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Neglecting to Forget: Lessons from Guatemala
On Friday, May 10, 2013, José Efraín Ríos Montt became the first head of state to be tried in their own country for genocide and found guilty. It was …
Getting Past the Icon – Should Photographers Depict Reality, or Try to Change it?
David Bacon looks back at the history of photography and activism.
Surveillance After Boston
The Boston attacks may be the catalyst that transforms the US into George Orwell's Oceania.
Billionaires Unchained: The New Pay-As-You-Go Landscape of American “Democracy“
Today, politics is a rich man's game. Look no further than the 2012 elections and that season's biggest donor, 79-year-old casino mogul Sheldon Adelson.
If the Fed Knows Banks Are Too Big, Why Doesn’t It Make Them Smaller?
James Kwak challenges the
Will the Catholic Bishops Decide How You Die or Whether You Live?
Americans would do well to consider what happens when theology dictates health care.
At an Impasse: Collective Bargaining Under the Judicial Amendments
Judge-made rules create incentives for employers to reach an impasse when bargaining with workers.
Racism and Classism Are Alive and Deadly: US Public Policies Create Environmental Injustice
Racism and classism still permeate the environmental movement and US agricultural policy, fomenting environmental injustice and often defeating the ultimate purposes of the environmental movement, as well as purported …
New Shell Oil Laboratory at Oxford Meets Organized Resistance
A coalition of environmental protesters last week targeted Shell u2013 a corporation engaged in the worldu2019s u201cmost destructive projectu201d u2013 for co-opting one of the worldu2019s most prestigious universities.
The Fate of the Middle East in the Balance: Syria Endgame Approaching Fast
Shamus Cooke: Obama has plenty of reasons to pursue more war in Syria.