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Op-Ed
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World Bank on Climate: “Turn Down the Heat” – Is It Really This Bad?
Impacts of climate change are worse than stated, but solutions could be easier than commonly understood.
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How We Can All Make Money Like the Billionaires
From Wall Street to Big Oil to the for-profit health insurance industry, business decisions are geared to increase the wealth of shareholders.
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The Grime Behind the Crime
Could an astonishing explanation for the rise and fall of violent crime be correct?
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The Sacred Cow of American Tax Spending
2012 headlines were full of horrible depressing news: cuts on the federal, state, county and the city level. The nation was subjected to a full time diet of descriptions …
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If They Come for Us in the Morning: An Open Letter to Detroiters from Elected School Board Members
I am writing to you to fill in the silence of the sheep. The sheep I refer to here are the mass media, printed or electronic, and local elected …
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Managers’ Liberation in Michigan: The Ideology of “Right to Work”
Something is happening in Michigan. After a failed attempt in the 2012 election to make collective bargaining a right under Michigan's constitution, Republicans fast-tracked a “right-to-work” law enabling employees …
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For Whom the Opening Bell Tolls: Reflecting on the Pulse of a Capitalist Nation
Check on virtually any mainstream news source and you can view the Dow's numbers on open trading, the Dow's high, its low, and the Volume of trading, just to …
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A Horrific Football Injury and the Crisis of Liberalism in the United States
Another young sports phenom faces a crippling injury and Dave Zirin wants to know who, if anyone, is to blame.
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Debt Ceiling and Guns: Using Presidential Authority to the Fullest
The question is not whether conservatives will concede on issues like tax breaks or gun control, but whether President Obama will actually use the full power of his office …
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Birds, Bees and Bad Information: The Deplorable State of Sex Education in the US
Only 18 states require sex ed in schools to be medically accurate.