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The Graying of Our Incarceration Nation
America's broken criminal justice system has consigned millions of people to poverty and poor health as they age. It's time for the aging community to fight.
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Italy’s “Slow Food” Pioneer: How My Love for Food Ripened Into a Life’s Work
"Our philosophy is good, clean, and fair food; Good because it is healthy and tasty; clean because it is produced with low environmental impact and with animal welfare in …
Could We Make Opposition to Iran War Obligatory for Blue State Democrats?
Robert Naiman: It's not obvious that most blue state Democrats understand that support for new sanctions on Iran now will be scored as support for war.
Walking in an Anthropocene Wonderland: “But I’ll Know My Song Well Before I Start Singing”
Secretary of Defense? More like Commissar of Mass Suicide.
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Why Charter Schools Are Foolish Investments for States Facing Economic Challenges
South Carolina's children deserve data-based and lean school reform policy, and not advocacy-based experiments.
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Realizations From Killing and Eating an Animal We Raised Ourselves
The way we used to source our meat had the same desensitizing effect that many people in our society have developed towards violence.
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Dirtiest Oil: Why In Situ Bitumen Extraction Is Dangerous for Canada, the World
The Primrose leak contamination of the lands of the Beaver Lake Cree and Cold Lake First Nations demonstrates the dangers of in situ bitumen extraction and Canada's abusive energy …
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Eugene Robinson | Edward Snowden, Person of the Year
Eugene Robinson: There are really just two possible choices for person of the year. I want to say Pope Francis, but I've got to go with Edward Snowden.
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American Versailles
I first saw Washington, DC in 1974. I was astonished with the Greek vision of architecture on Capitol Hill.
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Holiday Greeting: No Peace Without Justice
There can be no peace without justice. At least five areas of blatant injustice warrant the urgent attention of people of good will: poverty wages, immigrant detention, harsh sentencing, …