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Some Thoughts on Mercy: An Essay on Race and Redemption
A journey into the world of racial hurt, degradation and separateness holds out the fragile possibility of redemption.
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Debating US Foreign Policy: Where Are the Women?
There's a dearth when it comes to women's voices in US media coverage of foreign policy issues.
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Deep in the Amazon, a Tiny Tribe Is Beating Big Oil
The people of Sarayaku are a leading force in 21st-century indigenous resistance.
Muslim Lives Matter: Loved Ones Honor North Carolina Shooting Victims and Reject Police Dismissal of a Hate Crime
The killings in Chapel Hill have sparked an international outcry, with the hashtag #MuslimLivesMatter spreading across social media.
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Virginia Passes Bill to Rein in Restraints of School Kids
Many schools in the state still have no policies or rules around pinning kids down.
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The No State Solution: Institutionalizing Libertarian Socialism in Kurdistan
In what many outside of the territory are referring to as the Rojava Revolution, a major shift in political philosophy and political programmatics has taken place in Kurdistan.
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Marcellus Life: A Native American Protest to Stop a Pennsylvania Pipeline
Many of the 50 or so other protesters outside the Hershey Lodge, where national Republican leaders attended a retreat, demonstrated against issues like the Keystone XL pipeline and climate …
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Scientists: We Cannot Geoengineer Our Way Out of the Climate Crisis
“When people realize that we're considering these crazy things, it might encourage them to push more for mitigation,” one scientist said.
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Protesters Crash FCC as GOP Scrambles Against Net Neutrality
Growing public support for net neutrality has put Republican lawmakers and the telecom industry in a tough political spot.
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Housing Enforcement Group Sues M&T Bank for Discrimination
The unusual lawsuit draws on secret videotapes and recordings to argue that the bank's loan officers discriminated against blacks, Latinos and Asians who applied for mortgages.