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The Post-Paris War on Encryption Is an Opportunistic Attack on Our Civil Liberties
The vilification of encryption - a means of protecting one's digital privacy - is threatening our civil liberties.
Hang Onto Your Wallets: Negative Interest, the War on Cash and the $10 Trillion Bail-In
In uncertain times, “cash is king,” but central bankers are systematically moving to eliminate that option.
EU Gives Monsanto Mixed Message on Roundup’s Cancer-Causing Potential
Research shows that Roundup, can damage DNA, disrupt development and cause morbidity.
Silk Roads, Night Trains and the Third Industrial Revolution in China
China is turbo charging toward a third industrial revolution. What does Washington think of this?
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.