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How Can We Win “America’s Peace”?
A policy that favors warfare more than diplomacy will not bring peace.
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Paul Krugman | Bad Arguments That Just Won’t Die
In policy discourse, zombies and cockroaches are slightly different kinds of ideas. The notion that the ACA hasn't reduced the number of uninsured is the latter.
US Presidential Contest Reflects the Growing Polarization of Society
The candidates also personify the sharpening of a trend whereby capitalist democracy is becoming less and less democratic.
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How Could Tamir Rice’s Death Be “Reasonable”?
Imaginative legal reasoning deals a real blow.
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The Big Lie in the War Against Drugs
The war on drugs has never been about drugs.
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Treating Global Warming Denialism as a Scandal
A responsible press would treat climate denial like the scandal it is.
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Salaam and Paz: The Word for Peace Is Women
Far from sites of official negotiations, women's activism is often in the service provision, but sustainable peace depends upon it.
Three Problems With Transitioning to Renewable Energy and How to Fix Them
The transition to renewables will not be environmentally, economically, or socially perfect.
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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.