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Op-Ed
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Digital MLK
If MLK Day 2013 taught us anything, it is that after the Internet, the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. has become one of the most contested of …
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Crazy for Guns
2012 made the record books for mass shootings in the United States, with seven incidents involving lone gunmen each murdering at least five people per spree. The grotesque Sandy …
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The Agenda for Obama’s Second Term: Full Employment and Fighting Poverty
Robert Pollin: President Obama needs clear goals in order to reduce unemployment and poverty in his second term.
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Dispatch from Greece: Meeting the “Antagonist” Movements (Part I)
I arrived in Athens on Christmas Day in the afternoon. As we strolled through the muted streets of Exarcheia, the Athenian neighborhood considered by residents and authorities alike to …
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Exterminating Shia Bedbugs
Years ago, in an airport in the Middle East I struck-up a conversation with an Arab while we waited for our connecting flights. In our ensuing conversation he made …
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Confessions of a Juiced Journalist
Before Congress creates yet another useless special investigation committee and subpoenas me, I wish to come clean and confess. I took steroids. Strong steroids. The kind that bulk you …
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The Amazing Grace of it All
Washington, DC — President Barack Hussein Obama's second inauguration was every bit as historic as his first — not because it said so much about the nation's long, bitter, …
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Swell Times for America’s Swollen Fortunes
Americau2019s political leaders took it upon themselves to start hacking away at the federal estate tax.
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12 Ways Obama Smacked Down the Right in His Inauguration Speech
President Barack Obama's second inaugural address was music to the ears of many progressives.
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A Time for “Sublime Madness“
It is only those who can retreat into the imagination who uncover the physical and psychological strength to resist.