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Op-Ed
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Natural Gas Becomes a Fracking Mess
The Porter Ranch disaster may erase the industry's undeserved reputation as a “clean” energy source.
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Time Spent in Guantánamo Is Time No One Gets Back – Whether Soldier or Prisoner
Time. We can't get it back. When it's gone, it's gone.
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Richard D. Wolff | On the Meaning of Capitalism, We Don’t Agree
To understand capitalism today, consider framing the economic system in terms of workplace relationships.
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How the United States’ Two Major Parties Helped Destroy Democracy
Politics, at its barest, is a market characterized by power-and the struggle for how power will be distributed.
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Washington Post’s Food Columnist Goes to Bat for Monsanto – Again
Readers of the Washington Post deserve better.
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Why Hillary Clinton Doesn’t Deserve the Black Vote
From the crime bill to welfare reform, policies Bill Clinton enacted - and Hillary Clinton supported - decimated Black America.
Cracking Down on Abusive Debt Collectors
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau must stop this national crisis.
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Hammer of “Justice”: Heartland Peace Activist Facing Felonies for Breaking Northrup Grumman Windows
Jessica Reznicek, an Iowa peace activist, was arraigned and charged with two felonies for breaking three windows with a sledgehammer at the Northrup Grumman facility.
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Pope Francis, Mexico, and the Legacies of Liberation Theology and Camilo Torres
The imminent pilgrimage to Mexico of Pope Francis will highlight some of the most painful dimensions of the country's deepening human rights crisis.
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Charles Krauthammer: The United States’ Conservative Voice
For so many thinkers who never evolved away from capitalist economic theory, conservatism means the “reform” of big government.