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Op-Ed
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How Many Watch Lists Fit on the Head of a Pin? Post-Constitutional America, Where Innocence Is a Poor Defense
Ibrahim was no threat to anyone, innocent of everything, and ended up on a no-fly list only due to a government mistake.
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Obamacare: First Fruits for Workers?
If people are upset about the government giving health care money to people who don't deserve it, they are looking in the wrong direction when they look to the …
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Defining the Real Terrorism
A new definition of terrorism - one that better addresses the crimes of these times - is required.
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A New Examination for Missile Launch Officers and the Rest of Us
Which is the greater moral failure: cheating on an examination or being willing to launch nuclear-armed missiles that could lead to the deaths of millions of innocent men, women …
Keeping the Peace in Frightening New Arena: The UN’s Cyber Options
It's essential that the United Nations take serious steps to regulate the cyber domain and reduce cyberwarfare with frameworks that could help address this grey area and avoid dangerous …
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Beyond Homophobia: The Even Bigger Reason To Avoid World Vision
Sponsorship reeks of colonialism, pure and simple - privileged, mostly white people using their position to manipulate poor brown people.
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White America Is Oblivious to the Truth About Black Poverty
A recent debate between Jonathan Chait and Ta-Nehisi Coates reveals the misconceptions that rule America's understanding of race and poverty.
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A Dispatch from 350’s Divestment Trenches
The 350 movement is using a variety of strategies and tactics to convince investors to divest of fossil fuel and related companies' financial instruments.
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Why Pakistan Is Not Changing
A Sindh nationalist analyzes the forces that make change in Pakistan so difficult - but also ultimately inevitable.
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Occupy Sandy and the Future of Socialism
The impromptu relief efforts in the wake of Superstorm Sandy, as in every crisis, quashed the notions that humans are inherently selfish.