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The Chilcot Report Fails to Speak Plain Truth: Bush Lied, So Did Blair
The Chilcot Report misses the plain truth of the lead-up to the Iraq War: George W. Bush lied and so did Tony Blair.
How to Win Workplace Equality? Invest in Neighborhoods Where Women Need It Most
If we're going to have a thriving economy, we cannot stand by while discrimination, poverty and community disinvestment continue to hold women back.
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“We Don’t Have the Money” Is a Filthy Lie
Light up the darkness.
Dining Out? Here’s Some Food for Thought
Big chain restaurants pay poverty wages, hurt local economies and pollute our climate.
The Problem Is Overpolicing
Making the police more diverse or tinkering with their training won't stop police killings of Black people. The problem is overpolicing.
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Of Lethal Drones and Police Shootings
It makes no one safer to make our cities and the world a battlefield.
The System That Killed Alton Sterling and Philando Castile Cannot Be Reformed
As the killing of Black people continues, the challenge is to question the role of police in society and ask why the system requires such violence in order to …
A Brief Guide for Reading About Paulette Leaphart (Especially if You’re White)
Ask yourself how you might see her story differently if she were white. Just in case.
Merkel Urged to Temper NATO’s Belligerence
US intelligence veterans are calling on German Chancellor Merkel to bring a needed dose of realism and restraint to the upcoming NATO conference, which risks escalating the dangerous new …
The Perils of National Amnesia
“It was freedom to destroy freedom.”