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Archbishop Oscar Romero Is a True Salvadoran Patriot
A ceremony attended by 300,000 people was held on May 23, in the city of San Salvador to honor and celebrate the beatification of El Salvador's deceased Archbishop Oscar …
William Rivers Pitt | The Loved and the Lost: A Note to the Biden Family
The passing of Beau Biden is a loss to the nation, but that pales in comparison to the loss being endured by Joe Biden and his family.
How Sharing Your Success Is Perceived as Bragging
We tend to overestimate the extent that others will share in our joy and underestimate the negative reactions this can provoke.
The Federal Reserve Board’s Payroll Tax on Our Children
The Fed's tax hikes are far more costly to ordinary workers than any conceivable tax increase.
America: Not the Home of the Brave, but of the Scared S**tless
The Senate will probably pass the USA Freedom Act and the NSA's mass surveillance programs will go on as before, with a few minor changes.
Will Hillary Clinton Abolish the Prison State Her Husband Created? Don’t Count on It.
Would President Hillary Clinton dismantle her husband's legacy of mass incarceration? She's given people little hope.
Bernie Sanders to Billionaires: “You Can’t Have It All!“
Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders is the presidential contender who is not looking to win the favor of the hedge-fund managers, bankers and CEOs who define and dominate US politics.
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The Ubiquity, the Banality of Mediated Policing and Punishment
How do you dismantle a system of excessive repression that many can no longer even see?
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“It Is Right to Resist”: The Revolutionary Art of Pilsen’s Jose Guerrero
For four decades Guerrero has been a well-known and well-loved artist.
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Hope in the Age of Climate Consequences
As dark and foreboding as the future appears, it also offers unique possibilities.