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How Abusive Police Practices Target Women of Color – and What Women Are Doing About It
Women are working to transform the entrenched system of injustice that allows police to devalue and brutalize women of color.
Why Is It Illegal to Research the Impact of Gun Control on Public Health?
It's time to start treating gun violence like one of the biggest public health crises in the US.
Good Riddance to Democracy as We Know It: The Case for Aretocracy
When we reflect on the sordid state of affairs in US politics today, it's difficult not to conclude that any idea is.
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Islamophobia After San Bernardino: Fear Within the Muslim Community
This time the homegrown terrorism was too close to home.
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A West Virginia Family Leaves Coal for Local Food and Wants to Help Others Do the Same
In a place where coal's legacy has left residents struggling, one family has a vision of a healthier future.
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Food Sovereignty: This Is What Anarchy Looks Like
Democracy allows for the exploitation and destruction of the environment.
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In Crisis and Invisible: Ongoing Atrocities in Southern Sudan
It is a grossly one-sided campaign of ethnic cleansing couched in the rhetoric of self-defense.
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The Syrian Conflict Won’t Steal My Christmas
Marcell Shehwaro describes the realities of life in Syria during the ongoing armed conflict between forces loyal to the current regime and those seeking to oust it.
William Rivers Pitt | Christmas in the Form of a Dream
Daddy, is Santa Claus real? Yes, dear, just as real as capitalism.
Your Festive Meal Could Be More Damaging Than a Long-Haul Flight
We miscalculate environmental risk; eating certain meats is about the worst thing you can do to the planet.