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Can Football Be Saved?
Even if you're not a sports fan, you've probably heard about the proposed $765 million settlement between the National Football League and 4,500 of its former players who filed …
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Meanwhile at the Pentagon, Fundamentalist Christians Protest a Non-Existent War
Weinstein: "The true purpose of these inveterate religious extremists was to lobby the top brass to officially give free rein to the Christian fundamentalist vultures within our United States …
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Fast Food Workers Are Fighting for the Majority of US Employees
The fast food strike is an inspiring grass-roots movement led by some of the nationu2019s most underpaid employees and should be supported by everyone.
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Iran, The Syrian Civil War, the Prevention of Genocide Act, Chemical Weapons, the Fate of the America Republic & the Struggle for Global Peace & Justice
The American republic and worldwide republicanism, not to mention global peace and justice, once again hangs in the balance.
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Debating Capitalism – Redefining Outdated Terms
Old definitions of capitalism, socialism and communism stymie attempts to transition to economic forms that will better serve people and society.
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Writing Professor Under Fire For Attack Against Republicans: On the “Free Exchange Of Ideas“
What “free exchange of ideas” can exist in a society with such extreme disparities of power? And what can the MSU professor criticized for a classroom attack on Republicans …
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Is Fixing Stop-and-Frisk Worth the Bother?
Should we listen when former first deputy police commissioner of the NYPD John Timoney - now in the presumably lucrative employ of the authoritarian Gulf monarchy of Bahrain - …
The Perennial Bowel Movement
The u201cback to the basicsu201d movement is here, again. Doesnu2019t this remind you of the 1980s?
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Nina Davuluri is America’s Future
Nina Davuluri is the first Indian-American to hold the title of Miss America and it should be something for all Americans to celebrate.
The Dark Future of American Education: A Consideration of MOOCs
A distinguished educator considers how Massive open online courses may be a distinct improvement over traditional classroom course and how they could be devastatingly inferior to those programs.