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Inside the Sensational Business of “Rescuing” Sex Workers
An investigation into the movement to save sex workers from sex work raises serious questions about personal autonomy and human rights.
Will Debate Moderators Hold GOP Candidates Accountable for Their Fantasy Tax Plans?
CNBC's John Harwood criticized GOP tax plans for pretending to be “Populist”.
New York’s Biggest For-Profit Nursing Home Group Flourishes Despite a Record of Patient Harm
Regulators are supposed to weed out operators with histories of violations but don't always act.
Without Safe Access to Asylum, People Will Keep Risking Their Lives in the Aegean
After protracted negotiations, this is what European asylum policy still looks like in practice.
Utah’s Hope for Oil Shale Bonanza Has a Public Relations Problem
Amidst controversy over fracking, pipelines and oil trains, one corner of an overlooked state weighs heavily on our future.
US South Wages a Long War of Incentives, and Citizens Bear the Brunt
The South has continued using huge amounts of taxpayer money to entice corporations.
Is Bernie Sanders Dangerous to Socialism?
The presidential candidate falsely equates liberal, social democratic institutions, like Social Security, with socialism.
How Obama Could Beat the Debt Ceiling and Go Out a Hero
The debt ceiling could be eliminated for good, by restoring to the government its constitutional authority to create money.
The Paradox of Paul Ryan: Why the Tea Party’s Right to Be Wary
Paul Ryan is the embodiment of the troika of money, power and politics that corrupts and controls the capital - the very thing the Tea Party detests.
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Urgent Call to World Leaders to Prevent Catastrophic Climate Change
The upcoming COP21 climate meeting in Paris is world leaders' last chance to prevent catastrophic climate change.