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US War Against Afghanistan Just Entered Its Twelfth Year
The Afghan Peace Volunteers, a group of young people from Kabul who espouse nonviolence have recently called upon the whole world to join their campaign for the end to …
President Clinton Comes to Davis
It is a rare opportunity to be able to share a stage with a former President of the United States. Jacqueline Stoddard had that experience, and it changed her …
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Why Chavez Was Re-elected
For most people who have heard or read about Hugo Chu00e1vez in the international media, his reelection on Sunday as president of Venezuela by a convincing margin might be …
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Breaking the Silence: Addressing Rape Culture in America
Cara Hoffman speaks about rape culture in the America and how it is not simply enough to take back the night, but to take down the structures which allow …
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The Liar’s Master Class
Mitt Romney might be the most brazen political liar since James Polk. Polk, who was the 11th U.S. president (1845-1849), lied through his teeth–to Congress, to his cabinet, to …
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43.4 = 30.9?
James Kwak explains how understanding the tax policies of each Presidential candidate is not simple matter of rounding up.
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Memo to Joe, Re: Debate
A few words of encouragement from Robert Reich to Vice President Joe Bidden on the eve of his debate against Paul Ryan.
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Don’t Ask and Don’t Tell: Six Critical Foreign Policy Questions That Won’t Be Raised in the Presidential Debates
Since the first Presidential debate left the American people more than wanting, here are some real issues that should be addressed by both candidates
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Blood, Oil and “The American Dream“
Something is rotten in the state… -Hamlet In our times, in a media-saturated culture in which well-packaged and comforting lies are explicitly preferred to unsettling truths, those who reveal …
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Pain, and Not Only in Spain
Paul Krugman: Where does austerity fit into this story? Mostly it doesn't.