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Global Drug Report: Don’t Just Decriminalize, Demilitarize
“The drug war is a pretext for the militarization of resource rich areas in Mexico and Central America, as happened with Plan Colombia in Colombia,” said Dawn Paley, author …
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Building Blocks
Naomi Klein on Cause of Climate Crisis: “Capitalism Is Stupid“
In this exclusive interview, Naomi Klein talks about extractivism, activism and the way to change hearts and minds around climate change.
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Let People Vote
Voter suppression has re-emerged as a strategy for winning elections and is so widespread in the United States that it criminally undermines the integrity of our democracy.
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Ten Business Lessons for Higher Education
Neoliberal reformers suggest that universities need to act more like businesses, yet their suggestions undermine the purpose of higher education. Instead, what if universities learned the lessons of responsible …
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What the Movement Against Mass Incarceration Can Learn From the Struggle for Climate Justice
The movement against mass incarceration can learn much from the struggle for climate justice. Environmental justice activists' engagement with governments, global organizations and corporations holds many lessons in fighting …
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New Yorkers Call Lyme Disease the New Plague
Celebrities like Howard Stern and Daryl Hall speak out, while Lyme patients crippled by the disease took to the streets in front of The New York Times, to call …
Company Tries to Leverage Economic Power in Political Sphere
Wal-Mart is running an illegal scheme to prod employees into contributing to its political action committee.
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The Growing Cost of iPhones and Advancing Technology
As consumers get ready for the new iPhone 6 coming out this month, the continuous race of technology companies trying to outdo one another continues.
30 Years Adrift on an Ocean of Reforms: How We Lost Our Bearings: Part 3
When it comes to educational attainment socioeconomic and racial inequality has always existed in America.