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Op-Ed
Academic Freedom Under Attack
Universities have historically expected the educators to know how best to foster critical thinking about issues in their classroom.
The Testing Frenzy: Buyer Beware
A narrow view of children's big picture needs will inevitably contribute to unfulfilled and discontented lives.
Debunking Attacks on Sanders That Depict Obama as Lefty Failure, Not Neoliberal Success
A sign that the progressive cause is moving out of the wilderness and starting to rattle “The Powers That Be.”
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Hey Democrats, Don’t Pull an NDP – Run as Progressives
Democrats are probably going to spend a few more election cycles running away from their own core values.
William Rivers Pitt | An Ample Presence of Corpses: The Legacy of George W. Bush
The invasion and occupation of Iraq was a smash-and-grab robbery writ large.
What If They Gave a War and Everyone Came? What Could Possibly Go Wrong?
No one is predicting a world war from the mess in Syria. However, one finds a lot of pieces in play inside a tinderbox.
Lessons From NAFTA for the Trans-Pacific Partnership
The lessons from NAFTA are a big part of the reason that the Obama administration is having so much trouble getting the TPP past Congress.
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Paul Krugman | Should We Be Worried About China?
China is clearly in economic trouble.
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Social Impact Bonds: Selling Off the Public Good in the Era of Neoliberalism
Advocates of social impact bonds disregard structural causes of social problems, privatizing both services and social ills.
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Why Should We Care What the Republican Candidates Say About Syria?
“No fly zone” is a marketing euphemism for “war.”