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Let Them Drink Pop: Detroit’s Water Crisis and the Fight for Basic Human Rights in the Motor City
American workers in Motor City have been exploited in more than just Chrysler's idyllic Super Bowl ads.
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A Smarter Commute in the Age of Uber
The big benefit from new information technology-mediated car services will come if they make it possible for lots of people to forgo buying their own cars.
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Five Misconceptions About the Israel-Palestine Conflict
US media accounts tend to propagate false and misleading information about Israel, Hamas and Gaza; five key misconceptions are debunked.
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The Trials of Alleged Tween Terrorist Omar Khadr of Canada
It is unclear how long the United States and Canada intend to keep selling the myth of Omar Khadr, a Canadian arrested at age 15 in Afghanistan, as an …
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Attorney General Declares POWs “Non-Persons”
The men held outside the law by the US at Guantu00e1namo Bay have been called “non-persons” by the US attorney general.
The Blame for MH 17 Isn’t Russia’s Alone
The ultimate responsibility for this disaster falls on those whose actions led to the civil war in the Ukraine.
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Not Much Better Than Bush
Obama's Iraq track record doesn't mark much of an improvement over the mess his predecessor made.
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Nicaragua Vive! 35 Years Since the Triumph of the Sandinista Revolution
As child refugees flood the US border from Central America, Nicaragua's children are not among them.
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Running for Their Lives: The Child Migrant Crisis
US policies stoked the gang violence Central American kids are fleeing.
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“Mad Men” and the Triumph of the Insubstantial
The TV show “Mad Men” captures a moment when we began, slowly, to shift from substance to image, anticipating a laptop capitalism of the 21st century.