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How Police Became Part of the Public School System and How to Get Them Out
As students of color continue to face police violence in the classroom, we must ask, why are police in public schools?
The Right’s Anti-Minimum-Wage Arguments Have Pretty Much Stayed the Same for 80 Years
Minimum wage opponents have tended to view it as the harbinger of economic doomsday since its inception.
US Political Intervention in Haiti Has Caused Instability
Hundreds of thousands of Haitians displaced by the earthquake remain without adequate shelter.
John Pilger | From Pol Pot to ISIS: US Bombing Abroad Breeds Instability, Violence and War
ISIS is the mutation of Western state terror.
Debating What to Call the Terrorist Organization That Goes by Many Names
The debate over what to call the organization isn't one of mere semantics, however, as it has significant implications depending on which term people use.
Another Money Is Possible: Holland Leads Experiment in Basic Income
The relationship between money and work seems increasingly defunct.
Governors Have No Right to Exclude Syrian Refugees
Only the federal government has the power to decide if and where refugees can settle in the US.
Dispatch From Beirut: The Absence of the Cedar Tree in the Global Iconography of Mourning
Many people are overlaying their Facebook pictures with a transparent French flag.
Paris Prospects: Texas Political Cowboy Leads Latest Anti-Science Attacks
Lamar Smith's abuse of power as chair heightened with the approach of the climate summit.
The GOP Knows It Is Losing the White House
As headlines continue, it is clear that both of the major front runners are terrifying prospects to the rank and file GOP establishment.