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Fast Food and Neoliberalism: Response to David Freedman’s Call to Get out of McDonalds’ Way
David Freedman's argument on fast food and elitism does not hold up to critical scrutiny.
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Ray Kelly? Seriously? Mr. President, It’s Not What You Say; It’s What You Do
President Obama negates everything he said about the Trayvon Martin killing when he supports
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Boehner Brags About Turning America Into Detroit
Speaker John Boehner's classic brand of Reganomics will only result in stripping down to nothing, just like what has happened to Detroit today.
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Mr. President, Have Pity on the Working Man
Tax payers' dollars are being wasted on a job creation program that only works to widen the gap of inequality.
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What Would James Baldwin Do (Say, Write)?
My future son-in-law is black. My daughter is white. And we live in the South where, despite their (possibly naive) idealism, interracial relationships still matter, often in negative ways.I …
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The US Government Is Metamorphosing Into the Borg
As technology advances, so does America's ability to replace
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Keystone XL May Actually Raise American Gas Prices
A new report reveals that the Keystone XL pipeline will only increase prices at the pump for Americans.
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Unjust Justice
Lewis Gordon looks at how race is an undeniable factor in George Zimmerman's acquittal.
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Henry A. Giroux | The Violence of Organized Forgetting
Henry Giroux: A war-like mentality makes it difficult to reclaim the language of social responsibility and civic engagement.
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President Carter Says America Has No Functioning Democracy
The US is often accused of nation-building and exporting democracy, yet how can that be if we have no real democracy to export?