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Abortion Law in Chile: Promises of Progress
When negotiating proposed therapeutic abortion legislation, it's critical that Chile's Congress exercises pragmatism.
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Fields of Dreams
A new certificate program in Arizona involving health care and outreach in the Latino community clears a path from farm work to school work.
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Radical Farmers Use Fresh Food to Fight Racial Injustice and the New Jim Crow
If we are to create a society that values black life, we cannot ignore the role of food and land.
Activist Publishes Book of Hate Mail From Bible Believing Christians, Bible Believers Respond by – You Guessed It
When devout fundamentalist Christians find their evangelism thwarted, all hell can break loose.
“Not Counting Mexicans or Indians”: The Many Tentacles of State Violence Against Black-Brown-Indigenous Communities
Violence against Black and Brown-Indigenous peoples is intertwined and traceable to the era of colonialism.
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Talking Peace From Tehran to Ferguson: An Exhortation
What's behind the threat of war on Iran and what do we need to do to stop it?
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Challenging Our Visions of Abolition: An Open Letter to the Students of Village Leadership Academy
Students at Village Leadership Academy inspire hope that imprisoning children will be a thing of the past.
Born at War
The United States grew out of the idea that it was common sense to launch a war to settle political differences.
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Student Privacy and Military Recruiting
During the last year or so about half of the states have enacted legislation aimed at protecting student privacy.
Have Obama and the Democratic Party Actually Become Liberals?
Has the 2015 center-right Democratic Party transmuted literally overnight into its old center-left visage?