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Arizona and the Role of the Intellectual: When History Beckoned, What Did You Do?
When historians examine Arizonau2019s early 21st century, including the anti-immigrant SB 1070 and the anti-Ethnic Studies HB 2281, the question they will ask of intellectuals is not what side …
As Aurora Holds the Nation’s Attention, Police Shootings Are a Daily Routine
Welcome to the abattoir that is American society.
Syria: What Russia and China Have Learned From the Last NATO War
In the last few days, the UN Security Council passed two resolutions on the civil war in Syria, on the basis of which the first part of a UN …
Terrifying Peace: Living Within a Permanent War Economy
Today's geopolitical interventions to extract power on behalf of the Western nations has established a perpetual war for perpetual peace.
Unlike Mitt Romney, Most Americans Want to Cut US Military Spending
On some issues, there is a serious disconnect between candidates for public office and the public they are hoping to represent.
Climate Change and the Next US Revolution
The U.S. heat wave is slowly shaking the foundations of American politics. It may take years for the deep rumble to evolve into an above ground, institution-shattering earthquake, but …
Anchoring Wealth to Sustain Cities and Population Growth
There will be at least 100 million more Americans by 2050, and likely 150 million more. Yet the cities that will house them are so spatially and economically unstable …
In a Risk Society, Is Consumption Our Only Tool to Influence Our World?
In the age of the citizen-consumer, does a public that relies on privately funded social services and self-purchased insurance have any agency beyond our
“Tobacco Can Cure Smoking” and Other Highlights of ALEC’s Annual Meeting in Salt Lake
State legislators attending this week's American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) meeting in Salt Lake City will be told they can advance ALEC's mission of
Austerity, Adjustment and Social Genocide: Political Language and the European Debt Crisis
Political language functions through euphemism, by employing soft-sounding or simply meaningless words to describe otherwise monstrous and vicious policies and objectives.