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Op-Ed
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Buying the Next Bailout
American politicians are owned. Watching them legislate is like watching dogs sit, roll over, and give you their paw.
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Boots on the Ground: The Best Solution to Disaster Response on Our Waterways
Disasters on our waterways have been occurring at an unprecedented rate in a climate of lax government regulations.
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Scenes From Ferguson: The Uprising’s Reach, and the Reaction
I've been in Ferguson since November 22, and I don't think a day has gone by where there hasn't been a protest, most often multiple protests. There may be …
A Very Difficult Task of Reconciling Donbas and Euromaidan Ukraine: An Academic Viewpoint
A very informative half-day conference on the current situation in Ukraine took place at the University of Ottawa on December 4, 2014.
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A Warren Run Would Change Everything
Over the past few weeks, Elizabeth Warren has emerged as a leader of progressives on Capitol Hill.
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CNN Hired George Zimmerman’s Lawyer as a Legal Analyst: Now He Is Defending Darren Wilson
The lawyer who helped Zimmerman get out of this charge was Mark O'Mara, a $400-per-hour criminal defense attorney.
To 2016 and Beyond: an Open Letter to the DLP from an Academic-Activist
Quite a few pundits have admonished the Democratic Party for running poor national and state campaigns during 2014, providing insights into potentially more effective campaigning in 2016.
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Prosecute the Prosecutors: A Way to Justice in Staten Island, Ferguson and Cleveland
Prosecutors are rarely charged criminally, and even more rarely convicted criminally by reluctant courts who work with them, but it can and should happen when merited.
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Building a Better Border Means Relating to Communities
Immigration advocates must work to replace the dominant security narrative around the US-Mexico border.
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We Thought We Were Free
Authoritarianism is a disease. It moves and grows gradually, but inexorably.