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“2:46: Aftershocks: Stories From the Japan Earthquake“
(Photo: Paragon / Flickr) From “2:46: Aftershocks: Stories from the Japan Earthquake” For me, Tokyo was metropolitan love at first sight. It was …
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Obama Orders Probe Amid Hike in Gas Prices
Washington - President Barack Obama announced Thursday that his administration will investigate to see if fraud or manipulation in oil markets is behind the spike in gasoline prices. …
Higher Education Under Attack: An Interview With Henry A. Giroux
War at home is matched by a war on youth.
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I Was Banned in Croatia: How a Sci-Fi Author Was Recruited to Keep a President From a War Crimes Indictment
It's not every day a science fiction author is hired to write a presidential biography. But in 1997, I was asked to write one about the president of Croatia, …
Why Advocacy and Market Forces Fail Education Reform
(Photo: Woodrow Blettel / Sewanee: The University of the South) After a piece I wrote confronting Bill Gates and the market/corporate-based approach to education reform, I received …
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The Law of Mother Earth: Behind Bolivia’s Historic Bill
(Photo: Robert Garcia / Flickr) Indigenous and campesino (small-scale farmer) movements in the Andean nation of Bolivia are on the verge of pushing through one of the …
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News in Brief: Bradley Manning’s Supporters Confront Obama, and More …
Bradley Manning's Supporters Confront Obama
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Hedging, Delusion and Dishonesty in Afghanistan
“The Americans have not been honest about this, even among themselves.” That's how Mullah Attullah Lodin, deputy chairman of the High Peace Council of Afghanistan, sees our …
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The Best Remedy for the Price of Gas
There is no magic wand that will bring down the price of gasoline, which has once again crossed the $4 mark in California. But there is a long-term solution …
Marching for Anzac in the 51st State
(Photo: Mel Green / Flickr) The street where I grew up in Sydney was a war street. There were long silences, then the smashing of glass and …