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Op-Ed
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Getting Better Organized: San Francisco’s Fight for $15 and a Union
The new movements today have a recognized leadership, a national and even international coordinated organizing strategy and a clear and focused series of demands.
Air Force Base Names Homophobic, Anti-Semitic Chaplain as “Officer of the Year“
Ponder the far-reaching ramifications of what the US Air Force has just done here.
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A Long History of Predatory Practices Against Developing Countries
In June 2014, the court ordered Argentina to pay the “vulture funds” that held out and did not accept the terms of the debt swaps.
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Colorado Communities Battle Energy Industry to Build Community Rights
Can residents enforce their local laws against the courts?
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Will House Democrats #StandWithJan to Back the Iran Talks?
House Democrats will play a key role in whether the Obama Administration can get a deal with Iran.
Confronting the Politics of Paranoia and Narcissism: An “Old Europe” Alternative
Neoconservative politics of paranoia and rage are gearing up with the start of the 2016 presidential campaign season.
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Financial Reform’s Effect on Shadow Banking
The Dodd-Frank financial reform law is doing some real good.
Wall Street’s Stealth Tax Break
A tax break that could be the biggest in the US has never gotten its due.
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Islamophobia on Wheels: An Analysis
On 1 April 2015 an anti-Muslim advertisement started appearing on 84 municipal buses in the Philadelphia regional area.
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Naming and Shaming in Yarmouk
The starvation in Yarmouk is also the responsibility of all parties involved; these are some of the culprits.