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Op-Ed
The My Lai Massacre Just Got Worse
CBS News has an article that shows that President Richard Nixon sought to cover up the My Lai Massacre during the Vietnam War.
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Direct the Department of Education and Congress to Remove Annual Standardized Testing Mandates of NCLB and RttT
Standardized testing in schools doesn't solve the education achievement gap and hurts schools.
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Redefining Conservatism in the US
Paul Krugman: "Here's a term we really need: Center-Right In Name Only.
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Envy and Jealousy? Gag Me With a Silver Spoon
Try to change your tune, plutocrats. Contrary to your fantasies, we are plagued by reality, not envy.
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Is Rick Scott Guilty of Murder?
Republicans say that they're pro-life, but that's a bald-faced lie, because they refuse to let low-wage working Americans have access to life-saving Medicaid.
Obama’s “Humane Deportation” Policy Review Lacks Humanity
The US immigration system, in particular the detention and deportation system, does not treat immigrants with humanity, dignity and respect.
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Fear of the Welfare State: How a Conservative Invention Became a Marxist Utopia
Even some otherwise well-informed people still grapple with myths and half-truths about the European welfare state, and what is sometimes labeled European socialism.
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BDS: Non-Violent Resistance to Israeli Occupation
A system based on inequality and oppression cannot survive.
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Dying To Give Back To the Earth
The funeral industry is, by and large, a $20 billion for-profit enterprise, whose environmental impact has been greatly overlooked.
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With Hippocratic Oath, Doctors Pledge Allegiance To Patients, Not Profits
It's pretty unusual for two-thirds of a group of doctors to agree on something as controversial as a single-payer health care system.