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Fear of a Brown Planet: Watch This Stand-Up Comedian Explain “Reverse Racism“
Bullying, police brutality, and everyday insensitivities are regularly lampooned with Australians Aamer Rahman and Nazeem Hussain's weapon of choice: comedy.
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Rigged Trade Deals: “Our Job Is to Notice”
For big corporations, trade agreement time is like Christmas morning. They can get special gifts they could never pass through Congress out in public.
The Garfield High School Assessment Committee VS the Testocracy: We Know How to Run the Schools Better Than Billionaires
A teacher pushes against standradized testing.
Stealing Our Sympathy
There is a growing sense among the public that life on our planet is being threatened by our careless misuse of its resources.
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The Stiglitz Code: How Taxing Capital Can Counter Inequality
The American economy is at a crossroads. One of the questions that will determine which path we take is whether and how the government can use taxes to meet …
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Premature US Victory-Dancing on Ukraine
Washington's role in the coup in Kiev on Feb. 22 has brought the US a Pyrrhic victory, with the West claiming control of Ukraine albeit with a shaky grip …
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Samsung’s Broken Apology App
Once in a while, corporate chieftains actually step forward to apologize for the abuse they inflict on workers, consumers, communities, and the environment.
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Global Climate Change and Nuclear Abolition: One Urgent Issue
The Marshall Islands are filing lawsuits against the nine nuclear powers to get them to step up to their obligations under the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty to negotiate total nuclear …
Is Elliot Rodger Our 21st Century Version of Holden Caulfield?
Of course, our modern day version has to include a gun. Holden with a gun where instead of holing up in a hotel room with a prostitute, he holes …
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Germany’s 74% Myth Busting Renewable Energy Record
Sunday May 18, 2014 marked an historic day in the all-time energy hallmarks of the world. Germany had 74% of its electrical power, just about 3/4, of all its …