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2015 Marked the Deadliest Year on Record for Environmental Activists
Environmental activists were killed at a rate of more than three per week in 2015, according to a new report by Global Witness.
Dominating the Skies — and Losing the Wars: Air Supremacy Isn’t What It Used to Be
By providing an illusion of results, air power has helped keep the US in unwinnable wars.
The Economic Barriers to Abortion Access That Conservatives Don’t Want to Talk About
HB 2 restrictions are based on medically inaccurate information and limit marginalized communities' access to abortion.
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We Need to Throw Out the Second Amendment
The Second Amendment is an anachronism that's no longer relevant in an era in which the US has a standing army but remains a democracy.
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William Rivers Pitt | Bernie Sanders and the Hall of Heroes
Sanders will march into the Democratic National Convention hall triumphant even in defeat, full in the knowledge that he left this joint a little better than he found it.
How NRA Dark Money Impedes Gun Control Reform
It really shouldn't come as any surprise that our lawmakers won't pass popular gun control legislation.
The European Union Is the Worst Choice Apart From the Alternative
The EU is a festering cesspool, but it's a crystal spring compared with what the outers want to do — surrender UK sovereignty to the US.
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Why Go to Russia?
Sharon Tennison has worked to develop citizens' capacities to avert international crises, focusing on the US and Russia.
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Puerto Rico Needs a Paradigm Shift
Puerto Rico needs more than dysfunctional “late hour” solutions from Washington, and “Hail Mary” editorials.
Henry Giroux on America’s War With Itself
Henry A. Giroux discusses the descent into absurdity as demonstrated by the latest presidential clown show.