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War, Circus and Injustice Down Under
While conditions for the indigenous worsen, Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott continues to cut back on funding for their health care and ignore the need for a treaty guaranteeing …
Iraq War Veteran Warns Ferguson Is Our Future – and Our Past
National security expert Terron Sims says unrest in Ferguson, “is America today,” and if we don't deal with racial discrimination, “will be our tomorrow.”
Airstrikes Begin in Syria: A Decisive Blow or an Ominous Precedent?
The Obama administration has just announced that they and their coalition allies have begun a fierce campaign in Syria.
Education With a Debt Sentence: For-Profit Colleges as American Dream Crushers and Factories of Debt
Over the last three decades, the price of a year of college has increased by more than 1,200 percent.
Can a “Firewall Strategy” Keep Big Energy Out of Climate Talks? It Worked for Fighting Tobacco
Kicking the polluters out of the negotiations may sound like wishful thinking. But there is a precedent: the global effort to regulate the tobacco industry.
State and Local Pension Funds Face a Shortfall Equal to 0.3 Percent of GDP
Turning over the pension plan to insurance companies will almost certainly raise the fees collected by the financial industry.
First Fall Semester Debtors’ Assembly at SIUC: A Critique of the Student Debt Regime
Just a few decades ago, accumulating debt in and as a result of attending college was virtually unheard of.
Abortion Opponents Take Fight With Planned Parenthood to Ridiculous Extreme in Miss America Battle
New York City's new beauty queen Kira Kazantsev volunteered at Planned Parenthood, and the right wing has labeled her a “baby killer.”
Wisconsin Election Officials and Advocates Scrambling After Voter ID Reinstated
Wisconsin election officials and advocates are being forced to make an “extraordinary effort” to adjust to voter ID restrictions that were just reinstated by a federal appellate court.
The Political Economy of Israeli Apartheid and the Specter of Genocide
Restructuring through capitalist globalization has brought about an important shift in Palestinians' relationship to Israel.