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Op-Ed
A Bernie Sanders Filibuster Could Help Stop the “Fast Track” to Greater Inequality
Sen. Bernie Sanders should put his “Bat Signal” in the sky and filibuster the fast-track TPP vote for as long as he can.
Unregulated Capitalism Is Destroying the Planet
We are in the middle of a mass extinction.
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Surviving White Terrorism: Next Steps in the Struggle for Black Lives
Black communities continue to suffer through anti-Black violence, domestic terrorism and anti-Black racism.
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Kids Are Paying the Price for Yemen’s War
The deliberate targeting of schools has become a flashpoint in the war between Yemen's rebels and a Saudi-led coalition.
Unhappy Meals
McDonald's isn't making its food any better, but it sure wants you to think it is.
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For Father’s Day: Strong Communities, Caring People
Ramon Juan Vasquez, a community leader in Texas, writes that being a father is an honor. It is also a life journey.
Getting Our Story Straight: Honestly Framing the Climate Crisis
A phrase that imparts the emotional impact of what we are doing to the planet, its inhabitants and future generations is “Climate Mayhem.”
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Police Criminals and the Brutalization of Black Girls
For black girls in the hallowed idyllic spaces that enshrine the privileges of white youth, summer is always over.
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Obituary: Tariq Aziz
Twelve years of suffering in Iraqi jails have ended and he can finally rest in peace.
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On Remembrance and Resisting Desecration
We are the builders of peace, and peace is not the silence between gunshots.