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Op-Ed
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This Statistic Should Shut Down Any Talk of Cutting Social Security
According to a pool, 36 percent of workers have less than $1,000 saved for their retirement.
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Egypt’s Security Concerns Compound the Deterioration of the Lives of Civilians of Gaza
It would seem impossible that the lives of the people of Gaza could get worse, but indeed they have.
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Running With Our Hummingbird Named Consuelo
Several years ago, this community was under siege virtually every day and every night and during that time, our community united.
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Rent in a Warming World
What's rent got to do with climate change? More than you might think.
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Gar Alperovitz and Michael Albert: A Conversation on Economic Visions
Two theorists of democratic control of the workplace debate participatory economics, the need for markets and balanced job complexes, and real-life experimentation with alternative economic forms.
“Commemorating” the Vietnam War: One Marine’s Perspective
A Vietnam veteran reflects on the ill-considered official commemoration of that war.
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Thanking Me for My Service
A visitor to my home today saw my retirement plaque, which marks my twenty years of service in the US Air Force. He immediately thanked me for my …
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Five-Minute Glass: What Our Government Sees When It Looks Out the Window
US diplomats and functionaries and citizens have to get out from behind our walls, out from behind the 5-minute glass, feel the pain we have caused.
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The Cancer Stage of Reaganomics
Our young people are drowning in a sea of debt, and it all started with Reaganomics.
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Why Everyone Should Care About the NYPD’s Surveillance of Muslims
The broader public should care about this because of the far-reaching ramifications it promises.