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Op-Ed
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A Jewish Atheist Responds to the Pope’s Call for Peace
Robert Naiman: “A sus ordenes, Pope Francis. Count me in.”
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For Economic Stability, Follow the French
The truth is that raising income taxes on rich people and hugely profitable companies actually helps economies and causes companies to hire more and more people, thus lowering unemployment.
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Talking Trash and Climate Crisis: A Conversation With Chicago’s Garbage Guru
An expert on all things garbage, Zelechowski spoke about the need to rethink the waste stream, the economic and environmental impacts of creative reuse, and how making trash visible …
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Americans Are Paying for Health Care With More Than Money
Not only do we pay more, but we pay in far more ways than any other country.
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Less “Big Bang Theory,” More Dana Scully: What It’s Going to Take to Lead More Girls Into Science
Only 25 percent of STEM jobs are held by women. YouTube science sensation Emily Graslie on how we can inspire them with better-quality pop-culture role models.
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Antidotes to Avarice: A 2013 Top Ten
Nurses, philosophers, and trade unions have over the past 12 months all shared some fascinating ideas on how we can make our societies more equal —and much better — …
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To Win Tomorrow, “Undoing Border Imperialism” Is the Book We Need Now
In “Undoing Border Imperialism,” author and organizer Harsha Walia gives us cutting-edge analysis of the Canadian immigrant-rights movement No One Is Illegal.
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Faith-Based Education Reform: Common Core as Standards-and-Testing Redux
Along with embracing belief over evidence, the public (along with political leadership) in the U.S. tends to lack historical context.
Big Spring
If you stop jailing people in The Land of The Free, a good chunk of America would wither up and die.
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Death Penalty Isn’t Necessary for Justice
The guilty pleas Monday by Alvin Watts and Jacob England to the killing of three African-Americans and the wounding of two others in a fit of racial rage brings …