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Corporations Over People
Another court decision favoring businesses over human rights.
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Why the TPP Is Worse Than Mystery Meat
The meat bill is one more warning that there are some rules and agreements where we should be careful to eagerly swallow.
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Pope in a China Shop
School’s Out for Summer, but Camp Is Expensive and Jobs for Youth Are Few
With funding cut, cities scramble to run summer youth work projects, while parents of younger children struggle to fill gaps in child care.
China’s Communist-Capitalist Ecological Apocalypse
The country's environmental crisis is worse than what has resulted from “normal” capitalist development everywhere else.
Gen. Lee Butler to Nuclear Abolition Movement: “Don’t Give Up“
Butler discusses his views on how anti-nuclear organizations today can survive and exert influence in a world that often appears apathetic.
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Prepaid Meters Are Obstacles to Accessing Water in Africa
International financial institutions such as the World Bank argue that water should be allocated through market mechanisms to allow for full cost recovery from users.
Concocting a Crime-Ageddon to Promote Police Power
The more complicated picture, of course, will likely never make for a good front page.
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Preserving the Social Fabric: Southern Community Development Financial Institutions
All over the South, Community Development Financial Institutions and credit unions are filling the yawning gaps left by big banks.
Our “Stealth Politics” of Inequality
Average American turn out to favor many policies that would have strong redistributive effects.