of Change
It's tempting to expect perfection from those we admire, but we romanticize lone heroes at our peril. A few years before one-time supporter Jon Krakauer challenged the truthfulness of …
After Bin Laden Hit, US Aides Raise Dubious Hopes for Peace
Barack Obama and top administration officials have taken advantage of the killing of Osama bin Laden to establish a new narrative suggesting the event will pave the way for …
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Is Growth Incomplete Without Social Progress?
A homeless boy in Nepal. (Photo: Wen-Yan King) Washington, DC - The geography of poverty and social deprivation has changed dramatically over the last two decades. More …
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Has Bin Laden Already Won?
Osama bin Laden is dead. You’ve seen the news. US troops stormed the mansion where he was hiding, an hour’s drive from Islamabad, in the backyard of Pakistan’s elite military …
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Going Hungry For Ethnic Studies
Berkeley, Calif. - Hungry students and their supporters sit for the seventh day in front of University of California at Berkeley’s California Hall, after a futile meeting with University …
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Obama Bags Osama
President Obama’s shocking May Day announcement that Osama bin Laden has been killed and his body captured promises to usher in a new era of U.S. foreign and domestic …
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Streets of Latin America Offer US a Roadmap for Social Change
(Image: AK Press) Dancing with Dynamite: Social Movements and States in Latin America By Ben Dangl AK Press, 2010 The …
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Honoring All Mamas on Mother’s Day
On Mother’s Day, it’s easy to get caught up in the Hallmark image of Mom. Even in the 21st century, the idealized mother often appears as straight, married and, …
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Teen Moms Look for Support, But Find Only Shame
Seventeen-year-old Gaby Rodriguez recently made national news when she revealed to her entire Toppenish High School that the baby bump she had been slowly developing over the last six …
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Nuclear Regulatory Commission Criticized for Industry Ties
In the fall of 2007, workers at the Byron nuclear power plant in Illinois were using a wire brush to clean a badly corroded steel pipe — one in …