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A Change in the Climate: The Climate Movement Steps Up
Less than two weeks have passed and yet it isn't too early to say it: the People's Climate March changed the social map.
Obama Administration Again Sides With Abusive Loan Servicers, This Time on Student Loans
These students are getting a painful lesson at a tender age: financial predators have a strong and sympathetic constituency in government.
Why an Unequal Planet Can Never Be Green
The more wealth concentrates, the greater the strain on our biosphere. Top environmentalists get that connection. Now our societies must.
High-Flying Drones and Basement Wages: Alarming Trends in Package Delivery
It's too bad for workers, but speedier delivery sounds like a boon for customers, right? Not so fast.
Dahr Jamail | Climate Disruption’s “Confederacy of Dunces“
Given that over 97 percent of climate scientists agree on the matter, the fact that anyone is questioning the reality of human-caused climate disruption remains an amazing phenomenon.
Did We Really Create ISIS?
It has been alleged in many online circles that Western powers and their allies created ISIS, which a US-led coalition is now battling in Syria. How accurate is this …
“Government, Not Gangsters, Should Control the Drug Market”: But Will That Stop Mass Incarceration?
Will the Global Commission on Drug Policy's recommendations for decriminalization of drug use stem the tide of disproportionate imprisonment of people of color in the US?
East Asia: A Farewell to Arms
With climate change upon us, it's time to bury the hatchet in one of the world's most volatile regions.
“I’m Just a Kid”: Tariq’s Ordeal
Tariq Khdeir came back from Israel alive - but only because his beating was caught on tape and because he was a US citizen.
Story of a War Foretold: Why We’re Fighting ISIS
The West's current military campaign against ISIS is already being used to neuter mass surveillance reforms at home and will likely produce further political destabilization in the region.