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How Campus Chiefs Ace Executive Excess 101
These haven't been the best of times for the young men and women attending America's colleges and universities. Or for the faculty who teach them.
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Collective Punishment: The New Law of the United Kingdom?
The United Kingdom Terrorism Act of 2000 gave courts the power to seize assets used to commit or promote terrorist activities, but was never intended to include the family …
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Justice Stevens and a Bold Vision to Reclaim Our Democracy
In the face of Citizens United and now McCutcheon, to save any semblance of democracy, we must amend the Constitution for the 28th time.
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What Is Idaho Agribusiness Trying to Hide?
Ag-gag laws target animal rights activists' central goal: to expose animal industries to the public and encourage consumers to stop supporting them. The problem is not documentation of this …
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The Suicide Path
A call to awaken our nation to the suicidal course we are following offers some suggestions on protecting our environment - and reviving our democracy.
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The GOP Death Panel
Republicans said once Obamacare was passed, government officials would get to ration health care, and as a result, have control over the life and death of millions of Americans.
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The Greatest Modern Presidential Speech Turns 50
Fifty years ago, President Lyndon Johnson chose not to believe Americans were condemned to “soulless wealth” and elucidated a new version of American exceptionalism, “The Great Society.”
We Must End the Madness of Nuclear Weapons
The Republic of the Marshall Islands has courageously taken the nine nuclear weapons-wielding countries to the International Court of Justice.
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Oligarchy: As American as Poisoned Apple Pie
The current struggle between democracy and oligarchy in the United States traces its roots back to the 1787 Philadelphia Convention.
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When Government Intervention Works
Government intervention can be a big success, as Paul Krugman explains.