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The Girl Who Sparked Brown v. Board of Education
While the decision in this case, Brown v. Board of Education, has received the most ink over the last six decades, the stories and people behind the landmark decision …
What Will the World Inherit From Genetically Engineered Salmon?
About 50 percent of the fish we eat are farmed. There is good reason for this as the world's commercial fisheries collapse through overfishing.
The US Military’s New Normal in Africa: A Secret African Mission and an African Mission That’s No Secret
What is Operation New Normal? It's a question without an answer, a riddle the US military refuses to solve.
India Poll 2014: The US Endorsement Keeps BJP Happy
The votes have been cast in India's general elections and predictions are that the right-wing Bharatiya Janata Party and its allies will form the next government.
How Parasite Corporations Like Pfizer Are Chucking US Citizenship to Escape From Taxes
Relocating to a country with a lower tax rate is one way giant corporations like Pfizer disregard their fellow Americans.
Murder in the “Coal” Mines
On 13th of May 2014 Turkey faced with the biggest coal mine explosion in the countryu2019s history. It is reported that there are more than a thousand mine workers …
Challenging Bullets, Not Boycotts: Education Under Occupation in Palestine
Responses to the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement must prioritize Palestinians' right to academic freedom to be morally consistent.
Mothering Between A Rock and Prison
This Mother's Day, Shanesha Taylor, a 25-year old homeless and unemployed mother, will be fighting for her freedom and her children for committing the unspeakable crime: trying to feed …
For US Mothers, Conservative Policies Can Be Deadly
For much of the last decade, maternal mortality rates have declined globally. But in the United States, they have consistently increased and are now at one of the highest …
Dahr Jamail | “Devastating” Impacts of Climate Change Increasing
A massive collapse of an ice sheet in Western Antarctica has begun and, according to scientists, is most likely an unstoppable event that will cause an inevitable rise in …