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Op-Ed
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Fifty Years Ago: A Turning Point in Civil Rights, the 1960s and US Politics
As we observe important 50-year anniversaries, we are also losing awareness of the power and potential of direct political action.
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Greece: A Grave Situation With Very Real Consequences
The impunity with which successive Greek governments and Greece's media moguls operate makes the Greek case stand out.
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Companies as Cultural Architects – Who’s Accountable?
A quick Google search for “how do companies affect culture” yields results on how to influence corporate culture, how a company's corporate culture can influence its profitability, you name …
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Eight Days in a Hong Kong Hotel: A Film Analysis of Citizenfour
Citizenfour is about NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden's actions as well as the collective work of reporters, and whistleblowers Laura Poitras, Glenn Greenwald, Ewen MacAskill, Jeremy Scahill and William Binney.
Deconstructing Elizabeth Warren
Elizabeth Warren, with her crusade to reform finance, is the darling of many, and there is a movement for her to run for President.
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Democrats Lost More Than an Election in 2014
There is a disconnect between popular movements for change throughout the country and election turnout.
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What to Make of the Elections – and What We Should Do Next
Electorate data speaks to the necessary expansion of electoral and u201cstreet heatu201d strategies that prioritize certain issues.
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William Rivers Pitt | Reaping the Whirlwind, Again
What did they stand for, the defeated Democrats? No one knows, and now they're gone.
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Drone-Strike Feminism
US corporate media outlets have allowed the US government to hijack the deterioration of women's rights as a selling point for perpetual war.
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Stand Up and Fight
Sophisticated campaign targeting and get-out-the-vote operations can't substitute for the passion, clarity, and vision that motivate Democrats to vote.