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Why Debates Over the Fed’s Interest Rate Miss the Point
The structure of our economy - not the Fed and its interest rates - is to blame for our ongoing crises. Worker co-ops may offer a solution.
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Russia: Has the World’s Biggest Country Turned Against the Environment?
Russia trundles sluggishly behind the rest of the world in international environmental policy.
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With Federal Millions, “Wild West” of Charters Is About to Get Even Wilder
One thing seems certain: with the new millions in federal money for Ohio, the Wild West of charter schools, is going to see a gold rush.
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When Conservation Means Killing
Synthetic chemical poisons have been employed in conservation management around the world for decades.
Energy Democracy: Building a Solar Dream in a Tar Sands Nightmare
Communities like Little Buffalo in Alberta are leading the way towards energy independence.
Bernie Sanders Should Follow FDR’s Lead and Create a Brains Trust Now
The presidential candidate should assemble a brains trust of advisers to help craft the economic policies the US needs - today.
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Gender Pay Gap Drives Inequality
Women, it turns out, are the backs on which extreme wealth is being built.
Henry A. Giroux | The Curse of Totalitarianism and the Challenge of Critical Pedagogy
Critical pedagogy is much more than a set of teaching strategies. It may be our greatest defense against totalitarianism.
LGBT “Pods” Won’t Keep Trans and Queer People in Immigration Detention Safe
The only way for LGBTQI immigrants to be safe is for them to be released from immigration detention.
Permanent Peoples’ Tribunal Highlights Fracking’s Threat to Human Rights
The Permanent Peoples' Tribunal on the human rights impacts of fracking will put extreme energy on trial in the US and UK.