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Protect Social Security Disability Insurance Without Cutting Benefits
For millions of Americans, these earned benefit programs are crucial lifelines that ensure a basic sense of economic security.
Protecting the Shield: Why ESPN Can’t Be Trusted to Cover the NFL
It's not just wealthy quarterbacks who suffer at the hands of a duplicitous league and a complicit media empire: We all do.
What Time Is It?: Black Lives Matter, the Gary Convention and Electoral Politics
The Gary Convention was, in many ways, the culmination of the Black Power era.
In Israel, Refugees Are Not Welcome
While other countries in the region are hosting millions of refugees fleeing Syria, Israel is hosting none.
Why Is Lobbyist Rick Berman Attacking Chipotle?
The PR man 60 Minutes dubbed “Dr. Evil” launched a new ad campaign against Chipotle.
HIV Is Not a Murder Weapon: Racism and the Criminalization of AIDS
Advocates are working to challenge stigma and laws that treat HIV as a “weapon” and criminalize people living with it.
Reversing the Tide: Cities and Countries Are Rebelling Against Water Privatization, and Winning
More and more communities and governments are choosing to resist and reverse private water contracts.
Subduing al-Quds: Israel’s High-Stake Game in al-Aqsa and Why Netanyahu May Prevail
Netanyahu's designs in Jerusalem are consistent with the political mood in Israel today.
Why Are So Many Women Stumping for Trump?
Thirteen months before the 2016 presidential election, Donald Trump is attracting support from a diverse group of women. Why?
US Special Ops Forces Have Deployed in 135 Nations
This year is proving to be record-breaking year for the military's secret military.