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Against This Authoritarian Euro-Liberal Regime, What We Need Is a Complete Re-Foundation of Our Republic
The vast majority of our fellow citizens demand a deep change while the majority of their political ‘representatives’ are apparently dead set on pursuing the same course: the self-defeating …
Three Things Young People Should Know to Save the World
Of course, old people should know these things too, and some small percentage does know them, but energy seems better invested in trying to teach them to young people …
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Supreme Court Gay Marriage: Is Marriage Equality Really the Last Civil Rights Struggle?
It's important to remember that no matter what the Supreme Court decides, marriage equality is not the end. In fact, it is only the beginning.
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Who Killed the Syrian Peace Talks?
Shamus Cooke: The US and its European allies want regime change in Syria, and they are prepared to allow many more people to die to make it so.
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Fighting for Our Classrooms, and for the Human Beings Inside Them
It seems as if the same battle is being fought in every aspect of American society ... Sadly, the classrooms of this country haven't been spared.
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Moshed in the Pit of Capitalism
Delighted attendee Gupta opines that while the Coachella music and arts festival ‘may be the zenith of hipster culture’ - with extraordinary food choices, music, flamboyancy and release, drugs …
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Clarity From Edward Snowden and Murky Response From Progressive Leaders in Congress
Right now, even when we hear some promising words, the extent of the political resolve behind them is hazy.
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What We Need Now: A National Economic Strategy for Better Jobs
Jobs are returning with depressing slowness, and most of the new jobs pay less than the jobs that were lost in the Great Recession.
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A Big, Unexplored Idea in School Reform
Evidence of the traditional general education curriculum's inadequacy is overwhelming.
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Secrecy’s Tangled Web of Deceit
US government officials insist that their secret surveillance techniques are so valuable in fighting “terrorism” that they must be kept completely in the dark - along with the American …