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Op-Ed
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Why Governor Chris Christie and His Aides Belong in Handcuffs
If the state puts political activists in handcuffs for shutting down bridges, it should do the same to governors and the minions who do their bidding.
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None But Ourselves Can Free Our Minds: Chris Crass’ “Towards Collective Liberation“
Chris Crass's coming-of-age memoir for the modern activist, “Towards Collective Liberation,” provides a road map for personal and societal evolution.
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Drones Speak for America in Yemen
While the Obama administration promises to investigate drone strikes, civilians in Yemen are dying and al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula is garnering new recruits.
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William Rivers Pitt | A Good Week for Hard Drinking
"Any week that starts with a guy getting shot to death in Florida by a retired police captain for the crime of texting his daughter's babysitter during the previews …
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TPP v. Democracy
If there is any negative image of what Democracy looks like, any way to define a thing by its opposite, it is the Trans Pacific Partnership.
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Yes, Indeed, San Francisco Is Made of Gold
These days, indeed, the city seems to belong to the highest bidders and the dogged homeless who, as if taking revenge, crowd the sidewalks in every neighborhood.
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The Ideology Problem: Thomas Patterson’s Failed Technocratic Dream for Journalism
Thomas Patterson's new book avoids the most crippling affliction of mainstream journalism in the United States: “The Ideology Problem.”
What Could Possibly Go Wrong?
Tom Engelhardt: When I check the latest news on Washington's global war-making, I regularly find at least one story that fits a category that I call: What Could Possibly …
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Time for a New Works Progress Administration?
We need to create a new Works Progress Administration and make the government the employer of last resort.
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The Internet Is Dead, Long Live the Internet!
On Tuesday, the DC Circuit Court of Appeals struck down the FCC's Open Internet Order, the legal framework that protects net neutrality.