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Op-Ed
ACLU of Illinois Sells Out Chicago’s Black Youth
Young Black organizers cry foul as the ACLU of Illinois makes a stop-and-frisk deal with the city of Chicago.
The Lived Experience of Israeli Restrictions on Gaza: A Firsthand Testimony
Being a Palestinian means an endless process of suffering.
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Another US Affront to Venezuela’s Right to Self-Determination
Our foreign policy should not be what US corporations benefit from, it should be about the self-determination of the Venezuelan people.
Lewis Black: “Both Parties Are Bowls Of Sh*t”
The mess of politics has become the American way, and that Bernie's idea is pie in the sky.
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A Lion, a Dentist and the Rising Cost of Care
The problem with health costs is the fact that we don't treat health care like an ordinary consumer good.
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A Civil Society Arose in Watts Before and After the Unrest
The Watts rebellion grew not from chaos but from a mobilized community seeking change. Six days of violence could not destroy the community.
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Let’s Talk About Torture
Former CIA leaders are writing a book that will whitewash their crimes against humanity.
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Ali Dawabsheh, Cecil the Lion and the Biopolitics of Animal Life
How is it that the firebombing of a toddler by right-wing Israeli terrorists was upstaged in international concern by the senseless killing of Cecil the lion?
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Is Fox News Poisoning the Well of Public Discourse?
Mainstream US media has two ways of describing motives for mass killings, terrorism or a personality disorder.
Maine Sail Freight Revives Salty History of Revolution, Independence
A trade adventure will embark on a journey against the poor standard of business.