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West Point Think Tank Buries the Dynamite
To paraphrase, more irreparable harm has been done with the point of a pen than at the point of a gun.
Dam Shame: Rivers and Resistance
Massive dams are being built and considered all over the world, despite mounting concern over their economic, environmental and human impacts.
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The March for Death
Every year, the March for Life makes a very odd decision. By bringing Republicans into their rally year-after-year, they've turned their annual so-called march for life into a march …
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US Alternative Media Journalists Face Government Surveillance
After being shunned by mainstream media, alternative journalists must work doubly hard to get their message out to the world and avoid being intimidated by the law.
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Free from Harm? – Reflections on the White House’s Proposed “Now is the Time” Gun Control Plan from a Survivor of the Mental Health System
Laura Delano reflects on her own issues with mental health as the country places her and people like her in the crossfires of the gun reform debate.
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Questions That Need Asking
Hilary Clinton masterfully handled the Senate hearings on the attack in Benghazi proving that it is time to move on and focus US attention to the growing conflict in …
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The Myth of Living Beyond Our Means
The truth is most Americans have not been living beyond their means.
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Occupy Everyone: Making Revolutionaries, Not a Revolution
When the next crisis hits, perhaps enough people will be
Protecting Press Freedom From the Market: The UK Press After the Leveson Report
An academic researcher says we must protect the press not only from state power, but also from corporate interests - even if the state must be charged to help.
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The Right’s Attack on Roe v. Wade at 40: The Hyde and Helms Legacy
Thousands of women remain without affordable access to reproductive health care.