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Whose Lives Matter? A Crisis of Solidarity at the Climate Talks in Paris
The true test of success in Paris will be if the lives of people in poorer nations aren't valued less than others.
Washington to Whomever: Please Fight ISIS for Us
The reality is clear: Washington's policy in Syria and Iraq is bound to fail, no matter who does the fighting.
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The EU-Africa Malta Conference: African Refugees Left Out in the Cold
The EU agreed to offer African countries $1.9 billion in exchange for the deportation of “unwanted” migrants.
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Freeing Killer Cops and Caging Domestic Violence Survivors: Do Black Lives Matter in Chicago?
Police officers are rarely penalized for killing people, but Black women are frequently punished for choosing to survive.
End War(ming): We Need System Change, Not Climate Change
Shawna Foster explains how these kinds of military interventions are linked to fossil fuels and climate change.
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Sipping Champagne on the Titanic: Twenty Billionaires Own More Than the Bottom Half of Americans
How can there be so many billionaires so self-absorbed in their greed that they cannot see the suffering that surrounds them?
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William Rivers Pitt | The Butcher’s Repast
William Rivers Pitt: I see the butcher's bill and know this is wrong. Something has gone sideways.
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US War Against “Evil” Is Self-Defeating and Has No End
Before the next war and the next massacre, consider the startling costs of the United States' seemingly endless (and fruitless) battle with “evil.”
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Trump, Black Lives Matter and the Destabilization of Respectability Politics
The real objection from conservatives is not the form Black protest takes, but the deep critique of white supremacy it offers.
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A Black Princeton Graduate’s Response to Marginalization at the University
What is missing at many of America's colleges and universities is an awareness that racism is a very real problem.