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Op-Ed
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Lessons From Ferguson
The story of Mike Brown’s life and death is not unique. Stories of violence enacted by police, directed at and experienced by Black folks abound.
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Dealer Joins Dots Between Climate and Aboriginal Art
Australian Aboriginal art could be viewed as a particular culture's prescient response to the most pressing threat to humankind.
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Golden Weapons of Destruction Take Aim at El Salvador
Why do companies have the right to sue countries over environmental protection measures?
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Marta Harnecker: New Paths Require a New Culture on the Left
Hugo Chavez was convinced that socialism could not be decreed from above, that it had to be built with the people, notes Marta Harnecker.
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Six Ways to Bring More Empathy to the Internet
Psychologists, user experience designers and writers were asked what web users could to do to promote more empathic interaction in online places.
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Postcards From the County
A music program for incarcerated men at Pittsburgh Institution in Canada changes lives and perspectives.
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NATO Should Be Retired, Not Repurposed!
In this speech delivered at the NATO Counter Summit in Wales, peace activist Joseph Gerson decries NATO's role in the Ukraine conflict and the nuclear dangers it poses, and …
Is There Still Hope for Peace in Ukraine?
This time around, it is we in the West who are erecting the wall.
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The Price of Blackness: From Ferguson to Bed-Stuy
Ferguson, like many municipalities across the US, has experienced a dramatic shift in its racial composition.
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What “Battlestar Galactica” Can Teach Us About the Militarization of Police
"There's a reason you separate the military and the police. One fights the enemy of the state, the other serves and protects the people. When the military becomes both, …