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Four Supreme Court Decisions You Need to Know About
What other big issues did the court weigh in on?
What a Trial in Pakistan Reveals About Women Who Choose Fundamentalist Islam
Uzma Qayyum's controversial case set her against the men who would rescue her.
Next Steps in the Normalization of US-Cuban Relations: Thoughts From the Cuban Five
Marjorie Cohn interviewed two members of the “Cuban Five.”
Meet the New GMO Mosquito: Millions Carrying the “Kill Switch Gene” Already Released
Is it really worth the risk of altering the very fabric of life itself in an effort to eradicate mosquitoes?
In the Warming Arctic Seas
The Arctic is warming at a rate at least twice the global average. Then, permafrost thaws, releasing methane and carbon dioxide.
Plans Proceed to Extract Oil and Gas From Bolivia’s National Parks
Bolivian President Evo Morales escalates the stakes in the debate over extractivism as an anti poverty strategy.
The State(s) of the Affordable Care Act
In some states, only extremely poor parents and children are eligible for Medicaid, leaving large numbers of people who unable to access health care.
Henry A. Giroux | Orwell, Huxley and the Scourge of the Surveillance State
As more people consent to government and corporate collection of personal data, there is widespread collective indifference to the growth of the surveillance state.
World’s Forests Are Fragmenting Into Tiny Patches, Risking Mass Extinctions
The loss of forest has wrought dramatic consequences for biodiversity.
Protest Is the New Terror: How US Law Enforcement Is Working to Criminalize Dissent
The fear of terrorism has allowed police to resurrect COINTELPRO in all but name.