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Commemorate Universal Children’s Day: End Child Labor
In the US, we should move to ratify the CRC. Only the US and Somalia have not done so.
Cashing in on the ISIS Crisis
No matter how pointless these wars prove, America's military-industrial complex makes a killing.
Something Big Is Changing in the Fight for Reproductive Freedom – Women Are Done With Being Shamed
Judge less. Listen more. Tell your story even if your voice shakes. - Can a new approach help us past the abortion impasse?
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Don’t Raise Taxes Just Yet, Japan
Right now Japan is struggling to escape from a deflationary trap.
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G20 and Beyond: The Future Is Watching You
The G20 summit meeting has two levels: the overt grandstanding that politicians love, and a far more sinister agenda.
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The 2014 Midterm Elections, Incorporated
In Washington, it doesn't matter if you are a Republican, Democrat or independent: Money reigns supreme.
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Community Corrections: Profiteering, Corruption and Widening the Net
How is it that so-called reform measures, marketed as reducing prison populations, will ultimately widen the net?
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Black Community Crisis: Police Violence in Brazil
For a group of black mothers in Brazil, this year's Black Consciousness Day action will focus on the crisis of lethal racial profiling by police.
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We Need to Act Now to Save the Post Office
One of those less-well-known but incredibly important priorities for Congress is saving the US Post Service.
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Gettysburg Address: Government at the Expense of Some People
The sanctification of ground at Gettysburg, where 50,000 men were ruthlessly killed by a war machine, was a farce.