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The Abolitionist Echoes of Ferguson: White Privilege as Moral Duty
What are the responsibilities of those enjoying white privilege in a white supremacist society? The abolitionists offer inspiration in the fight against racism and structural injustice.
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The “Holder Doctrine”: Bank “Settlements” With No Prosecutions
Cohan focuses on Holder's and the DOJ's “protect the banks” mentality.
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The Same Hashish They Give Out
Sen. Dianne Feinstein, the chairperson of the Senate Intelligence Committee, has accused CIA director John Brennan of domestic spying. It's time for the Obama administration to hold Brennan and …
The Wanderer and Her Shadow
That's what the choice has always been: the colonialized mind versus the soul of independence, the known misery versus the challenge of the unknown.
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The Perverse Politics of Alcohol
Corporations that profit from sales of alcohol politically maneuver to prevent more benign alternatives from being available to alcoholics.
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The Liberal Zionist Dilemma – An Analysis
You simply cannot adhere to the principle of universal civil and political rights and, at the same time, support a Zionist state.
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Michelle Nunn’s Real Strategy Meeting
What was really said at that meeting that produced the memo outlining Michelle Nunn's strategy as Democratic candidate for senator of Georgia.
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When You’re Transgender, Strangers Think It’s OK to Ask Intimate Questions – It’s Not
For the fantastic gains that transgender people have made in human rights and social acceptance, particularly in the last few years, we still have a very long way to …
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A USS Liberty’s Hero’s Passing
On June 8, 1967, the Israeli government learned that it could get away with murder, literally, and the crime would be covered up.
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The Ferguson Effect on Our Great-Grandchildren
While Ferguson continues to protest the police shooting death of unarmed 18-year-old Michael Brown, it's also dealing with crippling poverty.