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Visiting Refugee Camps in Athens and Facilities in Germany
While the United States has closed its borders to fleeing people, the countries of Europe deal with the human crisis as best they can
A Road Not Taken: The Dream of the Peace Dividend
Achieving a peace dividend is impossible due to military waste, the growth of the US empire and a passive population.
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Why the Media Want a Trump and Clinton Race
Controversy. Conflict. Power. Fame. Scandal. It's better than a reality TV show.
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Remembering Argentina’s Mothers of the Disappeared
Campaign Nonviolence is a movement to build a culture of active nonviolence.
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On Passover, Israel and “Demographic Threats“
We must challenge attempts to cast Palestinians as a “demographic threat” to the current Jewish majority in their homeland.
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Sanders May Be All but Finished, but the Fight for a Better Future Is Not
Why direct our energy into the Democratic Party? What the progressive left really needs is a party of our own.
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What I Told the Attorney General and the HUD Secretary About My Criminal Record
As many as one in three Americans now have some type of criminal record.
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Erika Rocha’s Suicide Underscores the Damage That Prison Is Wreaking on Youth
Erika Rocha, who was first incarcerated at 14, took actions to end her life, but the criminal punishment system killed her.
Israel Is Silencing Opposition: Who Will Stand Up?
To describe what is happening in Israel today as fascism is not hyperbole.
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How Capitalism and Racism Support Each Other
Capitalism's supporters use and benefit from a racism whose practice and consequences should be blamed on capitalism itself.