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Digging Up a Mountain of Debt
As coal companies go broke, they're leaving taxpayers holding the bag.
Money Men Say, “Voters Move Over, It’s Not Your Election!“
Appalled at the chaotic GOP presidential race and the ascendancy of Trump and Cruz, those with the gold want to rule.
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The United States’ Political Squirmish
Trump and Palin complain about the unfair nature of the media, but it is precisely the media to which they owe their ascendency.
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Organizing to Resist the Corporatization of Higher Education
The once hallowed and secure work life of American university faculty has for the past quarter century been in turmoil.
To Fight Back Against Companies Like Uber, Workers Need Organizing – Not Technocratic Fixes
Solutions must tackle the power differential between gig economy workers and the big businesses that control their labor.
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Obama Should Quickly Forge Strong Diplomatic Ties With Venezuela
Obama has no intention of reining in the hard-liners within his own government on Venezuela.
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Saudi Executions: Beyond the Numbers
The inability to recognize an affront to the rule of law, regardless of the identity of the perpetrator, reveals a dire state of affairs, politically, morally and intellectually.
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Nonprofits: Beware the Hand That Feeds
Can we really depend on big money to fund change?
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Anatomy of an Escape Route: Refugees Forge New Paths in the Balkans
The Balkanroute is not a route.
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In Praise of Discomfort: Learning From Dr. King and Confronting Pinkwashing
Solidarity activists seeking to stop Israeli pinkwashing are following MLK's example by using tension to achieve justice.