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December Job Numbers: Is the Great Vacation Coming to an End?
It appears that people are finally returning to the labor market as job prospects improve.
Notes From Kabul
It isn't that they want to be there, Abdulhai says a couple nights later about those who show up without a ticket. The people are desperate.
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Liberation Theology and the Pedagogy of Insurrection
With the publication of The Pedagogy of Insurrection, theorist Peter McLaren offers a tour de force in critical pedagogy.
With the New Year, the American Parade of Politics and Prejudice Marches On
Philadelphia's Mummer's Parade brought flare-ups of racism and bigotry that parallel the rage and fear that grip much of the public in this election year.
“Domestic Terrorism” and the Master’s Tools
The “terror” frame reifies the notion of violence as the work of individual extremists versus systems, and calls on the inherent violence of state policing and punishment to solve …
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Visits and Conversations in a Kabul Winter
The path out of war seems to involve creating peace where we can, in earnest community with people whose basic needs aren't met.
Is Zero Deforestation Possible for the Brazilian Amazon?
Zero deforestation before 2025 is possible, and we know what it will take to achieve it.
Fearful Food Industry Jeopardizing Public’s Right to Information
Whatever one's views are about GMOs, the right to information is essential, and not one to be abridged.
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The Climate Movement Is Stuck in “Groundhog Day”; Here’s How It Can Break Free
The only way to break free from the time loop is to learn from mistakes and refuse to repeat them.
How to Understand Donald Trump’s Sexist New Low
Calling Clinton an “enabler” of her husband's misbehavior, Trump brings more hate from the right-wing fever swamp into the mainstream.