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William Rivers Pitt | War Eternal: One Man Gathers What Another Man Spills
President Obama and his administration have been dancing as fast as they can to explain why this newest chapter in the Iraq war can be called legal without fully …
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100 Zephyrs: Why the Left Must Challenge Corporate Democrats
If there is no pressure from the left, political debate will continue to shift ever rightward, just as it has under Bill Clinton and during Obama's first term.
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Stupid Stuff
The Middle East wars, Guantanamo and the unconditional support of Israel are ongoing examples of “stupid stuff.”
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Hands Up! Don’t Shoot! Death and Visibility in Black America
Black “innocence” always has to be proven and depends on attaining a “respectability” defined by white mores and the white gaze.
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What Happened After Cairo? Assessing 20 Years of Work on “Population and Development“
Over the last 20 years, a billion people have moved out of extreme poverty, literacy rates in some of the world's least developed countries are on the rise, life …
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Fixated on the True Meaning of Money
We are living in a time of monetary impotence, where central banks that have tried to reflate economies aren't having much success.
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For-Profit Insanity Is Killing Americans
Despite what you might hear on Fox So-Called News, Obamacare really is working.
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Now, What Climate Action?
Our political leaders won't lead so those who do recognize the dangers and who are serious about climate mitigation must step up to the plate.
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Zionism and the Educational Elites
The Zionists don't have a monopoly anymore on the story of how Israel came to be and Palestine came not to be.
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Our Sacred Maiz Is Our Mother: Indigeneity and Belonging in the Americas
There is a specific message for peoples of the Americas that have been de-Indigenized, disconnected and severed from their traditions, languages and stories.