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Committee on Open Government Fights Government Secrecy
The executive director of the NY Committee on Open Government, reflects on seven governors and their records for transparency.
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Black Labor Organizers Urge AFL-CIO to Reexamine Its Ties to the Police
United Auto Workers members have led a push for the AFL-CIO to dissolve its relationship with an international police union.
The United States’ Non-Existent “Spike in Crime“
A closer analysis of crime over time provides a less alarming picture of trends instead of the short term analysis offered by headlines.
The Iran Deal Explained
If Congress derails the Iran deal, it will throw away a historic advance in global nuclear security.
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A Lion, a Dentist and the Rising Cost of Care
The problem with health costs is the fact that we don't treat health care like an ordinary consumer good.
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A Civil Society Arose in Watts Before and After the Unrest
The Watts rebellion grew not from chaos but from a mobilized community seeking change. Six days of violence could not destroy the community.
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Mumia Abu-Jamal on the Meaning of Ferguson
Ferguson is a wake-up call to build social, radical, revolutionary movements for change.
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Let’s Talk About Torture
Former CIA leaders are writing a book that will whitewash their crimes against humanity.
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Ali Dawabsheh, Cecil the Lion and the Biopolitics of Animal Life
How is it that the firebombing of a toddler by right-wing Israeli terrorists was upstaged in international concern by the senseless killing of Cecil the lion?
Lewis Black: “Both Parties Are Bowls Of Sh*t”
The mess of politics has become the American way, and that Bernie's idea is pie in the sky.