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A Rape a Minute, a Thousand Corpses a Year: Hate Crimes in America (and Elsewhere)
Violence doesn't have a race, a class, a religion, or a nationality, but it does have a gender.
Mali, France, and Chickens
As French intervention causes the situation in Mali to spiral further out of control, it seems that this conflict was a long time in the making.
Responding to Financial Crisis: Are Austerity and Suffering Inevitable?
The idea that suffering for an economy is inevitable is repeated so often that it is now taken as received wisdom by policy makers and civil society alike, yet …
Six Economic Steps to a Better Life and Real Prosperity for All
We've got to break out of the old ways of thinking about the economy.
Will China-Japan-US Tensions in the Pacific Ignite a Conflict and Sink the Global Economy?
Conditions are deteriorating in the western Pacific.
How a Government Report Spread a Questionable Claim About Iran
New reports about Iran's growing political power might not be coming from the credible sources that you think.
Minimum Wage Hikes Do Not Cause Inflation
Contrary to what conservative economists believe, Jeannette Wicks-Lim argues, a raise in minimum wage does not impact inflation or the overall cost of living in America.
Team Obama Mastered the Science of Mass Persuasion – And Won
Each person got a score, and the scores drove the army of Obama volunteers' every move.
What Are ‘Peacekeepers’ Doing in a Haitian Industrial Park?
Thousands of Haitians may be inside the complexu2019s 47 buildings hurriedly stitching tens of thousands of T-shirts for the North American market, but the wide, tree-lined streets between the …
If Right-Wing Violence is Up 400%, Why is the FBI Targeting Environmentalists?
I think itu2019s clearly time for Congress to demand accountability, oversight, and an overhaul of the FBIu2019s domestic terrorism priorities.