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Not All of the Black Freedom Fighters Are Men: Black Women on the Front Line in Ferguson
“The media has left out that if it were not for Black Women, there would be no movement.”
Martial Law and the Criminalization of Thought in Thailand
Despite the repressive context, and ample evidence that the authorities will not hesitate to use both legal and extrajudicial strategies to halt dissent, courageous citizens continue to protest.
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Watching Our Health Go Up in Smoke
Medical waste incineration never made any public health or economic sense, but now science has overwhelmingly demonstrated its noxiousness.
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Mayor de Blasio’s “Living Wage” Increase Is Too Little for Too Few
Increasing the living wage is a good start, but all of New York's minimum wage workers deserve a raise.
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ISIS in Washington: The United States’ Soundtrack of Hysteria
“Amid the waves of fear and continual headlines about terror plots, we, the people, have now largely been relegated to the role of frightened spectators.”
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Michael Brown Had a Father
Will Ferguson shift media ideas on “fixing” black men?
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A Crisis Turned Catastrophe in Texas
The Texan legislature created a crisis of women's health care with House Bill 2, and the latest decision from the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals will bring Texan women …
Black Prophetic Fire: Cornel West on the Revolutionary Legacy of Leading African-American Voices
The renowned scholar, author and activist Dr. Cornel West discusses his latest book, “Black Prophetic Fire.”
Hong Kong Protests Carefully Choreographed, Not Spontaneous
Tiananmen analogies are a barrier to understanding what's really going on in Hong Kong says Peter Lee, Journalist for the Asia Times Online.
Death of US-Backed Ex-Dictator “Baby Doc” Duvalier Won’t End Haitian Victims’ Quest for Justice
The former US-backed dictator of Haiti, Jean-Claude Duvalier, known as “Baby Doc,” has died at 63.