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Do You Trust the Government? 87% of Americans Don’t
Americans are seriously lacking faith in the system u2013 in fact, trust in the U.S. government is at an all-time low.
California Supreme Court Nixes Corporate Personhood “Advisory Measure” From November Ballot
The “Overturn Citizens United Act”, or Prop 49, will not appear on California's ballot this November after all.
A Dangerous Mixture in “Poison Valley”: Neoliberalism, Pesticides and the Kaua’i Anti-GMO Movement
For the first time in history, County Council in the Hawaiian island of Kaua'i blocked a citizen-led petition to stop further GMO development until corporations could prove the safety …
In a Profession Plagued by Homogeneity, a Philosophy Conference Delivers Diversity
Although professional philosophy has long suffered a lack of racial, gender and intellectual diversity, the Diverse Lineages of Existentialism Conference offers a model for inclusion and growth of the …
New Orleans’ New Civil Rights Leaders
Like many cities in the South, New Orleans has a proud history of civil rights leadership - along with an equally grim history of civil rights violations.
One Year After Egypt’s Rab’a Massacre, US Still Funding Repression
It's been a year since the Egyptian military committed the worst massacre in modern Egypt's history. Why does the US continue to fund it?
The Berlin Wall and Missed Opportunities
The US State Departmentu2019s obsession with “information warfare” as a strategic weapon has made US credibility one more casualty of the Ukraine crisis, along with any remaining trust in …
Could Stronger Unions Make China More Democratic?
There's overall more political space for labor unrest in China today than there is for any other form of social conflict.
To Terrify and Occupy: How the Excessive Militarization of the Police Is Turning Cops Into Counterinsurgents
A recent report from the ACLU indicates that policing is being militarized nationwide in all sorts of unsettling ways.
Cry for Argentina: Fiscal Mismanagement, Odious Debt or Pillage?
Argentina was the richest country in Latin America before decades of neoliberal and IMF-imposed economic policies drowned it in debt.