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It’s Time for a Manufacturing Revolution
Protecting American jobs is one of the legacies of the Revolutionary war. Why is it not important to politicians today?
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Marriage Equality Victories Show How Change Happens, One Step at a Time
Before 2004, no state allowed same-sex marriage. Today, it's legal in 11 states and the District of Columbia. If you want to see how political progress is made, look …
Israel, Syria and the United States
Zunes' review of the last decade of Israel, Syria and US relations - culminating in Israel's latest bombing raid on Syria - details cross-purposes and missed opportunities.
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Guatemala Illuminates its Dark History With a Stunning Guilty Verdict for Rios Montt
Former dictator Rios Montt has been sentenced to jail for 80 years for genocide in an undeniable victory.
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The Ladydrawers’ History of Women’s Rights Part V
The Ladydrawers finally found gender equality in patent ownership.
Terrorism in Boston
Powers and Ascao suggest there are a number of lessons we can draw from the responses to the horrible attack on Boston. However, like the violence itself, none of …
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On Mothers, Mothering and Mass Incarceration
In this Mother's Day tribute, law professor and advocate Sheila Bedi learns how ‘having a child is like letting your heart walk around outside your body.’
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Obama in Plunderland: Down the Corporate Rabbit Hole
Norman Solomon: We need to ask ourselves how the forces of corporate capitalism have gained so much power over government, to the extreme detriment of people who aren't rich.
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Celebrating Mother’s Day and World Fair Trade Day on the Same Weekend
Celebrating Mother's Day and World Fair Trade Day on the same weekend has never felt better, nor been more appropriate.
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Pregnancy, Politics and the Policing of Women’s Bodies
The laws and policies that act to limit and legislate women's lives are intrusive, but they are also insulting and dangerous. They punish women and push an agenda that …