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Op-Ed
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Should Public Policy Promote Better Habits?
There are some conventional externality arguments for promoting walkable development - less pollution, etc.
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New Research: How Sexual Exploitation of Men and Boys Is Overlooked and Dismissed
Deep-rooted gender stereotypes can mean boys are overlooked as victims, by professionals as much as by others in their lives.
William Rivers Pitt | Meet the New War, Same as the Old War
It has been thirteen years since the attacks of September 11, and this nation has spent every one of the 4,745 days between that morning and today in the …
John Pilger | Breaking the Last Taboo: Gaza and the Threat of World War
The attack on Gaza was an attack on all of us. The denial of justice to Palestinians is a symptom of much of humanity under siege and a warning …
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Scottish Independence: Now Is the Time
We are all citizens of the world now.
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Blowback
It's so hard finding a good puppet these days.
We’re All a Little Bit “Tree Hugging” by Default
We're all facing environmental degradation and the adverse affects of climate change.
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Videotaping Strip Searches in Jail Is Not Reform
It is troubling that it takes laws and lawsuits to get change that should come with respect for human dignity.
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Booze or Pot? No Question Which Substance Is More Harmful to Health
Why is marijuana a schedule I controlled substance when all the objective evidence yields the conclusion it is far safer than alcohol?
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Why We Need to Prosecute Our Torturers
Just when you thought Republicans couldn't sink any lower, they ask Dick Cheney, the guy who screwed up Iraq, for advice on how to fix Iraq.