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We Are Living in the Golden Age of Defense Waste and Corruption; Trump Will Make It Much Worse
Will the citizenry force this issue, this travesty on the national agenda?
Why Are Police the Priority in Rahm Emanuel’s Chicago?
The mayor's plan to add 1,000 more cops to Chicago's notoriously brutal police force won't address the real causes of violence.
Will Immigrant Voters in the South Make Their Voices Heard This Election?
New immigrant voters must be mobilized to be a considerable force this election.
Five Facts About the Trump Foundation
What exactly is the Trump Foundation?
Polling Places in Police Stations? Why Civil Rights Groups Are Still Fighting for Voting Rights
Like too much of this campaign season, the debate over voting rights is steeped in partisan politics and racism.
Blackstone’s Tony James Touting What Looks Like Clinton’s Scheme to Gut Social Security
Hillary and Blackstone CEO Tony James are too adept to label these required savings accounts as a stealth replacement for Social Security.
The Worst Place on Earth: Death and Life in the Lost Town of Leer
Leer is no longer a town. It's a killing field, a place where human remains lie unburied and whose residents have long since fled.
World Food Prize Organizers Confiscate Press Credentials From Three Reporters
The idea that journalists must support the organizations they are reporting on is antithetical to the reporter's creed.
Texas Keeps Misleading Voters
It's clear that significant work is still needed to ensure that eligible voters in Texas and the US are not once again disenfranchised.
Henry A. Giroux | The United States’ War on Youth: From Schools to Debtors’ Prisons
US debtors' prisons have become dumping grounds for youth deemed disposable under neoliberalism.