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Op-Ed
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Tithing, Tax Time and Specialization
A successful citizen relies on a massive variety of specialists, from x-ray readers, to retirement investor specialists, to train engineers, to architects of hardware and software, to specialists in …
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Neighborhoods Matter, People Matter
People of color are constantly being hashed by the system which tells them it's their fault they are in poverty.
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Bring Social Justice in From the Cold as We Get Closer to a Global Climate Change Deal
Without putting social justice at the core of our thinking on climate action, we risk harming the most vulnerable groups of people.
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War and Climate Change: Time to Connect the Dots
There has been a general failure of everyone concerned about war and climate change to connect the dots between them. That must change.
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Confronting Barbarism: ISIS, the United States and the Consequences of Torture
Instead of using ISIS's mocking use of orange jumpsuits as a pretext to continue to withhold information about US torture programs in Iraq and elsewhere, the United States should …
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Eric Holder: The Reason Robert Rubin Isn’t Behind Bars
As a result of Holder's failure to prosecute any of the Wall Street crew whose actions helped to prop up the housing bubble, the main culprits walked away incredibly …
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The Global Climate Strike: Why We Can’t Wait
A global climate strike can stop the machine responsible for creating the climate crisis.
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Don’t Blame Climate Change Deniers
The dominant story of the US mass media, “doom-sayers versus deniers,” is far too narrow to reflect the true complexity of the political landscape.
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Failure Is Success: How US Intelligence Works in the 21st Century
Why exactly are we supporting 17 versions of intelligence gathering to the tune of at least $68 billion a year?
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Why the Web of Life Is Dying
As climate change continues to rear its ugly head, our planet will lose more and more species.